Just say "no"...

Hat tip to Cox and Forkum for the cartoon, titled "Snow Gray". You can read their related commentary and links HERE.

It's not hard to understand why people keep wanting to negotiate with Iran. People don't like war, and want to believe there are other options. People really want to BELIEVE that there is ALWAYS another option to war. That belief too often blinds them to anything that would contradict that belief.

WWII could have been nipped in the bud. But those who could have stopped it did not act, because millions of people worldwide "believed" in peace. So we had a tremendous war, for which we were unprepared, and which we nearly lost.

This time, there are nuclear weapons involved, and a global Jihadist movement that has no fear of M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction). Iran's president Amadinejad has talked many times about the return of the Mahdi. The Mahdi can't return until there has been global mass destruction and death. Amadinejad has said he believes the Mahdi will return in 2 or 3 years time. His country is trying to build nuclear weapons.

Is it that hard to understand?


Ahmadinejad and the 12th Imam



From Joel C. Rosenberg:
Mesmerized Media - When will Ahmadinejad’s radical religious beliefs get covered?

[...] When he addressed the United Nations General Assembly last year, he concluded his speech by praying for Allah to hasten the coming of “the Promised One,” the Islamic Messiah also known as the “Twelfth Imam” or the “Mahdi.” When he got back to Tehran, the Iranian leader told colleagues that during his speech he was surrounded by a halo of light, and that for 27 or 28 minutes as he spoke, delegates were so mesmerized by the words Allah was speaking through him that no one blinked. Not once.

In the months that followed, Ahmadinejad made his Islamic eschatology even more clear. He told followers that he believed the end of the world was rapidly approaching, and that the way to hasten the coming of the Messiah was to launch a global jihad to annihilate Israel and the United States. He also told followers that the “Mahdi” is already on the planet, but has not yet chosen to reveal himself. What’s more, Ahmadinejad has said that he has personally been in contact with the “Mahdi” and received instructions from him, instructions that are apparently leading Iran to prepare for an apocalyptic war to annihilate Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it. [...]

From Kenneth R. Timmerman:
Iranian President Sees End of World Order

[...] In a Nov. 16 speech in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said that the main mission of his government was to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi (May God Hasten His Reappearance)."

Reports in government media outlets in Tehran have quoted Ahmadinejad as having told regime officials that the 12th imam will reappear in two years. That was too much for Iranian legislator Akbar Alami, who publicly questioned Ahmadinejad's judgment, saying that even Islam's holiest figures have never made such claims.

At the same time he has made such statements, the new president has repeatedly vowed to pursue Iran's nuclear programs, in open defiance of the International Atomic Energy Agency and European Union negotiators.

While many Shiite Muslims worship the 12th imam, a previously secret society of powerful clerics, now openly advising the new president, are transforming these messianic beliefs into government policies.

Led by Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, who frequently appears with Ahmadinejad, the Hojatieh society is considered by many Shiite Muslims as their own bona fide lunatic fringe. During the early years of the Islamic Revolution, even Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini found their beliefs too extreme for public commerce and sent them scurrying underground.

Since taking the reins of government in August, Ahmadinejad has placed Hojatieh devotees in his Cabinet and through the bureaucracy, where they are leading a crackdown on students, women, Western music and religious minorities. [...]

By Patrick Poole:
Ahmadinejad’s Apocalyptic Faith

[...] But rooted in the Shiite ideology of martyrdom and violence, the Hojjatieh sect adds messianic and apocalyptic elements to an already volatile theology. They believe that chaos and bloodshed must precede the return of the 12th Imam, called the Mahdi. But unlike the biblical apocalypse, where the return of Jesus is preceded by waves of divinely decreed natural disasters, the summoning of the Mahdi through chaos and violence is wholly in the realm of human action. The Hojjatieh faith puts inordinate stress on the human ability to direct divinely appointed events. By creating the apocalyptic chaos, the Hojjatiehs believe it is entirely in the power of believers to affect the Mahdi’s reappearance, the institution of Islamic government worldwide, and the destruction of all competing faiths.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has clearly indicated that he is a true believer in this faith. [...]

By Amil Imani:
Ahmadinejad is not unhinged

[...] To understand Ahmadinejad’s mindset and behavior accurately requires a close scrutiny of the elaborate and intricate theology of his faith in the most fundamentalist of numerous Shiite sects. For our purposes, however, it is sufficient to document the fact that Ahmadinejad is not unhinged. “Unhinged” is a derogatory term for a mentally disturbed individual. A prominent feature of such a person is the display of contradictory thoughts and behavior. By contrast, Ahmadinejad’s words, deeds, and beliefs show a fully rational person. His reasoning may be dangerous and faulty, but he is rational nevertheless.

Consider the following examples of Ahmadinejad’s sayings, beliefs and actions. Whether one agrees or disagrees with them, they all fit into a consistent pattern. [...]

By Amy Hess:
Ahmadinejad and the 12th Imam

[...] The 12th Imam is supposed to bring justice and peace by establishing Islam as the world religion. How does that factor into Ahmadinejad's vision for Iran and for his own purpose in the future of the Middle East and of the world? Does he truly see his religion as the path to justice and peace? Or does he seek to convert the world to Islam amidst flame and fire? [...]

(bold emphasis mine) Given his beliefs, does anyone really believe Amadinejad can be trusted in any "peace" process? He's made many of these statments publiclly, to the point where he has angered many in the Iranian government, for being too "frank". Our MSM does not focus on his beliefs, because it does not support their own agenda. Thus, the hopeless "peace process" continues to be presented as a viable option, as clear and present dangers are ignored.