[bereanway]

Interesting article. I knew Ahmadinejad wante to hasten the arrival of the 12th imam but I knew nothing of the history of the movement.

If this guy does truly believe that by creating chaos he can bring this final battle and imam's appearance about more quickly then all types of analysis go out the window. He's a total wild-card and there's no way to predict with any certainity what he might do in any given situation.

[Lurker]

Irans slaughter of the Ba'Hais after the 'revolution' was an act of religious genocide that has gone unpunished for far too long.

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[MediaMole]

I've got two theories about the current conflict...

1. Iran has several nuclear weapons and are waiting on an overt provocation to use them. This would have taken substantial help from Pakistan and North Korea.

2. Hizbollah is acting too soon and their short-sighted actions will allow Israel to do the necessary dirty work to take out Iran's nukes. The other possibility is that a covert operation was used to get Hizbollah to take action so that Israel could hit them hard.

Senario 1 is a nightmare. Number 2 is an extension of the current GWOT.