Iran Pushes Hezballah Toward War With Israel in Attempt to Save Collapsing Ahmadinejad Regime

The Lid/Various ^ | 2/28/2010 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

According to news reports Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing Hezballah to start another war with Israel with the sole purpose of deflecting attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. As the continuing protests show, the current regime is very unpopular with the Iranian populace.

“As Israel is beating the war drums four years after its humiliating military defeat against Hizbullah, many believe that Ahmadinejad might exploit another conflict between Israel and the militant group as a way of resolving his own lack of legitimacy inside Iran,” wrote Iran's Green Voice newspaper.

...The report also alleged that Hizbullah was the beneficiary of a gift of $400 million from its Iranian handlers last month during “Iran-Lebanon Friendship Week.”

[Shellybenoit]

Some experts say it isn't a question of "if" the present Iranian regime collapses, but "when"

[circlecity]

"Some experts say it isn't a question of "if" the present Iranian regime collapses, but "when"

And that's when a nut job like Ahmadinejad gets real scary. If he knows it's over, he's on his way out the door, perhaps at gunpoint, and he has just this one last chance to push the nuclear button and bring back the Mahdi by starting nuclear Armageddon - I think he'd do it. He's a true believer.