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The Pirates of Tehran

Published by Foehammer 2 years, 11 months ago in Opinion, U.S. Politics, Iran and Nuclear Threats. Tags: ahmadinejad, armageddon, blogs, fred thompson, iran, martyrs, messiah, Nuclear Threats, nuclear power, Opinion, redstate, U.S. Politics, ussr.

Possible presidential hopeful Fred Thompson blogs today over at Redstate, and he speaks on issues much in the same spirit as I. Here’s a taste:

I have no idea if Ahmadinejad and those who put him in power really believe the Shi’a Twelver doctrine that they can spur the messiah to return by triggering Armageddon. You have to admit, though, that the possibility that they look forward to entering paradise as martyrs would make them a whole lot scarier as a nuclear power than the USSR ever was.

Go read it all.

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Apr 7th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

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Thanks. Happy Easter to you as well.

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