Mansfield: A Final Warning from the Islamist Rulers of Iran?

Laura Mansfield's blog ^ | 8 May 2006 | Laura Mansfield

[tomahawk]

Divide your ten years by 5. That's how long we've got before you can kiss New York City goodbye.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Publius]

And if the Iranians have some former Soviet suitcase nukes on their hands, it could be next week.

[freedomson]

Signed up today, DUmmie?

[elcid1970]

Isn't this the "shahada invitation", as in

"Unbeliever, this is your only chance to convert to Islam. Since I already know what your answer will be, I am now free to kill you!"

DEFCON ONE will come sooner rather than later, IMO.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Iran just wants to puff its chest."

You seem to think that making nukes is the only way to get them. You're mistaken.

Besides, there's all sorts of mischief they could try, short of floating a nuke into Baltimore Harbor or something. For example, they could get frisky in the Strait of Hormuz or the Panama Canal. A USS Cole-type attack at either would put a big dent in world commerce. They could send a few jihadis with shoulder-fired missiles to loiter around some airports, then shoot at a few airliners in a simultaneous attack. (They wouldn't even have to hit their targets to cause havoc.) They could send some suicide bombers to a couple of packed stadiums. There are all sorts of ways for them to cause trouble if they decide the U.S. is not going to accept their invitation to Islam, which as Mansfield notes has been a warning of attack.

This is not the time to stick one's head in the sand, not when the enemy may be telling you, as his religion requires, that an attack is imminent.

[Ben Hecks]

I'd like to see the original copy of Mahmood's letter to determine if the DNC's fax number is on the bottom margin.

[houeto]

and...

Will you not accept this invitation? That is, a genuine return to the teachings of prophets, to monotheism and justice, to preserve human dignity and obedience to the Almighty and His prophets?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Could be.

Kudos to Laura Mansfield for being the first to note this. I pray there are others in high positions who also noticed what she did.

[be4everfree]

The holy Koran stresses this common word and calls on an followers of divine religions and says: [3.64] Say: O followers of the Book! Come to an equitable proposition between us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah and (that) we shall not associate aught. With Him and (that) some of us shall not take others for lords besides Allah, but if they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims. (The Family of Imran).

Also from the letter above.

[Spruce]

...Even if they do eventually create a bomb...whose to say they would even use it? ...

Ummm. THEY did.

[sionnsar]

Welcome to Free Republic.

[CougarGA7]

Say: O followers of the Book! Come to an equitable proposition between us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah and (that) we shall not associate aught. With Him and (that) some of us shall not take others for lords besides Allah, but if they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims. (The Family of Imran).

Him quoting this line from the Koran got my attention and makes me feel that Mansfield might be correct about this.

Especially when you remember the way they refer to Imran in the book just a few verses later

3.67 Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.

Couple that with this teaching from the Koran

5.51 O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Cristians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely hi is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people

This could very well be his "last chance" to justify his actions in his twisted mind.

[Edgerunner]

"I don't think the US will be able to simultaneously to continue being engaged in Iraq, Iran and also save Israel,

He didn't mention NK or Afghan or Sudan or everywhere else. Don't worry your little rag-head, we can cover much more then you can imagine.

[be4everfree]

Of course the Iranian President is crazy but, I do not think he is a fool. This is why I must consider the possiblity that they already have a nuclear device and are capable of delivering it.

[L,TOWM]

A long read but worth it, FRiend.

It looks like Iran is giving us Islam's traditional "final warning"; one last call to Islam (*submission*).

Can't help but wonder what they're fixin to do or what they THINK they can do about the warning, though.

Interesting times, indeed.

[CougarGA7]

My concern exactly. This is far too much chest thumping for someone who doesn't have some type of ace up his sleeve.

Lock and load people.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

It would be useful to know if Ahmadinejad has obtained a ruling from the ayatollahs that this letter constitutes sufficient warning within the meaning of the koran.

I would be surprised if he sent the letter without getting such a ruling in advance.

[Little Ray]

Hmmm.
Anything short of a nuke is an invitation to destruction.

Go ahead - kill a few hundred or a few thousand Americans. See your nation laid waste. Only the threat of nuclear reprisal would slow us.

The only issue I would have with this is that the idiots in Washington, D.C. would insist on putting Iran back together again rather leaving it as an object lesson.