Iran v. Bush

Just posted this to the BBC Have Your Say, in response to the question "Has Iran Benefited from the War on Terror?":

I think that in the Middle East, Bush's handling of the so-called War on Terror has tended to boost anyone seen as standing up to him. Mr. Ahmadinejad, interviewed by 60 Minutes, came across to me as no more of a madman than our Mr. Bush. The former's claim that Iran is entitled to nuclear power is as valid as anyone's, if perhaps also disingenuous and ultimately misguided (even peaceful nukes have the pitfall of dealing with the waste, and the risk of another Chernobyl). His veneration of suicide bombers was shocking, but then most cultures (mistakenly, I think, ours included) venerate dying and killing for a cause. We could talk to Iran, but I hear a drumbeat.