"The United States, in the wake of [an attack on Iran], would become an even more likely target of terrorism while reinforcing global suspicions that U.S. support for Israel is in itself a major cause of the rise of Islamic terrorism...

It is therefore high time for the administration to sober up and think strategically, with a historic perspective and the U.S. national interest primarily in mind. It's time to cool the rhetoric. The United States should not be guided by emotions or a sense of a religiously inspired mission...

The mullahs were on the skids several years ago but were given a new burst of life by the intensifying confrontation with the United States."

See: Zbigniew Brzezinski article (2006-04)