Media and Religion today

This will be an unclassifid brief on President Amadinejad by Tal:(Considering my 1VB audience, I will condense this down to the nuts and bolts and put it in 1VB speak.)President Amadinejad, or as I call him, President Tom, has a Doctorate of Engineering from Tehran university and taught there for many years. He wasn't actually the frontrunner in the last election, but won anyway. Whoopadeedo.The importants stuff: His political and religous views are that Israel needs to be wiped off the map. He's said it publically many times; most recently this week. He believes the Mahdi, or 12th Imam (aka the Islamic Messiah) can only come back if the good Islamic people prepare the way for him; or blow up Israel and the US. This is what's driving his politics. Christianity is simply waiting around for their Messiah (Jesus) to come back and whoop the bad guys. Amadinejad believes he can influence the divine timetable, and thus is paving the way for the Mahdi to return. In essence, the Islamic people must whoop the badguys before the Islamic Messiah returns.The Mahdi belief is shared by ALL of Islam. Not just the nutjobs. I don't have the quote on me (I think its classified, as I didn't turn anything up on google) but Amadinejad said something to the effect that there would be a pin prick that would ignite a great fire...or words to that effect...4 days before the Hezbos performed their raid to kidnap those IDF forces along the Lebanon border.Coincidence? Of course not.Great! Now we've established President Toms motive. But let me illustrate just how pervasive, and how far back, this belief is. Islam also believes in Jesus. Not only thath, but they believe Jesus will return with the Mahdi. When they return, the dead shall rise.Exhibit A
Gate Beautiful (Golden Gate) Islam believes that when Jesus returns, he will enter Jerusalem through this gate. So they did what any good anti-semite would do. They walled the gate up, and burried their warriors all in front of it so that when Jesus returns, there will be a standing army of faithful Muslims waiting for him.That's how far back this thing goes.Let me finish by quoting President Tom from his speech he gave to the UN last September:

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"Dear Friends and Colleagues,
"From the beginning of time, humanity has longed for the day when justice, peace, equality and compassion envelop the world. All of us can contribute to the establishment of such a world. When that day comes, the ultimate promise of all Divine religions will be fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being who is heir to all prophets and pious men. He will lead the world to justice and absolute peace.

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"O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of your last repository, the promised one, that perfect and pure human being, the one that will fill this world with justice and peace.

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Scared yet?This is pre World War III (or IV..or V...or its already started, however you want to look at it)Lines are being drawn. Sides are being chosen. It WILL come down to us, or them, and I don't mean just the freak Islam boys. I mean the entire religion. Not very PC to say, but its the truth nonetheless.If anyone is interested do some research on South America and how terrorists are using the drug trade there, among other things. Oh, and then there is Hugo Chaves who has been quoted as saying that he feels love and compassion for all the Arab people, and might actually be Arab himself.

So about a zillion people share this belief and it's a central part of islam but it's not mentioned anywhere? Have I got that right?

Isn't there some term for disclosing classified information?

n an interview with Qatar-based Al Jazeera television, Chavez also slammed U.S. backing for Israel, describing Washington as a "Dracula always searching for oil and blood"."The Israeli offensive against the Palestinians and Lebanon is an aggression that we feel targets us also. It is an unjustified aggression that is being carried out in the style of (Adolf) Hitler, in a Fascist fashion," he said, referring to the leader of Nazi Germany."They (Israelis) are doing what Hitler did against the Jews. They are killing innocent children and whole families," he said in the remarks dubbed in Arabic.On Thursday, Chavez said he ordered the withdrawal of Venezuela's ambassador to Israel in protest.The Lebanon war, which erupted after Hizbollah snatched two Israeli soldiers in a border raid on July 12, has coincided with an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip to recover another captured soldier and halt Palestinian rocket fire.Chavez, on a visit to Doha where Al Jazeera is based, said Israel was carrying out an "imperialist offensive" against Lebanon and the Palestinians that was orchestrated by the United States as part of a bid to control the energy-rich region."The American hand is pushing them. It is behind the Israeli aggression, it is an imperialist aggression ... and Israel is one of the imperialist tools."

Raical history doesn't matter.

How about instead of complaining about an inevitable war, doing a little bit to disarm conflict when you see it. Join Amnesty, or if you've already stereotyped that group try just saying "hi" to a Muslim to let them know that they're not isolated from the rest of the world.

It is on individuals, such as yourself and Amadinejad who seem to think that some apocalyptic conclusion is necessary to justify your beliefs.

The power of such a sentiment, particularly when espoused by leaders of nations, is very dangerous.

Very few people do things because they are trying to be evil, the vast majority of us are doing things we think are good based on the limited information we have. Hopefully with time the internet and other mediums will help corrode such differences in reality perception. The world will never perfect, but there's no reason that it can't be reasonable for everyone.

The documentary also juxtaposes the children's programming with television news reporting, in which the news anchor - reflecting the same message the children are receiving -describes Palestinians as "noble, courageous" fighters, while describing Israel as "mean, fascist, racist, genocidal" and "Nazis."Other "highlights" of the "Children's Club":*Groups of children are gathered together, shouting for "Jihad against Israel."
*One girl, who appears to be in a Palestinian school classroom, sings of donning "battledress" to "attack the Zionists."
*A small girl chants the now-familiar ditty, "When I wander into Jerusalem, I will become a suicide bomber."
*An adult narrator reads material in a Palestinian school pamphlet: "I have raised my children for jihad and on the principle that they never give up on their land."
*One segment depicts a small boy on the street chanting, "Revolution until victory."
*Another boy is shown in class proclaiming, "We will settle our claims with stones and bullets."

What do the Palestinian schools teach? Ninth-graders study from official textbooks that assert, "treachery and disloyalty are character traits of the Jews and therefore one should beware of them." Jews are cast as Satanic, violent and cunning, as "thieving conquerors" who have stolen Arab land and must be fought and defeated.Jihad and martyrdom are glorified as the means to liberating "Palestine" and children's poems contain calls to war and bloodletting. Fifth graders memorize such lines as, "I shall take my soul in my hand and hurl it into the abyss of death." The same verses are recited by children on official Palestinian television. Sixth-graders read of a young boy growing up with "the love of Jihad flowing through his veins and filling every fiber of his being." "Joy" comes only at "the sight of the enemy lying dead" or "fleeing for their lives."