Why Iran wants War?

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Why Iran wants War?

Ahmadinejad & Co. starring in Armageddon

By: Slater Bakhtavar

2006/05/17



“The Iranian nation will wipe the strain of regret on the foreheads of those

who want to bring about injustice”, President Ahmadinejad scorned at a

recent rally in the province of Zanjan . Iran “will cut off the hands of any

aggressor”, any attack would be met with a response that is double-fold

including suicide attacks across Europe and the United States , he warned.

“ Israel should be wiped off the map”, the predominately Jewish nation

“cannot survive” and is headed “towards extinction” quipped the fanatical

President.



If one were to listen to his rhetoric alone, even the most astute political

intellectuals would think Iran is a nation equipped with the most dangerous

military arsenal capable of challenging any nation.  But Iran ’s rhetoric has

little to do with their outdated and dismal military, their fledging economy

or their detested government. The root of the government’s fiery tone may be

traced to their Shi’te ideology messianic belief in a mysterious, mystical

twelfth imam who ventured into hiding over a thousand years ago.



The Hidden Imam is a central concept in the teachings of Shi’te Islam. Born

Muhammad al-Mahdi he ventured into a cave in 941 AD hidden by a gate called the Gate of Occultation.  The doctrine of Occultation professes Allah aided the cloaking of the Imam away from the eyes of man so that he could be kept alive until his return. Shi’tes believe that the Twelfth Imam will return to

lead the religious battle between good and evil when the world has become

consummately nefarious.



According to Shi’te orthodoxy humans may not force or hasten the return of

the Imam, but the Hojjateiehs a group of which Ahmadinejad is a member,

opine that humans may stir up chaos to encourage his return.  With his

recent rhetoric vowing for the destruction of Israel, demanding deportation

of the Jews to Europe and denying the Holocaust that the President seems to

be doing just that. In fact, his messianic axiom of the Twelfth Imam and the

subsequent suppression of the forces of evil [modern day US, UK, Israel and

many other nations] is central to Ahmadinejad’s foreign policy. The Iranian

government’s official policy has undercut efforts of the international

community by rejecting a United Nations deadline to suspend Iran’s nuclear

program, threatening to quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty and vying that

“nothing can stop Iran’s path to nuclear technology.” In anticipation of a

stand off with the West Iran recently clinched agreements with eight

different Middle East insurgency groups to carry out suicide attacks against

Israeli, British and US interests across the world. Ironically this plan is

called ‘Judgment Day.’





During a private meeting with an Iranian cleric in November Ahmadinejad

claimed that while giving a speech before the United Nations he felt “the

atmosphere change and for 27 to 28 minutes the leaders did not blink” “they

were astonished.. it had opened their eyes and ears to the Islamic

Republic.” He further said that he felt the hand of God upon him as he

delivered his omniscient speech. In his egocentric fantasy world the Iranian

President likely sees himself as a deputy of the Imam with a divine mission

to encourage his arrival.  His references to the Imam in conjunction with

threats to wipe countries off the face of earth should be taken seriously.

Foreign policy experts should examine the Islamic Republic from both a

political and religious perspective. To the clerical regime the return of

the Imam is not a mere possibility, but a surety. Their attitude towards the

international community seems to point at their preparation for that day.



International concerns aside, there are domestic reasons for the regimes

erratic behavior. After 27 years of executions, floggings, stoning,

oppression of political dissent, violation of women’s rights, oppression of

religious minorities, the largest brain drain in the world, rampant

prostitution, crime, drug use and mass unemployment the Islamic Republic is

domestically quite loathed.  In fact, recent student polls show that close

to eighty five percent of the population supports fundamental democratic

changes in the regime.  Iranian students have consistently poured into the

streets in pro-Democracy protests only to be violently suppressed, jailed,

tortured and often murdered. But, dictatorships can only oppress for so long

and it’s only a matter of time before Iran explodes in a pro-Western

democratic revolution.  The regime knows that the only way they can leave

any kind of legacy is by invoking nationalistic pride by pushing the country

into another war and unlike the Iran-Iraq war this time they’re paving the

way for the return of the Twelfth Imam.



From challenging the world to enhancing Iran’s nuclear programs every issue

is implemented for the arrival of Mahdi. The Islamic Republic is not vying

for war because they’re too arrogant to understand they will be crushed.

They’re vying for war because they believe Mahdi will return to help them

defeat the United States and others who dare stand up to them.  Ahamadinejad

and Company’s Armageddon may be coming to a theater near you and it’s

probably the scariest movie we’ll ever see unless we aggressively invest in

the overthrow of the regime before it’s debut appearance.