I think the fact that Russia and China are backing the new sanctions against Iran say's a lot. By denying the holocaust, sponsering anti-Jew cartoon contests, and repeatedly condeming Isreal, Ahmadinejad is begining to look like a modern day Hitler. Whether or not he has the military might or political strength to actually turn his rhetoric into reality doesn't matter. Nobody, except for some other radical Islamists, want to cozy up with with someone who essentially idolizes Hitler and the Nazis.

Fortunately Ahmadinejad already has a lot of opposition within his own country. The more he alienates the rest of the world the more tenuous his position is going to become. I know a lot of Iranians(typically ethnically Assyrian and usually Christian) and they are very intelligent people. The people or Iran are not uneducated poppy farmers like the Afghanis. Muslim or not, I really can't believe they will accept being put into a position where the whole world is against them. At least I hope they won't.