Wasting Time With Alex

More on Iran

There is a lot of pap, like this one, going around about how Ahmadinejad suffered a real loss in last weeks elections, but I tell you do not buy into it. Iran is not a democracy. Elections are meaningless when ruthless power-hungry dictators like Ahmadinejad can use force to keep power. And it is important to mention he seems to have the backing of the military which seems to share his nuclear dream of revolution:

Speaking at a ceremony in Imam Hussein (AS) Military University to honor researchers in IRGC’s symbol, he [Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi] said, “The Middle East region and whole the world are now passing through a developing course at a sensitive juncture in history. Without practical research in congruence with defense, security and cultural requirements, we will fail to defend the Islamic Revolution, the political system, the nation and the country in all respects.”

“Defending the Islamic revolution” is code for forcing Iranian Islamic rule on the world. Consequently wanting nuclear weapons capability to “defend” the revolution translates to using them to spread that revolution. Ahmadinejad and his followers want this conflict. Unlike the USSR during the Cold War and now China/North Korea in our new and yet unmentioned Cold War of the 21st century which worshipped at the altar of communism/socialism and wanted their rewards here on earth, these Islamic fanatics believe their reward can come from a win on this earth, and even if they die wiping out those opposed to their cause, in the afterlife. That is the danger we never faced before. An enemy that feels they still win even if they are wiped out in a conflict they have told us they are eager to get going and from which they can not be negotiated to ever give up.