These Iranian freakazoids are literally in the grip of a deadly cult-within-a-cult, Islamofascism IS a cult, not a religion, and the particular strain that Ahmadjihad and his terrorist buds are infected with believe that by provoking a war, they open the door for their 12th Imam/Mahdi to make a grand appearance and destroy the infidels, blah-blah-blah and all the rest of that noise.
What we need to do, in my not-so-humble opinion, is to give Amadjihad a dose of his own rhetoric, and have someone like SecDef Rumsfeld or VP Dick Cheney give a speech at the United Nations or some high profile venue in which they call out names and make some promises in no uncertain terms, something along the lines of:
"The President of Iran is in the business of making threats, threats to the United States to our ally Israel, to the United Nations, and Mr. Ahmadinejad needs to hear this, and hear it clearly - the day Iran takes any offensive action against the United States or our vital interests, will be the day that Iran ceases to exist, period.
"The policy of the United States shall be that if aggressive military action is undertaken by Iran which causes extensive death and damage to America, that a full nuclear retaliatory response will be launched against Iran, without sanctuary anywhere within Iran's borders. Each and every city and town will be decimated, the entire military-industrial infrastructure will be utterly destroyed and reduced to rubble from one corner of Iran to the other. The United States military forces are more than capable of this. The nuclear missiles contained in just ONE Ohio class Trident submarine are sufficient to lay waste to the entire Iranian nation, and we will not hesitate to do so if attacked.
"The United States has used nuclear weapons only twice in our history, in order to force the unconditional surrender of Japan, then our enemy in 1945. For over 50 years, America's nuclear deterrent has prevented war, however the Iranian people must understand that if their leaders choose to engage the United States in warfare, that it will be their fate to give their lives, all of their lives without exception, for the delusions their leaders believe.
"The choice is Mr. Ahmadinejad's, and the religious leaders who back him, and the Iranian people who must decide if their government is worth dying for."
I think that would spell it out pretty clearly, and it needs to be done and damn soon.
I am skeptical words and threats will do much to sway them. Guess we'll have to speak softly and carry a big stick.
Anyway, how does threat of nuclear retaliation work against ideologues who believe dying after mass murdering others (jihad "martyr") gets them straight to heaven?
Well said!
Boy, how true is your tagline!
That pathetic excuse for a Commander in Chief has been responsible for more hate, discontent and deaths through his sheer stupidity and incompetence than any other US President in history.