Eye of the Storm: Whose new Middle East? (Must Read)

The Jerusalem Post ^ | Nov. 12, 2005 | By AMIR TAHERI

[Dark Skies]

Teheran also counts on support form China and Russia.

With Iran's desire to eliminate Israel (as required by Allah) and with the support of China and Russia (both in Iran's development of a nuclear arsenal and conventional defense), the stage is set for Armageddon.

I always wondered who the players would be and what could possibly motivate a country to threaten a war of complete annihilation...but then Islam introduced itself to the west. Islam has the motive (Allah's will) and will soon have the means (a nuclear arsenal and long-range delivery capacity).

Iran is proclaiming that, in no uncertain terms, it is preparing for war. Unless action is taken against Iran, it seems that a nuclear war is inevitable.

[sully777]

Gee, and Pat Buchanan told me that we could sit this out. That we really don't have enemies in the middle east.

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True enough if you consider who Pat Buchanan believes is the US enemy in the ME. Pat Buchanan is another brainiac that Providence has so benevolently quieted as a non-player.

[nuconvert]

I believe Tehran has a population of around 14 million people. The majority of them are pro-American.

[Valin]

Bump for later

[hosepipe]

Answer to Irans problems..
Blow up all the Universitys at night.. (cruise missles)..
The college students will have nothing to do during the daytime and night..
Except plot and revolt..

[Irish Eyes]

The US lacks staying power and Bush is an aberration in contemporary American history. All that the Islamic Republic needs to do is wait until the Bush presidency is either politically destroyed by its opponents in Washington or comes to the end of its term. Then, once Bush is crippled or gone, no American leader would have the stomach for a fight with Iran.

Well,lookie here... It looks as if the power in Iran is more understaning of the situation than half of the Americans.

[Mister Da]

They had better speakup before they blowup.

[Dan Cooper]

They CAN reach us if the Chinese sell them their missile technology obtained by the ever gracious administration of one BJ Clinton Ex-Esq..

Missiles aren't the only way for our enemies to get nuclear weapons onto our soil.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

...Bush is an aberration in contemporary American history.... the Islamic Republic needs to... wait until the Bush presidency is either politically destroyed by its opponents in Washington or comes to the end of its term.

Then....no American leader would have the stomach for a fight with Iran.

..in the 1976 presidential election the American people chose the weakest most incompetent fool in our history. At a critical time he pulled the rug out from under the Shah of Iran in the naive belief that Ayatollahs were reasonable and moderate people and would be impressed by our goodwill.

And Evangelical Christians supported his candidacy in significant numbers because they said he was "born again".

[mugs99]

And Evangelical Christians supported his candidacy in significant numbers because they said he was "born again".

Evangelicals were Democrats back in 1976. We are at war now with the same people Carter empowered, and people are still more concerned with the daily crotch topic than they are with winning this war.
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[nuconvert]

Bump

[Frank T]

I read that the Duke, John Wayne, voted for Jimmy C, too.

Just goes to show, the GOP can't just put anyone on their ticket every four years...sometimes the base won't show up if so called moderates like Ford, Dole and, now, people named Bush nominated.

[2ndreconmarine]

Ping.

Excellent, logical article.

[AdmSmith]

Teheran has also resumed contact with Saudi Shi'ite opposition leaders in exile.

This together with the fact that aQ is killing a lot of Shi'ia in Iraq will sooner or later cause a clash between Saudi groups and Iranian groups. I write groups as both these countries are infested with fundamentalists that are fighting for the control of their governments. We should use active measures in this conflict.

[saradippity]

What a wonderful find you have posted. It seems that the United States lacks a collective memory of what happened within the lifetime of many of us.

It would be very interesting to see if the same advisers that told Carter to drop our support of the Shah,who was very pro-American and had made Iran the most westernized of all countries in the Mideast are the very same ones who are now advising that we go to war against the people they advised us were worthy of our support.

Maybe we citizens should be less busy looking at the honesty and duplicity,strengths and weaknesses of our "kings" and spend more time in looking at who "whispers" into the "kings" ears. We might get at some root causes of our seemingly endless wars.

[Republic of Texas]

I'd say Iran's assessment is fairly accurate. However counting the US out is always dicey. I often say we are the kindest, most vicious people on earth. Once riled, we can be pretty salty. Hell, we might even nuke someone. I hope we still have that spine within us somewhere.

[Republic of Texas]

Umm no. They cannot reach us. They will drop it on Israel if they are stupid enough to use one.

Say hello to "Samson".

[Windsong]

"When Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his "wipe Israel off the map" remarks last month"

Yawn..theyve been yapping this for thousands of years for petes sakes. Was there ever a time when Arabs & Jews weren't at each other's throats?!

Old, OLD news.

[bert]

.....tolue'e (sunrise) Islamic power ........

Saudi Arabia..... they will quietly gather the Arab strength to thwart Iran, Moslem or not.

[F14 Pilot]

Iranians arent arabs!