“Remember, they believe in the 12th Imam, and that the only way to bring about his coming is by plunging the world into war.”
Bullsqueeze. That’s just BS. If they actually believed that, they could start the war this afternoon, couldn’t they? They are suicidal for their soldiers and poor souls the shang hai into the truck bombings.
I notice the Imams and leaders there are not really so suicidal ,,,,personally.
They don’t really believe it. They bomb is being built for exactly one reason.
They saw Saddam, they saw Khaddaffy, and they correctly judged that had either simply possessed a bomb, they would have never been attacked.
It makes you invasion proof.
Iranians are Persians. Even though Islam makes them crazy, they have been the center of world spanning empires for a long time. That means they know a thing or two about world politics. I see the Persians as calculating and playing a long game. I don’t see suicidal short term policies from them.
The Twelvers are not into just any old war with a few hundred or a few thousand dead here and there. They want millions on millions dead. The strong scent of blood is the only way the 12th Imam will climb out of the well. Once out he will lead his forces against all others until every last human is brought to Paradise, with the last two obliged to kill each other.
Yes, that’s right the mullahs don’t want any war - they want total human extinction, which conventional means cannot achieve - their hopes are on starting a worldwide nuclear war. The y could careless about being “invasion proof” in the long run; only about being “invasion proof” until their nukes are ready to fly.
And yes, they have said that their deaths are inconsequential in achieving their religions beliefs as they will go to Paradise with great honors; beliefs which are as firmly held as any devout Christian’s beliefs. You believe in Christ, they believe in Death. If you could you would have Christ come back soonest, so they believe, when they can, they will bring Death soonest.
Do not mistake the mad mullahs for some Iraqi or Libyan Sunni or some previous Russian or Chinese leader. They are truly mad in Western eyes, but totally sane in their own.