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This comes from the blog of Iran's vice president:

The convulsions in Iraq are of benefits for America

I believe that America, close to the presidential elections, needs Iraq situation to be convulsed more than ever. It is because the best reason for America’s stability is these convulsions. Bush needs to announce the public in America that there is an unfinished project in Iraq that no one else other than him can make it to the last point and if doesn’t finish, the Middle East will be in war and fire and America will be injured and damaged more than any other country.

If my analysis be the right one, Moghtadi Sadr attitudes and actions in Convulsion making in Iraq and unifying Shiite and Sunnis together against America, is just exactly what America needs in such a situation.

The out of tradition attitude by America which is being shown against the convulsions in Iraq, like the blockade of Falluja or killing the innocent Iraqi citizens who are extremely tired of killings and wars, or closing some newspapers in Iraq by America, which are all opposite of the principles that America used to talk about. These are all in concern with how much do the Americans need a convincing reason for their stability in these days close to their elections and also how much would these manners be effective for Bush’s stabilization.

I hope that those who are influential in political areas of Iraq, including Shiite and Sunni parties, pay attention to this reality and do not prepare grounds for the longer stability of occupational regime and let Iraqis to be able to decide on their destiny as soon as possible.

First, need I point out how remarkable it is that a vice president is blogging so frankly and so personally?

I can certainly see why the upheaval in Iraq from outside the US looks like it should be helpful to the incumbent president. And we do hear the Republicans talking about not changing horses in midstream (or, as someone put it recently, not changing horses in mid-Apocalypse:). But surely the Republicans would be happier if Iraq were stable, democratic and quiet, for they get the bulk of the blame for the war not going well.

Another attack on the US homeland, however, would (IMO) greatly favor the Republicans because they are more capable of the sort of intemperate response that we would emotionally want. It'd be the sort of classic id vs. superego battle that the superego always loses.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that. And, in my book, hope is something you work for.