It refuses to ascribe to Iran’s secretive state an ideological rigidity that might not exist. Indeed, Iran has shown its ability to behave with startling pragmatism more than once, not least in its links to Israel and the United States during its war against Iraq in the 1980’s, and in its assistance to the Americans in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
因此这份报告的立场其实是对布什“邪恶轴心”理论的谴责。它拒绝将伊朗的神秘莫测归咎于一种莫须有的僵化的意识形态。的确，伊朗已经不止一次地表明它能够适应高度实用主义的行为方式。这种表现不仅仅在于其1980年代与伊拉克的战争中与以色列和美国的联系，及其支持美国人与阿富汗的塔利班武装对抗。