I can't pick and choose who posts.... even if i could, I wouldn't. All are welcome, even the Rothchillen conspiracy nutjobs...
Am I a bigot? Certainly not, and I have nothing against the people of Iran...only pity. They of course must live through the nightmare which is the Iranian govt.
Would the common folk rise up and go on a jihad against the US if we rolled in the military and took the mullahs down? Probably not...they would embrace the western ideologies of democracy and personal freedoms just as the people of Iraq are doing right now. This does not mean Iraq is becoming a puppet regime...no...it means they are WAKING up.
Some of you think Iran having nukes is the same as Israel or the US having them...now that is naive and belies the lack of foundational knowledge on Iran and its desires.
So what are the desires of the Iranian govt.?
Nothing less than world conquest. people always go around talking about the prophecy of Armageddon which I find to be total non-sense.....but if you think about it, it is possible that the Middle east is not allowed to find peace because that would ruin the prophecy and if there is going to be one, folks actually would like to be around to see the whole thing play out. So perhaps there are forces at work which immediately force a "peace" in the Middle East so that Israel is prevented form hammering the Arab states into total submission (it could). Frankly, I think it is laughable to think prophecies are real.
But hang on.... Armageddon is the Bible's prophecy, not Islams. So, does Islam have a prophecy and does the Iranian govt wholeheartedly seek it? YES YES YES!!!
So, I'll lay it out for you and you may now understand why it is not a good idea to let Iran STEAL nuclear technology. Here goes...
The Shiite Mahdi (messiah) or the 12th Imam. the hidden Imam who will return.
Many Iranian leaders believe that the 12th imam will return in the Last Days, which will be marked by global chaos and conflict, at the end of which Muslim believers will have conquered the infidels (you) and the mullahs will rule the world. According to medieval Shiite texts, a message announcing the Mahdi's return will be carried to the four corners of the world so that none will be able to say he did not know that the Last days were soon to arrive.
So let's look at the rocket launch last week.
The rocket that carried the telecommunications satellite into space was named "Safir" (message) and the satellite itself "Omid" (hope). Pretty soon Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will announce the imminent return of the Mahdi. He has already described the launch as a "holy event". These believers see the launch of Omid as the fufillment of the Mahdi prophecy.
If Iran was fat and happy I would be less concerned. But Iran is strapped for cash (because they don't have a central banking system, sorry couldn't help myself
) and oil is at 40/barrel. They know their people are pissed at them and want results. Hamas has been badly battered and Al Queda has been resondingly defeated at the ballot box in Iraq (thank you George Bush), so the proxies of Iran are on their heels which is a humliation on the Iranian leaders. So they are getting fairly desperate and I think the launch is part of that desperation. Only the prophecy can save them...at least that is what they think.
So while you are worrying about the crazy Christians and Armageddon...it will be the hidden Imam which will light the fuse of global destruction....so sayeth the CrackerJax.
That is why it is not a good idea to let these nut jobs have a nuclear weapon.....oops too late.
out.