I recommend Fareed Zakaria's new article in the June 1 issue of Newsweek, They May Not Want The Bomb. There is a long world history of demonizing opponents and thereby misreading their real motives. Zakaria argues that we are doing that with Iran - that far from the wild-eyed messianic regime that opponents claim for it, it is in fact ruled by a calculating and rational oligarchy intent on enriching itself and forcing the world to recognize it as a key power player in that region of the world.
Worth thinking about.