.....Mahmoud Ahmadinejad = really bad case of Napoleon complex.....
Keep in mind that he defeated America once. He was able to out manuver Jimmy Carter and sees no reason he can't do it again. After all, listen to John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi and Star Jones and Jack Murtha. He sees fear of Iran among many Americans.
He has lots of good reasons for holding his view.
The objective of the new coalition should be the elimination of the radicals, not the destruction of Iran . Post war Iran should be viewed as a trading pardner in the neomideast rather than an enemy.