People aren’t really talking about this, and I hate to get a little religious here, but in the Bible it says that in the end times Iran and Russia would form an alliance (pretty much because of two common goals: Defeat American, and Control Jerusalem). It seems like this alliance is already in the works (as seen with Russia’s reluctance to agree to UN sanctions for Iran). Knowing that Bush is a pretty religious guy, I would be willing to bet a weeks pay that he is aware of the end-times scenario as depicted in the Bible. Maybe he doesn’t want to bomb Iran because doing so would put any chances of an alliance between Iran and Russia on the fast track.
In a year holding a three, or seven,
or five, or nine, or maybe not,
Two things, might be people, or armies,
or buildings,
Or anything really, blades of grass,
or stoats, or crapulous charlatans
spouting mimsy,
Might do something nebulous.
Insert made-up-bit here.
- Generic Nostradamus Quatrain from “The Guardian” (UK)
Here is a website with just a fraction of the major Christian end times predictions. This is not to say that there won’t be end times, eventually, just that people are really bad at predicting it:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm