Hey, wasn’t Iran supposed to do something crazy today?
posted at 10:20 am on October 12, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Every year now, it seems, we go through the big Iranian Armageddon scare. Last year it was the August 22nd debacle, this year it was a report from Iranian media about the “final response” that was coming to Israel and its supporters on world Quds Day, listed in the Iranian news story as falling on October 12. Tips have been trickling in all week quoting this passage:
“The US loses all opportunities to cooperate with regional and other world states by trying to support a regime (the Zionist regime) which is now at its weakest political and social position,” [Iranian spokesman Gholam-Hossein] Elham said.
He warned that Washington’s insistence on its wrong policies and arrogant approaches would have no result “but further political disgrace” for itself.
Referring to the approaching World Qods Day, the spokesman stressed, “Supporters of the Zionist regime will definitely receive the final response for their support on that day.”
Websites have been pimping this bluster for the past month and it was even picked up by Fox News, which quoted the “final response” line — without also quoting the lede from the Iranian story: “Supporters of the Zionist regime will receive their response during the world Qods Day’s rallies, government spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Elham, said Wednesday.” That makes it sound like they were talking about a verbal response, not some surprise attack. And the punchline? As far as I can tell, the Iranian story got the date of Quds Day wrong. It was last Friday, not today, unless they’re doing some special Quds thing in Tehran. Which, judging from the newswires, they aren’t.
Hawks need to do better about crying wolf over this stuff. Bloggers, thankfully, mostly held off on this one but every time some saber-rattling gets tagged as the signal for the Iranian Pearl Harbor and then doesn’t pan out, it gives the left something new to point to as “evidence” that the threat doesn’t exist at all. It cuts to the heart of the debate over Iran: are they so fanatic that they’d telegraph the date of a surprise attack by either announcing it beforehand or coordinating it with some Shiite holiday, or are they pragmatic enough that they’d keep mum in order to retain the advantage of surprise? I’m guessing the latter but your mileage may vary.
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Maybe the little guy was getting some shoelifts and they just haven’t sent the press release out.
Or maybe they were referring to The Goracle being appointed Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler.
JammieWearingFool on October 12, 2007 at 10:27 AM
By making crazy the norm in Iran, not doing something crazy becomes crazy! See? It’s all about perception.
Krydor on October 12, 2007 at 10:28 AM
I’m thrilled to be wrong… this time…
As a “pimper” I would still argue that the greatest damage done to our ability to respond to Iran was the failure to rebut the “BigLies” of the Left regarding claims that “BushLied”.
DANEgerus on October 12, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Just curious: if the Qods Force ninjas are such an uber-threat to the world, then wouldn’t it be a great idea to catch them when they do their silly parade and they’re all packed in on a little street in Tehran and drop a daisy cutter on them?
Seems like we could rid the world of a couple thousand dangerous weirdos all at once and that might be the way to go.
Jaibones on October 12, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Maybe they WERE gonna launch an attack with what’s left of their F-14s but we destroyed all of our Tomcats and busted the guys trying to steal the spare parts for Iran.
Tony737 on October 12, 2007 at 10:37 AM
I’m not saying … I’m just sayin’.
Jaibones on October 12, 2007 at 10:37 AM
In Iran, crazy thing does you!
/Yakov Smirnov
James on October 12, 2007 at 10:37 AM
Whoa, what, wild rumors were wrong? I can’t believe it!
e-pirate on October 12, 2007 at 10:38 AM
Every time I think my faith in the internet is finally unshakable, something like this comes along.
a4g on October 12, 2007 at 10:48 AM
Pffft…they look like they got their training from watching Charlies Angels and Cirque du Soleil videos.
Buncha fags
Ochlan on October 12, 2007 at 10:49 AM
There’s always next year.
Weight of Glory on October 12, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Now what kind of Armageddon fear-mongering is that?
James on October 12, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Why would anyone expect that if Iran decides to do anything, it will announce the attack in advance??????
I would fully expect Iran’s deployment of a WMD to occur via Hizbollah, Hamas, Syria, or an shadowy Al Quds force masqerading as some independent Isalmic group.
