Much of the civilized world has condemned Iran for expressing its intention to destroy Israel. Charles Krauthammer of the and others have pointed out that the Iranian leader is a believer in a coming apocalypse, and that Shiite Islam has its own version of a messianic return, the reappearance of the Twelfth Imam. There is one mosque and shrine that is the focus of these apocalyptic beliefs and Iran Shiites believe the missing Imam will return from this spot. The Iranian leader, upon his election, immediately gave 17 million dollars to this shrine to prepare for the Imam's return. This return is to be proceeded by much death and destruction — presumably a nuclear Armageddon. The Iranian leader has stated that this will occur in two years — coincidentally, after Iran is expected to have assembled a nuclear arsenal. Even the so—called moderate ex—leader Akbah Rafsanjani openly bragged that one nuclear bomb would destroy Israel but that Iran, because of...(Read Full Post)