Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Holy Holocaust
Iran has decided to rewrite history - its decided the holocaust never happened. So the Islamic Journalist of Iran has put together an "international" holocaust conference:
Tehran, 5 Jan. (AKI) ... "President Ahmadinejad has placed at the centre of international attention, a very important question on the truthfulness of the version that Europe and the Zionists have imposed on the world on the murder of Jews during the years of the great war, and therefore we are of the opinion that it is useful and necessary to organise an international conference on that theme, where all the historians and researchers, even those that do not believe in the official version, will be able to express themselves freely," Mehdi Afzali, spokesperson of the Association of Islamic Journalists told Adnkronos International (AKI).
Oh-my-God! So Hitler's Reich wasn't responsible for murdering 12 million people after all. And I'm guessing Stalin did not preside over the murder of 40 million? And of course Mao's reforms weren't responsible for the death of 30 million peasants. And the million Cambodians that died - nothing to do with Pol Pot.
And the American left - where are they? Not a peep, I'll bet.
Tehran, 5 Jan. (AKI) ... "President Ahmadinejad has placed at the centre of international attention, a very important question on the truthfulness of the version that Europe and the Zionists have imposed on the world on the murder of Jews during the years of the great war, and therefore we are of the opinion that it is useful and necessary to organise an international conference on that theme, where all the historians and researchers, even those that do not believe in the official version, will be able to express themselves freely," Mehdi Afzali, spokesperson of the Association of Islamic Journalists told Adnkronos International (AKI).
Oh-my-God! So Hitler's Reich wasn't responsible for murdering 12 million people after all. And I'm guessing Stalin did not preside over the murder of 40 million? And of course Mao's reforms weren't responsible for the death of 30 million peasants. And the million Cambodians that died - nothing to do with Pol Pot.
And the American left - where are they? Not a peep, I'll bet.
Bad Moon
There's a bad (crescent) moon arisin' but it ain't werewolves that are coming out. Its Iranian nukes, and they may be coming to a city near you.
We are headed for a showdown in the middle east over Iranian nuclear capabilities. And the show won't be over until the fat lady sings. In this case, the fat lady is American military might and it will sing, one way or the other.
Here's my best and worst case scenarios:
Best case scenario: U.S. invades Iran in the next 9 months. Four thousand U.S. troops die and 40,000 Iranians die. Iran's nuclear facilities are destroyed. The U.S. leaves and lets those left in Iran put together pieces in whatever manner they want.
Worst case scenario: U.S. does not invade Iran in next 9 months. Iran starts war by sending a nuclear warhead into downtown Tel Aviv or a dirty bomb explodes in New York. Millions are dead or dying from radiation sicknesses. A nuclear exchange ensues. Fifty million Muslims in the middle east die. U.S. spends next 50 years and $2 trillion rebuilding middle east.
Unfortunately, I think the worst case scenario is more likely.
We are headed for a showdown in the middle east over Iranian nuclear capabilities. And the show won't be over until the fat lady sings. In this case, the fat lady is American military might and it will sing, one way or the other.
Here's my best and worst case scenarios:
Best case scenario: U.S. invades Iran in the next 9 months. Four thousand U.S. troops die and 40,000 Iranians die. Iran's nuclear facilities are destroyed. The U.S. leaves and lets those left in Iran put together pieces in whatever manner they want.
Worst case scenario: U.S. does not invade Iran in next 9 months. Iran starts war by sending a nuclear warhead into downtown Tel Aviv or a dirty bomb explodes in New York. Millions are dead or dying from radiation sicknesses. A nuclear exchange ensues. Fifty million Muslims in the middle east die. U.S. spends next 50 years and $2 trillion rebuilding middle east.
Unfortunately, I think the worst case scenario is more likely.
