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July 11, 2007
The Nutter of Iran
Actually, I wish we could just dismiss Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a nutter.
As it is, his country is earnestly pursuing nuclear weapons, and unless there is a regime change they likely have them in less than a half-dozen years. Yes yes I know, Ahmadinejad does not hold total power, that is the reserve of the Mullah-dominated Assembly of Experts. But it is more than just a ceremonial post. The President has significant influence over government policy. But I digress.
If Iran gets nuclear weapons, or looks like it is getting seriously close to obtaining them, there's going to be the mother of all wars in the Middle East, possibly the biggest on the planet since World War II. The reason is simple; nuclear weapons by themselves are not dangerous. Combine them with someone like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and you've got trouble. And even if Ahmadinejad is not in office when Iran goes nuclear, someone like him will be.
Arnaud de Borchgrave has collected some of Ahmadinejad greatest hits, and passes them along in his column today. Not that I have anything but a small readership, but anything that increases the dissemination of information about Ahmadinejad's rants can only be a good thing. Here goes
"This regime [Israel] will one day disappear.... The Zionist regime is a rotten tree that will be blown away by one storm.... The countdown for the destruction of Israel has begun. Zionists are the personification of Satan."In the case of any unwise move by the fake regime of Israel, Iran's response will be so destructive and quick the regime will regret its move forever.... The West invented the myth of the massacre of the Jews (in World War II) and placed it above Allah, religions and prophets."
Mr. Ahmadinejad's strategic recipe: "We don't shy away from declaring Islam is ready to rule the world.... The wave of the Islamist revolution will soon reach the entire world.... Our revolution's main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi [a 5-year-old boy who vanished 1,100 years ago and who will lead the world into an era of peace and prosperity, but not before the planet is convulsed by death and destruction.
"Soon Islam will become the dominating force in the world, occupying first place in the number of followers among all other religions...."Is there a craft more beautiful, more sublime, more divine, than the craft of giving yourself to martyrdom and becoming holy?... Do not doubt Allah will prevail, and Islam will conquer mountaintops of the entire world. Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they enlighten our future.... The will to commit suicide is one of the best ways of life.
"By the grace of Allah we will be a nuclear power and Iran does not give a damn about [International Atomic Energy Agency] demands [to freeze enrichment of nuclear fuel]. Iran does not give a dam about resolutions.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has the capacity to quickly become a world superpower. Iran's enemies know your courage, faith and commitment to Islam and... Iran has created a powerful army that can powerfully defend the political borders and the integrity of the Iranian nation and cut off the hand of any aggressor and place the sign of disgrace on their forehead.
"In parallel to the official political war there is a hidden war going on and the Islamic states should benefit from their economic potential to cut off the hands of the enemies."
Addressing a conference on "The World Without Zionism," Mr. Ahmadinejad said, "To those who doubt, to those who say is it not possible, I say accomplishment of a world without America and Israel is both possible and feasible."
Read the whole thing.
No I do not think we should bomb Iran - yet, anyway. Right now it looks like we are doing our dangest to squeeze Iran economically, and it is at least partially succeeding. You saw the riots over gasoline rationing a few weeks ago. Iran's economy is faltering, and it's young people restless. With any luck they'll overthrow the Mullahs and the process won't be too bloody.
Bottom line is that the CIA, MI6, and all of the other Western intelligence agencies better be pulling out all the stops to get rid of this regime, or the job will get passed to the US Air Force and Navy before you know it. My guess is that if Ahmadinejad is still in power this time next year President Bush will order military strikes, because he won't trust the next inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to do the job, especially since it might be a Democrat.
Posted by Tom at July 11, 2007 10:31 PM
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Posted by: David M at July 12, 2007 11:15 AM
I also do not think we should bomb Iran, just the sites where they are training al-Qaeda operatives/terrorists. I really like what Lieberman has said regarding this matter. Too bad more are not listening.
Posted by: Layla at July 12, 2007 6:17 PM
