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            <title>Iran’s Mullocracy Makes War Inevitable</title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Moshe Sharon writes that has &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&amp;amp;cid=1215330995579&amp;amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Israel has only shot at Iran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;. Success is vital in a surgical strike for if it fails utterly or beyond expectations, Iran and its proxies could deliver a blow that could end Israel’s existence. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Personally I think success or failure is irrelevant. A surgical strike on Iran’s nuke capability may make the world safer from radiation fall-out; however Iran and it military surrogates are going to respond anyway. I suspect America’s aid might be the only thing to tip Israel’s defense to a favorable outcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Does that mean Israel should abandon a surgical strike against Iran because the stakes would be inevitable?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;I say no!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;Sharon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt; also points out that the Mullah controlled Shi’ites of Iran and Ahmadinejad’s belief in Mohammedan destiny means Iran will attack Israel eventually. Sharon quotes a Mohammedan Hadith (which the Sunnis also preach) that is prevalent clerical sermons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;The last hour will not come unless the Muslims fight against the Jews, and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and the stone or the tree would say: &amp;quot;Muslim! Servant of Allah! Here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him!&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Coupling this Mohammedan race hatred of Jews and a military desire to rebuild the ancient Iranian hegemony in the Middle East probably means Israel will be the inevitable focus for a reason to begin a war. Thus Israel may be faced with fighting a conventional war or a nuke war. Israel could lose both with undoubted Israeli defensive damage to the Mohammedan world; however a conventional war might be Israel’s best chance to survive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt;Sharon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Abscissa&quot;&gt; points out effectively that Iran or any other aggressors might be stung pretty badly by an Israeli strike; however the little sliver of a land known as Israel could be devastated off the map. Thus Sharon points outs Israel only has one shot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            <title>Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq</title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Well so much for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=1172&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Sadar family dealing Muqtada al-Sadr privately as a family matter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;. Al-Sadr apparently is gaining confidence from rogue Iran that wishes to carve out a Middle Eastern hegemonic power base in the Middle East.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;The Yahoo News source I just read implied al-Sadr is prepared to engage the U.S. military on a full scale basis in order to carve out his own Iraqi mini-state. Let’s see, what that State be called? Perhaps it would be called the Mahdi Republic or perhaps al-Sadr would just proclaim al-Sadr’s fiefdom a new part of the Shi’ite Islamofascist Republic of Iran.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Hello, its another play for oil power in the Middle East. It is somewhat like Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait to usurp oil &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/example/gulf7307.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;for more money to rebuild Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt; after Iraq-Iran War ceased.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;This could be another move on the chess board of war preparations between Iran and America: Patraeus was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=1173&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;elevated to CentCom Commander&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt; so Iran &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=1174&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;elicits pressure from client terrorist al-Sadr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: HamburgerHeaven&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;Apparently there is not only an Anbar Awakening among Sunni Iraqis who cooperating with the US Military to route out foreign insurgents (such as al Qaeda Iraq &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt; AQI) but Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;ites are becoming fed up with the thuggery of the Mahdi Army.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080; font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;Evidently Muqtada al-Sadr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi_Army&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;Mahdi Army&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt; is not enforcing a rule of law among Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;ites to make them feel safe. It is bad news for the Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;ites but it is good news for the US Military. Why, you might ask? Because al-Sadr is tied to the psycho Ayatollahs of Iran and it is a good thing to drive a wedge between Twelver Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;ites of Iran and Iraqi Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;ites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; color: #000080; font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: crystal clear&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;Anyway, go check it out at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2007/10/a-baghdad-awakening-in-the-wor-1/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Small Wars Journal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt;. It means we are winning in Iraq not losing as the Dems would have Americans believe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000080&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #000066&quot;&gt;Shi’ite Iran and Wahhabi Sunni Taliban have been fierce enemies in the past, so much so that Iran did not complain when America invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime and it Stateless ally al-Qaeda.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apparently the deep hatred Sunni and Shi’ites have had for centuries has transformed by mutual hatred of the United States. There have been major indicators that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/document_iran_c.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Iran has been supplying weapons and supplies to the Taliban&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #000066&quot;&gt; hiding in the Afghan mountains enabling them to be a continuous threat to the anti-Taliban government and American/coalition forces trying to secure Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So here is the picture: Iran says that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=497&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Israel will soon be wiped off the map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #000066&quot;&gt;; Iran trains and supplies terrorists &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/950500.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hamas (Sunnis in the Gaza), Islamic Jihad (Shi’ites in Gaza&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000066&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660000&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/18/news/iran.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Hezbollah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000066&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660000&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(Shi’ites in Lebanon); Iran has made mutual defense pacts with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/saab20060704.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Syria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000066&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/06/01/do0104.xml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Sudan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #000066&quot;&gt;; Iran has trained and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081400477.