PRESIDENT OBAMA APPEALS TO LEADERS OF IRAN, BUT IGNORES THEIR END TIMES THEOLOGY

Joel Rosenberg Weblog ^ | March 20, 2009 | Joel Rosenberg

[Squidpup]

“President Barack Obama told Iran’s people and leaders that the United States wants to engage with their country and end decades of strained relationship, but not unless their officials stop making threats,” reports the Associated Press. “Obama on Friday released a video message with Farsi subtitles that urged the two countries to resolve their long-standing differences. His video was timed to the festival of Nowruz (no-ROOZ), which means ‘new day.’ It marks the arrival of spring and is a major holiday in Iran.”

Excerpts:

“So in this season of new beginnings I would like to speak clearly to Iran’s leaders. We have serious differences that have grown over time. My administration is now committed to diplomacy that addresses the full range of issues before us, and to pursuing constructive ties among the United States, Iran and the international community…..We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist….”
“You, too, have a choice. The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right, but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization….”
“For nearly three decades relations between our nations have been strained. But at this holiday we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together.”

What the President and his senior advisors are missing — and what I explain in detail in the new book — is that the leaders of Iran have already made their choice. They believe the end of the world is at hand, that the Islamic Messiah’s arrival is “imminent,” and that the way to hasten the coming of the “Mahdi” or the “Twelfth Imam” is to annihilate Israel and the United States and destroy Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it. They fear the fires of hell if they “disobey” what they believe Allah has told them to do. The sooner Washington understands that, the sooner they can begin coming to grips with the fact that the regime in Tehran today is far more dangerous than the one we faced thirty years ago this spring when the Ayatollah Khomeini rose to power and we severed all diplomatic ties.

[Squidpup]

ping a ling

[xjcsa]

Well, Obama does have a lot of practice ignoring bizarre theology from insane religious leaders.

[unkus]

We are living our comfortable lives on borrowed time.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Damned straight.

[garyhope]

Obammy is a totally naive idiot or else he's an agent of a foreign government or ideology.

Does he think the Iranians are not going to want to kill us anymore because he made nicey nice with them.

He's a fool and he may get us all killed.

[ottersnot]

He's too busy partying like its 1999

[GBA]

According to the Bible, they hook up with Russia to go against Israel and it goes very, very badly for them.

[Winstons Julia]

Exactly! He knows Israel’s going to bomb the tarnation out of them. Israel’s not ignorant of their religious ideology.

Then he can say, “I tried to be nice!”

[2ndDivisionVet]

PRESIDENT OBAMA APPEALS TO LEADERS OF IRAN, BUT IGNORES AND SHARES THEIR END TIMES THEOLOGY. There, fixed it.

[Nachoman]

They believe the end of the world is at hand, that the Islamic Messiah’s arrival is “imminent,” and that the way to hasten the coming of the “Mahdi” or the “Twelfth Imam” is to annihilate Israel and the United States and destroy Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it.

Obama: Oh, well never mind then.

[rawcatslyentist]

Is this the answer to the question everyone in the ENEMEDIA should have asked?

Sunni or Shiite?

IT looks pretty much Shiite now!

[Joya]

Thanks, FRiend.

[popdonnelly]

I feel safer already. I must be becoming a liberal.

[Dajjal]

What the President and his senior advisors are missing — and what I explain in detail in the new book — is that the leaders of Iran have already made their choice. They believe the end of the world is at hand, that the Islamic Messiah’s arrival is “imminent,” and that the way to hasten the coming of the “Mahdi” or the “Twelfth Imam” is to annihilate Israel and the United States and destroy Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it. They fear the fires of hell if they “disobey” what they believe Allah has told them to do.

I'm going to buy Rosenberg's new book, Inside the Revolution, on Saturday. I do so hope that I am not disappointed. I hope he makes it clear that it's not just Shi'ite Muslims who are expecting the Mahdi. But it would probably be too much to expect him to explain in detail why those Muslims are so convinced.

For information on Muslim End-Time beliefs, see my FR Homepage and Links page.

[PhilDragoo]

Good Hunting to the IAF--Bye Bye Baby Milk Factory in Natanz.

[VRWCTexan]

Zero is starting to look and act like a candidate for Mr 666

[Dajjal]

Perhaps he's hiding his birth certificate because it says he was actually born in 869 A.D. -- not 1961.

[peeps36]

Israel knew they were on their own as soon as the usurper won the election. I just hope Obama doesn't undermine Israel while he's prancing around and kissing terrorist ass.