I was listening to one of the local vets on the radio the other day as he was talking about dogs that bite. He mentioned that it is more often the little dogs that get a panic attack going and start biting. I thought of that this morning while reading this article, about the Israeli airstrike on Syria, and the resulting panic it has caused in Iran. Watching that little weasel from Tehran strutting around in New York like a rock star, reminded me of the little mixed breed rat terrier let loose on the floor of the Westminster Kennel Club show, thinking he was some kind of “best of breed”. At the same time he’s enjoying this celebrity, he’s ratched up his posturing and threats, even making what some suggest is a declaration of war against America and Israel. Humorous to most watchers…
A sure sign of panic is to make a threat that everyone knows is a bluff. So our and Tel Aviv’s response to Iranian bluster is a thank-you-for-sharing yawn and a laugh. Few things rattle the mullahs’ cages more than a yawn and a laugh.
Yet no matter how much fun this sport with the mullahs is, it is also deadly serious. The pressure build-up on Iran is getting enormous. Something is going to blow and soon. The hope is that the blow-up will be internal, that the regime will implode from within.
.. then I remembered, cornered little dogs bite. And cornered little men with “end of the world” belief systems do worse than that.
Ahmadinejad is on record as stating he believes he is to have a personal role in ushering in the age of the Mahdi. In a Nov. 16, 2005, speech in Tehran, he said he sees his main mission in life as to “pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance.”
Read both links for a view you aren’t getting from the TV talking heads. We live in interesting times.
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