Thursday, February 04, 2010

Date With Doom

So the man President Obama wanted to talk to with no preconditions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is shooting off his mouth again.

He's promised a "telling blow against global arrogance" and the "end of American civilization." He's enough of a religious fanatic that he might mean it literally, though he's also used enough weasel words to mean it metaphorically, and to seize on any event to fulfill his prediction.

The creepiest part is he's given a date: February 11th, a week from now. It coincides with a celebration of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Still, it's usually wise for religious leaders not to be too specific about dates. So I'm almost impressed by Ahmadinejad's bold claim.

I'm reminded of a scene from Men In Black. Will Smith, still a regular cop, is being questioned by Tommy Lee Jones. Smith says he saw an alien, and the alien said the world was coming to end. Jones asks did he say when?

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Which reminds of a Life of Brian scene with the reaction from the cheap seats at the Sermon on the Mount of "ooh-which one?" to line about the Greek inheriting the Earth

8:36 AM, February 04, 2010  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think it was "Blessed are the cheesemakers."

What's so special about the cheesemakers?

Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

8:53 AM, February 04, 2010  
Anonymous Denver Guy said...

If something happens on the 11th (successful or insuccessful attack on the US, launch of a rocket toward Israel, etc.), it will put the Obama adminsitration in a really tough position.

I have a dark horse possibility in mind - Feb. 11th may be the day Iran tests their first nuclear bomb.

9:15 AM, February 04, 2010  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No problem for Obama. He'll blame it on the Bush administration.

9:38 AM, February 04, 2010  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bet he offs Moussavi

12:18 PM, February 04, 2010  

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