The Bitter Truth

"Cain" or "Hitler in Hell" by George Grosz 1944, Private Collection

 

When it rains it pours!

Putin is increasingly likely to find himself with egg on his face when Iranian rockets and possibly nuclear strikes destroy its enemies, Israel being the first in line. It won't take long until the World will ask where the lunatic Mullahs got the weapons from and why so much earlier than expected.

Ever since Thug-In-Chief Ahmadinejad revealed his apocalyptic visions, Putin has been watching helplessly how the West is catching up with his past shady dealings with Iran, all well hidden under the table. And as we learn from the absolute must read "The Origins of Terror" by the brilliant John Radzilowski, Iran is literally just the tip of the iceberg in Russia's and the former Soviet Union's longstanding and systematic support and training of virtually all of today's terrorist organizations.

There is the issue of 250 Ukrainian nuclear warheads, which never made it back to Russia in the 90s but, as is suspected, instead were sold to our Mullah friends in Iran. And as I said yesterday, there is the Russian connection for the underwater missile recently tested--one of Iran's Generals, Fadavi, kindly informed us that Russia was the only other country that had a missile capable of moving underwater as fast as the Iranian one. And now we learn, that thanks to Putin, "Tehran has become the newest member of the international space club", which specialists believe adds another building block to Iran's nuclear program. "In that sense, it is the newest piece of the Iranian atomic puzzle." 

As I have said before, Putin wants to control the global Oil supply side and Iran is his trump card. Too bad for him, that he will have to admit that rather then playing Iran, it becomes increasingly clear that he was played by the Mullahs. They used him in their master plan to control the Middle East oil reserves. Spangler confirms:

The new generation of Iranian leaders whose entire life has been the revolution know their purity of heart, and their proven capacity to sacrifice in the terrible war with Iraq.

To Ahmadinejad and his contemporaries, the entire world appears as a vast conspiracy to prevent them from having what rightfully is theirs: dominance of the Middle East from the Mediterranean to the Caspian, and eventually, much more. They know with absolutely certainty that they cannot fail, that the United States will withdraw from the region in confusion, and that they shall triumph.

There is no way to communicate reality to Ahmadinejad and his generation of militant theocrats except to demonstrate that [they] can fail, by making them fail in the most visible and obvious fashion. [...]

Washington's best course of action would be to launch an aerial attack on Iran's nuclear capacities as quickly as possible, making clear that Iran simply will not be allowed to realize its imperial ambitions in the region. Even better would be the combination of an aerial attack and a blockade of Iranian oil exports as well as Iranian gasoline imports.

The West could withstand a 5% reduction in global oil supplies, and preempting the oil weapon would eliminate a great many illusions in the Islamic world.

The problem is, we may win the fight, but are we ready for the war? Iran makes it clear that should we attack Iran's nuclear capacities, it will retaliate by unleashing a wave of global terror. The nerve!

"Iran is the No. 1 world sponsor of terrorism," said Richard Clarke, ABC consultant and former national security official.

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"Iran has a host of instruments they could throw at us, and they are much better organized and well-equipped than al Qaeda. And in the event of a U.S. attack on Iran, you could expect attacks on the U.S."

The United States believes Iran is attempting to produce nuclear weapons. Iran denies the accusation, saying it intends only to generate electricity. The U.N. Security Council has demanded Iran give up uranium enrichment, a crucial part of the nuclear weapons production process. Washington is pressing for sanctions if Tehran, Iran's capital, continues its nuclear program.

Clarke said that Iran had three terrorist organizations it sponsored or controlled. The most important is the Lebanon-based paramilitary organization Hezbollah, which destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 and killed 241 Marines. Hezbollah is suspected in the 1996 attack on the Khobar towers in Saudi Arabia.

Iran also has control over Shiite militias in Iraq and has its own special forces called the Qods Force. These three organizations make al Qaeda look like a kindergarten, Clarke said.

Marc Schulman @ The American Thinker: "“It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to infer that, if faced with a nuclear Iran, the Saudis will feel compelled to acquire—not necessarily develop—a nuclear deterrent. While the Prince’s words and the logic of the Saudi’s situation leads to this inference, the official position of the Government is to deny any intention of doing so.”

Tiger Hawk attends a round table discussion on the Iranian nuclear crisis @ Princeton. Fascinating discussion, don't miss it. Some more on that from my friend Jeff Goldstein.

