Naw, everybody knows that Syria is next. No, wait, it's Venezuela. OK, maybe Iran's next. But they don't seem to think so:

"'After Bush is done with Saddam, have him send American troops over here,' went the common refrain in Tehran.

"And in the aftermath of President Bush's "axis of evil" speech in January 2002, there was plenty of speculation that Washington just might.

"But a year after U.S. troops got mired down in Iraq, the mullahs have gone nowhere. On the contrary, they are fresh from a (questionable) election victory.

"Next door in Iraq, meanwhile, the American military is stretched too thin to contemplate taking on Tehran. And international support for another 'regime change' by Washington is nonexistent."

Iran, U.S. flirt with better ties