Posted on 07/13/2008 12:31:09 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
It is quite possible that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first learnt about sabre-rattling at his father’s blacksmith’s shop in Tehran.
Many people now wish that Iran’s president had stuck to his father’s profession, or at least pursued his PhD in traffic management. Instead, the combative leader is giving everyone the heebie-jeebies as he fires off volleys of missiles in a game of brinkmanship. Once again the world’s gaze is fixed in alarm on Ahmadinejad, a tiny, wiry figure with a gaunt face and eyes that do not change expression as he spouts combustive rhetoric. This devotee of football and technology, devout husband of a university lecturer and father of three children, has spoken of being bathed in a green light from heaven. He says that he yearns for a Shi’ite saviour, the 12th imam, to return and bring about the final apocalypse.
One school of thought holds that Iran’s second launch of powerful Shahab-3 rockets across the Gulf in the space of a week was Ahmadinejad throwing the toys out of his pram in fury at America’s studied indifference to his provocations. Since coming to power in 2005, the 51-year-old president has gone out of his way to outrage the West.
Lately he has called for US military bases across the world to be “eradicated” and promised to strike at Tel Aviv if Iran were attacked. He has also threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for 40% of the world’s oil supplies, in retaliation.
According to this theory, the show of force was Ahmadinejad’s attempt to divert attention from his failures on the domestic front. If so, it did not go to plan. The official photographs showing the launch of four Iranian missiles on Wednesday were faked.
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Taunt is right, Ahmadinejad is as much a danger as bagdad bob. Arabs are by and large cowards who manipulate young people to blow themselves up or hide behind women and children. Screw them and their pedophile prophet.
Ahmadinejad is Persian, not an Arab. According to an ethnic Armenian colleague of mine, who grew up in Iran, the Persians embraced (some say they all but created) Shia Islam as a means of "sticking it to" the Sunni Arabs who had conquered Persia, and forcibly converted them (from Zoroastrianism, another monotheistic religion). Persians truly resent being called "Arabs" (which, come to think of it, might be a good reason to call Mr. A-hole an Arab).
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
So does Boosh. So does Algae.
And we wonder why no one does nothing?????
Remember to vote R, because we don't want a D to win Rah Rah Rah!!!!
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