The Bond movie that really should be made is the one about Iran, but I guess Jack Bauer in '24' has beaten him to it.

Related on ATB:

Introducing The Angel Of Death
Dangerous Liaisons
Iran Is Building A Nuclear Weapon
MSM Ignores Iran's Admission Of Guilt
Crimson Tide
Face Off
An Islamic Caliphate? No It's About The Oil Stupid
Europe's Appeasement Policy - Islam's Prodigal Son
The Effect Of Our Holy Trinity Of Multiculturalism, Moral Equivalence And Relativism On The War Of Destiny
The Firm Stand Against Iran:'No More Trips To The Paris Collections'
It's All About The Oil Stupid
The Rules Of Engagement
The Unexploded Bomb Of Global Politics
Stop Or I'll Say Stop Again
Iran Prepares For Nuclear Jihad

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Comments

[Luther McLeod]

First, let me get the fawning out of the way. Alexandra, you continue to amaze me, the thought, the art. Simply stunning.

As well evidenced in our own country, there are many who insist that communism is, still, a viable political option. With, a no quarter given, attempted realization of same.

If I had Marx in front of me, I would ecstatically shoot the bastard. The misery he has caused.

But, to the point. We all wish for a peaceful world. It ain't gonna happen, at least in my lifetime. Putin has dreams, Ahmadinejad has dreams, Chavez has dreams, as does Castro.

The only thing that will wake them, is, the undeniable reality of our strength and fortitude. Diplomacy is greatly overrated.

[Nathan]

Here's a question: Is nuclear energy more environmentaly friendly than oil energy?

What if Iran started arguing that point - that the reason they need to develop nuclear energy plants is to help save the environment.

Imagine the reaction from the left...

[North by Northwest]

Pete and Michael,

Putin occupies some kind of a political vacuum. In too many instances he represents the tip of the scale voice. Our enthusiasm over the demise of the communist Soviet Union throughout the 90s coupled with the War on Terror has caused us, the public that is, to drop the ball at bit. But I wonder. Russia fears militant Islam just as much as we do. Maybe, there is more than meets the eye. Putin is no fool and certainly no softy when it comes to dealing with the Islamic uprising in his backyard. Over the past several years, Chechnya has been the test bed for some of the worst terrorist attacks and how to deal with them (or not).

The hegemony over Oil supply is what messes things up. Putin would be a staunch supporter of the War on Terror were it not for his ambitions for his country to maintain a controlling grip on global oil supplies. At the end of day, realizing that Ahmadinejad & Co see oil revenues merely as a tool to further their religious ambitions ought to unite Russia, China and the US in the fight against these lunatics.

But that's still way off in the future. At the moment, Russia and China (with Japan playing an increasingly important role) still believe they can wrangle and finagle over the fine points of special conditions relating to oil and gas supplies for their respective countries.

I wonder what kind of major incident it will take to pop their balloon.

[Michael van der Galien]

Pete, I agree completely. To be honest, I do not understand why we all let Putin get away with what he does. Maybe it is out relief that... hey... at least he's no commie?

I don't know, but we should adress these issues.

[Pete Cardilla]

This is a very serious compilation of information that the U.S. and it's allies need to address, and very soon. We have been turning a blind eye to Russia and it's overt activities for some time now, and I think it has to stop. Russia is obviously not an ally in our war on terrorism.

[Michael van der Galien]

Very interesting article Baroness, Ma'am!

The question which remains is: who will win?

I mean: They both think they can use the other. Where two play that game, especially in a situation like this, one will loose. Who will it be? Sooner or later, Iran will enlarge its influence in the region. And not only that; Iran is ruled by Mullahs who, in essence, want to declare war to every non-muslim country.
Nice for Russia that Iran isn't really making life impossible for them right now, but at a certain point Iran will turn against Russia, simply because Russia is not muslim.

[igout]

Much to chew on there, A. But is there mutual back-scratching here? In exchange for some of Russia's dangerous toys, Iran refrains from making life truly miserable for Putin in Chechnya (sp?) and the Central Asian Republics. Sooner or later, they will quarrel over this valuable turf, but in the meantime they can get along nicely, grinding their respective axes against the USA. As for taking out Iran's nukes, would that be enough? Or, like a hornet's nest, are there only two choices, leaving it alone or destroying it completely? Would WW1 have still gotten out of hand had the weaponry existed to have made Serbia go poof! instantly after the Sarajevo assassination? Don't ask me; I'm groping in the dark.