Iran poised to strike? Observers report Ahmadinejad sending secret signals of intent

JerusalemNewsWire.com ^ | 5/14/2006 | Stan Goodenough

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Which brings me to one of my hobby horses:

We already agree that our calendar is wrong, off by anywhere from 2 to 16 years, depending on who's doing the reckoning, and further in error because of the absence of a year zero.

The more fundamental point is that God did not intend us to mark His years by the birth of Jesus.

If He had intended this we would have a Biblical fixing of the date.

Further, the day of Jesus' birth is unremarkable as all men are born.

However, very few return from the dead, that event is remarkable, and it is the defining moment of Christianity, the very moment of proof that his sacrifice was not in vain. And the Bible gives a precise reference for when this happened!

Clearly this was the date the calender was supposed to start!

For extra points, this makes our calender off by anywhere from 17 to 30 years. That makes this something like Holy Year 1988 to Holy Year 1975, giving us anywhere from 12 to 25 years to get our affairs in order before the real end of the millennium...

[appeal2]

They supposedly have subs and don't foret the Arrow missile and Patriot 3 batteries. In the event of an Iranian missile attack, not many would make it to Israel, thus giving them ample resources for the 1st and last counter attack.

[SuzyQue]

What do you think about this one?

[Iscool]

White Buffalo ???

[coladirienzi]

The Israeli Navy has three Dolphin-class, diesel-electric submarines that they bought from Germany and they have more on order. Some of the boat's torpedo tubes are over-sized so they can fire cruise missles armed with nukes. Two of the boats are always on patrol.

[Kenny Bunk]

Bush turns out to be the 12th Imam

Bush's inept communication skills give him a lot in common with the next Imam. Both are at the bottom of a well and hard to understand. At least you can lower a note to the Imam.

Can't wait for tomorrow's speech. ¡Viva mí presidente!

[Iscool]

I can't dispute the year other than it's close, but I find it interesting that the muzlims seems to think it is now...And theoretically, they aren't following the bible, but have their own source of prophecy...

[epow]

We can only hope and pray that when the bomb goes off, it is not in our neighborhood.

We had best also hope and pray that a left wing Democrat administration is not in power when and if the bomb goes off.

I'm not at all convinced that such a C in C would take the step of a nuclear reply to a nuclear attack unless the bomb strikes on US soil and millions of American die. Most prominent Democrats don't seem to have any commitment at all to the the survival of Israel, in fact some things I read from the far left show a bitter hatred for Israel that rivals their hatred for Bush and conservatives. Hard to believe, but many of those deluded fools would be in sympathy with the mad mullahs of Iran against both Israel and our own armed forces in an armed conflict. In fact, they take that position now regarding our involvement in Iraq.

A Democratic administration might not sacrifice Israel to save us from nuclear retaliation, in fact it probably wouldn't unless the radical left gains more strength and influence than it has now. But the Islamic militants may believe it would, and the result would be the same as far as American and Israeli casualty figures.

[El Gato]

Perhaps one or more of those nukes are already in Iran, just waiting to be detonated if it becomes necessary. Just saying.

Why bother, Israel's nukes are much more secure sitting in heavily guarded silos in Israel, than one or three would be squirreled away in Iran. They are just as useable too. The delay between launch and detonation will not be lengthy, as close as Israel and Iran are.

[TXnMA]

"When they wear this scarf they told me it means: I am ready, I am purified, I am militarily trained, I am Islamically pure to commit a suicide attack right now…"

Faulty translation. It really means, "Hey, look at me -- I'm a self-designated target!"

IMO, any middle easterner wearing one of those "scarves" -- or appearing in public with his face covered -- should be the immediate recipient of a .308 (or larger) sniper round.

[meyer]

It is the end of times....any jewish person that votes Democrat is just plain nuts.

Any person period that votes democRAT is nuts.

[TXnMA]

That's Walt Kelly -- creator of the ever-lovin' Pogo.

[VRWC_PA]

My bad. As if I couldn't read his name in the copyright in the lower right corner. Oh, well, at least I cen spel goud.

[painter]

Then why all the trash talk, deliberately provocative? If the cinder ending holds no gain for Iran, then either they believe they can prevent it, or else they are only threatening it without intending to actually carry it out.

I think it is more dangerous than that. I believe that nut job in Iran believes this "12th" Iman will use divine powers to protect Iran from destruction.

[Beckwith]

Ishaq:208

“When Allah gave permission to his Apostle to fight, the second Aqaba contained conditions involving war which were not in the first act of submission. Now we bound themselves to war against all mankind for Allah and His Apostle.

He promised us a reward in Paradise for faithful service. We pledged ourselves to war in complete obedience to Muhammad no matter how evil the circumstances.”

[Scott from the Left Coast]

The really sad part about all this is that it is apparent that the first strike MUST be made by iran just to prove that the U.S. "is not like them". P.C. run amok.

I used to hold strongly to this perspective as well...that before any action could be taken, to satisfy our extreme political pacifism in the west, that first Iran must take get in the first strike...

Now, I don't even think that would be enough...as long as they covered their tracks (using proxies or terrorists) well enough to cause doubt sufficient to survive an hour of CSI Las Vegas, well, I'm thinking that would probably be enough to get the Left in the West to run to their defense. Which is enough to keep our politics so toxic that action in defense of the nation will be an impeachable offense.

After all we deserve it anyway because we created Haliburton.

[Dark Skies]

There is no doubt that these are guys are saddled up in a religious sense. And unlike Saddam, Ahmadinejad is devout and his belief that allah will assure islamic victory is THE ULTIMATE "article of faith."

It will be interesting to see if someone fitting the description of the Mahdi appears on the scene after the battle commences.

[B.O. Plenty]

Thanks fore the advise...I will be moor carful next time.

[Sic Luceat Lux]

Indicators observed by independent Iran watchers during the past week are raising the question that nuclear-seeking Iran is not merely playing a serious game of brinkmanship, but is actually preparing to strike at Israel...

I say that Israel now has their fingers on the buttons of many Neutron warheads -
-and they won't wait until they get hit first!

An indicator of a pre-emptive attack with their neutron arsenal (by Israel) might show with the sudden rise in the price of oil and gold bullion tomorrow and Tuesday.

[Dark Skies]

You tag line is interesting.

I have given that matter a little thought and have concluded that no wise father would give his children wealth that they neither earned nor had the wisdom to manage. Such windfalls can only cause temptation and ultimately lead to evil.

Accordingly, I think God permitted Satan to give the oil to the Arabs. Satan either didn't understand the destructiveness of greed or he does understand it fully and didn't really care about it deleterious effects on the arabs...because he knew it would serve his evil purposes in the end.

And has it ever!