August 27, 2006
The World Did Not End on Aug 22
On both his August 9 and August 22 broadcasts, (CNN Headline News') Glenn Beck cited an August 8 op-ed by Princeton University professor Bernard Lewis, posted to The Wall Street Journal's website. Lewis wrote that August 22 "is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq" and claimed that, as a result, it "might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world." Lewis also asserted that "[i]t is far from certain that [Iranian President] Mr. [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."
blog entry/ links | Media Matters
from Harry Shearer's LeShow
~I can understand cable-tv milking this story, they have hours of air time to fill, but the Wall Street Journal printing it? How much does the Journal charge for a eighth of a page ad?
[Defiant: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's response to the UN Security Council's resolution has been deemed as "falling short" of international demands. Photo: Reuters by way of @ | The Age]
more:
...after the mistranslation (of Ahmadinejad's speech last October)
was thrown against the wall and stuck, the corporate media ran with it and ever since we have been told Ahmadinejad wants to kill all the Jews and as many American infidels as possible...
According to Lewis, the only sane response is to take out the Iranians before they nuke up, because "mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning. At the end of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter will be the final destination of the dead—hell for the infidels, and heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, MAD is not a constraint; it is an inducement." Lewis does not advocate shock and awing Iran outright, but rather beats around the bush, urging "immediate precautions."
Bernard Lewis’ Hidden Imam Campfire Story by Kurt Nimmo
Posted by Stubbornson at August 27, 2006 07:28 PM