Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Embarrassed Silence in the Face of Madness or Cover?
Here is the prayer at the end of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN last night:
Oh, Almighty God, all men and women are your creatures and you have ordained their guidance and salvation. Bestow upon humanity that thirsts for justice, the perfect human being promised to all by you, and make us among his followers and among those who strive for his return and his cause. (Emphasis added).
Here is the context/exegesis:
The promised perfect human being is the 12th (occulted) Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who disappeared in 874 and who will return at the end of the world. The followers of this cult strive to bring chaos to the world as that is a sign of the return as well as a way to hasten his return, by making it necessary to rescue Islam from the overwhelming forces of evil (that would be us infidels) as well as a general loss of faith and faithful practice among the Muslims.
This is not the first time Ahmadinejad has talked about the hidden Imam, nor is it the first time he has revealed his beliefs to a mainly western audience in a prayer for the imminent return of the Mahdi--he had the same prayer 11 months ago in front of the UN.
Why wasn't this covered at all in the mainstream press?
I'm not feeling too charitable right now so I think either the press in general is too stupid to realize how big a deal this is or they are giving the blood enemy of our good friend Israel a pass for his scary/crazy apocalyptic beliefs--probably the latter, but maybe both.
Neither we nor Israel can allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and the window of opportunity to prevent that has dwindled to mere months. If it sends oil to $100 a barrel, and the Muslim street explodes and 30,000 Iranians and 2,000 Americans die--we have to do it; because the price Israel and then we will have to pay for failure is too horrible to contemplate. Sorry to go all Cassandra on you at the end there, but no one can be fooling around on this. It's as serious as a heart attack.
Oh, Almighty God, all men and women are your creatures and you have ordained their guidance and salvation. Bestow upon humanity that thirsts for justice, the perfect human being promised to all by you, and make us among his followers and among those who strive for his return and his cause. (Emphasis added).
Here is the context/exegesis:
The promised perfect human being is the 12th (occulted) Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who disappeared in 874 and who will return at the end of the world. The followers of this cult strive to bring chaos to the world as that is a sign of the return as well as a way to hasten his return, by making it necessary to rescue Islam from the overwhelming forces of evil (that would be us infidels) as well as a general loss of faith and faithful practice among the Muslims.
This is not the first time Ahmadinejad has talked about the hidden Imam, nor is it the first time he has revealed his beliefs to a mainly western audience in a prayer for the imminent return of the Mahdi--he had the same prayer 11 months ago in front of the UN.
Why wasn't this covered at all in the mainstream press?
I'm not feeling too charitable right now so I think either the press in general is too stupid to realize how big a deal this is or they are giving the blood enemy of our good friend Israel a pass for his scary/crazy apocalyptic beliefs--probably the latter, but maybe both.
Neither we nor Israel can allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and the window of opportunity to prevent that has dwindled to mere months. If it sends oil to $100 a barrel, and the Muslim street explodes and 30,000 Iranians and 2,000 Americans die--we have to do it; because the price Israel and then we will have to pay for failure is too horrible to contemplate. Sorry to go all Cassandra on you at the end there, but no one can be fooling around on this. It's as serious as a heart attack.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:59 PM 