Clark1 on October 12, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Well, day isn’t over yet… they have a few more hours. Not that you could sell crazy in Iran… they are all stocked up.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on October 12, 2007 at 10:56 AM
Armageddon worried so much that Iran away…
Dr. Gecko on October 12, 2007 at 11:05 AM
But… every days a Quds day in Iran…
Now funny thing… Qud is their name for Jeruselum… which means this Qud’s force name is directly tied to trying to take a city from another UN member state… and yet no condemnation…
Of course… it looks like Ohlmert is caving anyway…. sigh…
Romeo13 on October 12, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Belan.
JiangxiDad on October 12, 2007 at 11:10 AM
That should be Beslan. That’s the nightmare parents envision when the Iranian issue threats. Even the President suggests we will be hit again.
JiangxiDad on October 12, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, Drudge headlined Quds Day (for almost the entire day) a week ago.
CP on October 12, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Something crazy huh? Like pardon a gay man?
4shoes on October 12, 2007 at 11:15 AM
The good kind, baby! Yeehaw!
Weight of Glory on October 12, 2007 at 11:18 AM
I see a nobel in his future
tomas on October 12, 2007 at 11:22 AM
well, the days not over yet.
mfnorman on October 12, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Yeah, but it’s confusing. Because in the past it fell on the Eid, which began last night I think, and which celebrates the end of Ramadan– Remember the Empire State Building being green for it?
I’m no expert on Muslim holidays, but the Eid is supposed to be celebrated when there’s a new moon, which means it’s date is variable. But the Quds day “demonstrations” called upon by Iran had to be planned in advance. Maybe that accounts for the difference in dates. (For some reason I find this interesting- I’m curious about the mind of that madman.)
JiangxiDad on October 12, 2007 at 11:28 AM
My mileage does vary, yes I know Iran crying wolf is amusing as long as he is just running with scissors but what happens when someone’s eye gets put out? Remember who we are dealing with. The chosen 12th’er to bring back the hidden Imam. I think he believes that he CAN warn us and still pull off his insanity, it would then be a prophesied event. The date may be wrong, Iran’s plan may have been delayed, who knows? The boy crying wolf is a good analogy because if or when Iran finally does pull something off, no one will believe their warnings and after they succeed they can tell their people, SEE, allah is with us!
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Could the strike in Syria possibly have something to do with the failure of the Iranian promise? We will probably never know.
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Just a thought from a saber rattler who believes Iran really does want to wipe Israel off the map before making islam the ruling authority around the world.
abinitioadinfinitum on October 12, 2007 at 11:34 AM
My mileage always varies.
My hope is that Israel beats them to it but hope is a wimpy emotion. I would trust Israel to kick their butt, however, I have little faith that real men run that gov’t.
Christine on October 12, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Quiet day here in Israel, baruch Hashem!
tikvah on October 12, 2007 at 11:54 AM
My gut feeling is that something is gonna eventually go down vis a vis Iran.. But the day and hour, only the Father knows
gmoonster on October 12, 2007 at 12:06 PM
perhaps the islamofascists reconsidered after NYC decided to bask the Empire State Building in jihad green. /sarc
mfnorman on October 12, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Or just perhaps they did have something planned but there plan met with a unforeseen and tragic perpcident…(for those unaware of what a perpcident is, its the exact opposite of a accident).
doriangrey on October 12, 2007 at 12:50 PM
If we can trust reports of Israeli Jews’ low fertility, compared to that of Israeli Arabs, Palestinians, and Muslims generally, then Elham has a point about Israel’s present weakness. It seems Israel must get very busy with both birthing and killing if the Israeli Jews are to save themselves and their country, too. If Israel can’t see its way clear to anticipate its enemies, however, it seems prudent for Israeli Jewish families to turn NYC into Zion West. And now that I think of it, someone cleared several blocks of Manhattan a few years ago; it would be a fine site for a temple. I think we could get used to the savory smell of mutton roasting on an open fire.
Kralizec on October 12, 2007 at 1:48 PM