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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: one_less who wrote (242607)9/21/2007 1:27:16 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
What harm do you imagine could come from such a venture?

The last time Ahmedinijad spoke at the UN he came away saying that a miracle had occurred. He was surrounded by a green glow and nobody blinked for the entire half hour. Seriously, that's what he said.

Giving more honor and airtime to this dangerous nutcase might have very lasting harmful effects. Judging from what he says, and what the Government of Iran says in its official pronouncements, he might decide it's time to ignite the confrontation between Iran and the West that will herald the return of the Mahdi.

We can't know this beforehand. But when a man says the stuff Ahmedinijad says, you have to allow for the possibility he means it.

It's funny. The left worries itself all over about Bush and a Christian fascist-theocracy taking over the US, even though there is no evidence (apart from Republican victories at the polls, which the left seems to find otherwise unaccountable).

But Bush shows no sign whatsoever of apocalyptic fervor. He has never once ended a speech praying for the Second Coming, or expected the imminence of the Rapture and the End of Days.

If he had, I think we can safely bet our press would have mentioned it.

But Ahmedinijad routinely does the Shia "Twelver" equivalent. He prays for the return of the Mahdi. His government puts out statements where they expect the Return within two years. He says miracles surround him and his speeches.

And yet our press either does not report it or tones it down as much as possible.
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