Ahmadinejad's Addiction

It's reasonable to assume that there are always backchannel methods of communicating and negotiating with the enemy. In the case of Iran and the U.S., this report says it's Greece.

Iran has turned to Greece to convey messages to the United States regarding its contentious nuclear program and other disputes, officials said Friday.

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US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Wednesday confirmed the existence of "ad-hoc channels ... going back over the past year" that allow Washington and Teheran to speak through third parties. He did not go into specifics.

That's all fine but, frankly, what's there to talk about? Iran is developing a nuclear weapon and threatening to destroy the U.S. and Israel. The only rational response is to take the threat seriously and just say no. Now, for exercise and appearances, the parties can always go back and forth. So, Mahmoud says:

"We will wipe you off the map!"

"No, you won't."

"We will bomb your cities."

"No, you won't."

"We will unleash the power of Allah and slit the throats of all the women and children!"

"No, you won't do that either."

"We will behead all the men!"

"Not a chance, Mahmoud. As President of Iran, you need to get a clue."

In a nutshell, I've covered all the dialogue, communications, and negotiations that are reasonably achievable. Unless Iran comes off its belligerent position, there's really nothing to talk about.

The current regime in Iran isn't rational. They are promising a conflagration resulting in the annihilation of the U.S. and Israel. It's not going to happen. Agreed, Iran could make a major mess globally but, ultimately, its destruction is guaranteed. Think about it, Mahmoud. Iran may be a big country geographically but it's not nearly as big as the former Soviet Union. And the Soviets failed to match the U.S.

Imagine a sports analogy, Mahmoud. You've challenged the championship team to a winner-take-all contest. Mahmoud's All Stars are no serious match for the professional, experienced, highly-trained, technologically-advanced champions. You shout insults. You throw eggs. You put stink bombs in the champion's locker room. The sports writers (MSM) eat this stuff up and show a strong bias for the underdog. Mahmoud's All Stars become fortified. And it's all for naught because your team can't match the capabilities of the championship team. You will lose on the field of play.

Mahmoud, you have an addiction. It's an addiction to a radical belief system that the world will be ruled by Islam and all non-Muslims will become converts or be killed. So, you plant your hopes that a thousand-year-old carcass will emerge from a well and do something. In the process, everybody dies except for you and Allah's warriors (or something like that). Forget it. It will never happen.

There are over six billion people on Earth and the overwhelming majority are not on your side despite what the mainstream media would like you and everyone else to believe. The majority of humanity has heard of the concepts of freedom and equality and free speech. The bell has been rung and populations around the globe like the sound. Therefore, despite the trouble you start, Mahmoud, you won't finish it. Your enemies are not the United States nor Israel. Your enemies are freedom and equality and free speech. Those elements of mankind won't be killed by you or anyone else. The bell has been rung and it can't be unrung.

Here's another cliche for you, Mahmoud. Your addiction is leading you into a gunfight with a knife. A sure loser at the get-go. However, there is hope. A twelve-step program is needed to cure your addiction. Start by reciting the following:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Mr. President, your addiction blinds you to the fact that you cannot change the lure of liberty. That's your real enemy and it will endure despite what you and the nation of Iran do.

By the way, Mahmoud, I'm not naive enough to think that you're pulling the strings. Anyone with a pissant's mentality knows that the ayatollahs control your playpen. You're just their mouthpiece, an addict that can be manipulated. The ayatollahs also have an addiction but it's not radical Islam. They are addicted to power, in my opinion, and they seek absolute power. Like Hitler, they will fail.