January
20, 1981 -- Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. Concurrently with that
change, the Iranian kidnappers released the US embassy hostages they had
taken 444 days before.
According to some
hostages and upon examining photographs of the ordeal, it has been
determined that one of the kidnappers was the man who is now president
of Iran. This man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
has sworn to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and to destroy the
great Satan, the USA.
Consider
January 20, 2009. The US could be preparing to celebrate the
inauguration of President Obama rather than
an experienced and previously well-tested man of principle. It has been 28 years since
President Reagan faced down and humiliated the Iranian terrorists. What
might one of those terrorists -- now president of Iran -- do to save
face and make up for his humiliation?
Consider
the situation that is inverse to that of 1981. Terrorists around the
world know and believe that the new US president was elected on a plank
of peace, passivity, and withdrawal from Iraq and a winding down of all
military involvement around the world. |
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Consider
the mind and rabid anger of leaders such as Ahmadinejad who now
controls weaponry and an army of dedicated fanatics willing to die for
him and Allah.
Consider
how Ahmadinejad might choose to test the new
US president.
Perhaps
he will order his army to swarm across the border into Iraq. They would
be armed with any weaponry available since the attack would continue
into Iraq with confrontation with US military that would be ordered to
pull back -- retreat.
Likely
the new US president, being of a passive, non-militarist nature, and
having been elected to pacify our enemies would order his or her forces
to retreat so that he or she could talk with
Ahmadinejad.
Consider
other options available to Ahmadinejad. He
could attack Israel. He might coordinate his attack with Hezbollah
forces that he has been arming for years. While Iran fired missiles and
sent troops into Israel, Hezbollah could attack from the other border.
Consider
other revenge tactics Ahmadinejad
might implement. Now prepare to deal with any of them... if you can. |
