What is it that the West doesn’t understand about the leaders of Iran and their belief in Allah?
Why is it that, after three decades, some people in the West still believe that America is at fault and that a softer tone of appeasement should be the way we treat our adversaries, such as the Islamic regime in Iran?
How is it that those same people can close their eyes to most heinous crimes committed by the fanatics in Iran and yet continue to hope for a breakthrough in talks with Ahmadinejad and the ruling mullahs – the very people responsible for those horrible acts?
Are they simply misguided? Or do they simply refuse to understand the philosophy and religion preached by the clerics in Iran? As Allah tells Mohammad in the Quran, he should celebrate the fact that his enemies are the stupid people, the idiots. That is exactly how the radicals in Iran view people in the West.
During Ahmadinejad’s stay in New York, many leaders and representatives of anti-war, labor and media rushed to private meeting with him. Among them were: Militant minister Louis Farrakhan along with members of the New Black Panther Party; former U.S. Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate for 2008 Cynthia McKinney of Georgia; poet and activist Amiri Baraka; MOVE Minister of Information Ramona Africa; International Action Center Co-Director Sara Flounders; Ardeshir and Eleanor Ommani, co-founders of the American-Iranian Friendship Committee; Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Million Worker March Movement organizer Brenda Stokely; Shafeah M’balia of the Black Workers for Justice; Phil Wilayto of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality; Larry Holmes of the Bailout the People Movement; Don DeBar of Wbaix.org; Ryme Katkhouda of the People’s Media Center.
Back in Tehran, Ahmadinejad held a conference with the high-ranking Friday prayer leaders from across Iran and boasted that, “I was able to defy the American Reality,” and that during his visit in New York, he told the Americans their “sanctions meant nothing. America cannot do a damn thing, their power is rapidly depleting, and they will be brought down.” He continued by saying that the Islamic regime has managed to defy America from within and there is nothing they can do about it. What he said in the end though should be a blaring wake up call to all Americans: He claimed that “the conditions around the world are ripe for supporting our Islamic Revolutionary ideals and the messianic rule is close at hand.” He went a step further in a speech on Sunday with his insults towards the U.S. and it’s leaders, which were broadcast by the State television: “May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world.”
The radicals in Iran truly believe that the end days are at hand. They believe that by acquiring the nuclear bomb, they can facilitate the coming of the last messiah, Shiite’s 12th Imam, Mahdi. They further believe that Allah has empowered them because of the lack of action by America and the West. America’s failure to stop Iran from its pursuit of the bomb is seen by the radicals in Iran as yet another miracle by Allah as He has instilled fear in the enemies of Islam. Allah is on their side and there is no stopping them from carrying out their duties for Islam to conquer the world.
In the history of America, hundreds of thousands have made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of freedom and democracy. Thousands more now serve selflessly in Iraq and Afghanistan for the same cause. These are our heroes. And those who choose to accept and enable evil to continue are responsible for shedding the innocent blood of those fighting for our liberty. Their failures and their names will be carved on the wall of shame. History will remember them as fools who lacked the courage to stand up for democracy and freedom.
On September 29th, President Obama signed an Executive Order sanctioning several Iranian officials for their crimes against the Iranian people and their severe violation of human rights. Now is the time to make a stand and hold those Iranian leaders responsible for actively plotting to kill our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now is the time to confront the Islamic regime for its refusal to stop their nuclear enrichment activity. Now is the time for President Obama to make it crystal clear that Iran must not be allowed to obtain the nuclear bomb. If that means war or a regime change in Tehran, then so be it.
Ahmadinejad and the clerics in Tehran need to know that America is not weak. They need to understand that we will not hesitate to take them out. They need to realize that Allah will provide them with the same protection that Saddam Hussein received!
EXCELLENT ARTICLE! The volume MUST be ratcheted up before it will (very) soon be too late! You are one of the handful of people in this country with the background and credibility to lead that movement — the movement where (hopefully) plain ol’ Americans see the equivalent of the Japanese fleet of Pearl Harbor, and us doing *nothing* about it! How long would FDR have allowed the Japanese fleet to sail closer… and closer….and closer… until they were within spitting distance of Peal Harbor? It’s ludicrous to think that a President whose VERY 1ST RESPONSIBILITY is to the WELFARE of the American People(!) simply sit idly by… it boggles one’s mind.
Thank you Frumious,Iran having nukes is wrong on so many level that it is truly beyond comprehension. The consequences would be of one that the world has never seen!
I will believe it when I see US action. I think it’s just noise to help excuse the lack of action. I actually think US/Iran may have made a deal under Bush in 07 to let the Shia militia in Iraq crush the Sunni ones. Hence the surge succeeds.
would be interested in Reza’s insights on same.
Dear Reza. First, I would like to thank you, from all my heart, for your good deeds and for the truth you are upholding. Our life depends on courageous and true people like you.
I have a question about Islam.
Recently I read a book by an ex Hizballah man with a similiar story to your own. He saw the evil and decided to act against it by becoming an Israeli agent inside Hizballah. In his book he wrote that growing up as a Shi’ite youth in Lebanon, Islamic cleriks tought him that the Quran commands to hate and kill Jews. They supported their teaching with direct quotations from the Quran which explicitly commanded these things. His uncle knew (and disapproved) of this “education” and challenged him to find the same Jew hating paragraphs in old editions of the Quran which were printed dozens (or more) years ago. He could not find them!
Are you aware of such things? Could it be that todays editions of the Quran have been altered by modern Islamic extremists to support their political/military plans? Is the Quran taught to Iranian school children today, identical to the Quran that their great grandfathers learned in school?
Dear Jacob,
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it very much.
Growing up and going to school in Iran during the Shah’s era, we did not learn the Quran in school, we just had a course addressing the religion and it was pretty mild. Now I do not think Quran has been altered as all Suras in Quran are very well documented. I also do not think that the majority of Muslims in the world know exactly what the Quran says, they have just been taught it is a holly book. However reading the Quran you will see there are many many verses that talks about mercilessly killing those who do not convert or believe in Allah. Now today in Iran the religion of Islam is more despised than ever before by Iranians because of what has happened to them.
I hope that I have answered your question.