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;anti-American militant Shi’ites in Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #000066&quot;&gt;; Iran as stated above is aiding the Taliban AND I would say it is a pretty good guess that NOW &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blines3&quot; href=&quot;http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/01/iran_and_alqaeda_in.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Link outside of this blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; color: #660000&quot;&gt;Iran is aiding al-Qaeda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000066&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660000&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in some form or fashion. This is a bleak picture for Middle Eastern peace particularly as it affects the National Interests of America and Israel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I must note that these Sunni/Shi’ite alliances are tenable. There mutual hatred could blow up into a division followed by unification due to a perceived American threat. It is quite complicated on who are enemies and friends at any given moment. The only thing that seems to be linear is both Wahhabi and Shi’ite schools of thought desiring a return to medieval harsh Sharia Law, it is only the interpretation that separates the sects and an American ideology of democratic Liberty and an American military presence that unites them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;Richard Haass, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cfr.org/bios/3350/richard_n_haass.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;the President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cfr.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Council on Foreign Relations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; (CFR), suggests a “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cfr.org/publication/12322/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;New Middle East&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;” is emerging that will continually exclude the influence of America. The new influences in the Middle East will increasingly be how the area will manage the natural conflict between Sunni and Shia Mohammedans. The only thing the Sunni and Shia seem to be in complete agreement is the hatred of Jewish Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;Haass surmises that Saudi Arabia and Egypt will go nuclear to counter a nuclear Iran. I found it interesting that Haass did not mention an already nuclear Pakistan. Pakistan for the most part is Sunni, however it Pakistan’s rogue scientists that initially introduced nuke secrets to Iran.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;Haass believes that a continued U.S. military presence in the Middle East can only harm American National Interests because of the distrust of Sunni and Shia of America. On the other hand America has to consider its primary ally in the Middle East. That ally is not Saudi Arabia! America’s primary ally is Israel. The only successful Western style democracy in existence in the Middle East is Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;Haass agrees with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=61&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Iraq Study Group Report&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; that America should engage Syria and Iran pertaining to stability in Iraq. I still see this using gasoline to put out a fire. Syria and Iran have militaristic aims that center on the destruction of Israel. Why in the world would America enlist the help of terrorist promoting rogue nations as Syria and Iran?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;The only possible reason for doing so is to sell out Jewish Israel to gain economic favor from an oil rich Mohammedan Middle East. In a Western perspective, this is placing greed above our own cultural ethics. I find the thought of this as reprehensible. It is an anti-Semitic move that would emerge as a 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; century Holocaust of Jews. Nuclear armed Sunnis and Shi’ites that hate Israel will result in yet another attack on Israel. These attacks have occurred frequently since 1948 whenever Mohammedans had perceived a collective advantage to rid the Middle East of a non-Mohammedan Jewish/Zionist government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;The globe’s first actual nuclear could be between sliver small Israel and confidently nuclear armed Mohammedans. I assure you the entire world would participate for one reason alone: the black gold resource of oil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;I am afraid the only way to resolve the crisis of the Middle East is considered currently as politically incorrect. The West must resolve to utilize some old fashioned imperialistic tactics to protect National Interests and Western Cultural Interests. The West must collectively use extreme prejudice to end the leadership behind Islamofascist radical Mohammedanism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;A usually polarized West (well America anyway) have a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&amp;amp;file=article&amp;amp;sid=172&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;common enemy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;, that enemy is radical Mohammedanism. Radical Mohammedanism greatest desire and end game is to supplant Western Culture with its belief in Civil Rights and Liberty with a Mohammedan culture of intolerant Sharia Law. An allied front in the West must wake-up to this radical agenda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;Incidentally a majority of Mosques have their financial support in nations in which radical Mohammedanism is preeminent. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://slantedright.blogspot.com/2006/06/not-all-mosques-are-jihadi-but-all.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Wahhabis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://limewoody.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/more-on-islam-perpetual-ethnic-cleansing-mean-and-methods-the-muslim-brotherhood-project/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Muslim Brotherhood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; of the Sunnis have funneled money into both terrorist organizations and European/American Mosques. Thus the affects of radical Mohammedanism is not merely an action that occurs in a far away land, increasingly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://slantedright.blogspot.com/2006/04/cair-and-islamofascism.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;it is becoming a localized phenomena&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Alpha Romanie G98&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://slantedright.blogspot.com/2006/07/shiite-twelvers-chaos-and-mahdi.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;hidden twelfth Imam is the Messianic Mahdi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; of Iranian Shi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;&gt;’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;ite Twelvers. Lately media has been allowing information for Iranian perusal that the Mahdi will return at the Spring Equinox to begin the battle to subjugate the enemies of Allah to Mohammedanism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;This sounds like a theological belief similar to oft wrong Christians that predict the return of Christ in recent years. They have been incorrect for the Word of God says that day will not be known by humanity until it happens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;The concern I have with Iran pushing the Spring Equinox date as a time the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://slantedright.blogspot.com/2006/12/ahmadinejad-jesus-and-mahdi-will-come.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none&quot;&gt;Mahdi will manifest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt; in the world smacks of Iranian Ayatollahs and Ahmadinejad exploiting the timing by initiating some kind of global mischief using the Mahdi as justification. Personally I believe this is the reason for the existence of the Iranian nuclear enrichment program. That program will lead to WMD. The WMD will lead to the chaos that Twelvers believe will precede the emergence of the Hidden Imam, aka the Mahdi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Final Frontier&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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