I don't dispute the fact that Israel's regime is an apartheid system, but to say it's going to "fall" as IRI says, or wish it, is just a pipe-dream. FYI, countries don't "fall" just because their enemies wish it, pray for it, or make empty slogans for it.
as I said and you preferred to ignore it, it's not a wish from IRI, but an assessment even from the closest ally of Israel, U.S, otherwise what's written on that missile is just an answer to Israelis blabbering.
If I`d told you in 1981 that in less than a decade both the eastern block and the soviet union would be rotting in histories garbage can would you have believed me?
You are right; I don't like the mullahs. But my animus is entirely due to the fact of what Iran has become under the mullahs' yolk. Iran is poorer, more isolated, and more insecure. And these are not the hallmarks of good governance, but rather a plutocracy of Agha zadehas, whose only priority is elite survival (don't agree with me then justify the vast embezzlement scandals), where it does not allow for the plurality of opinions. IRI is not a market place of ideas where the best ones emerge as the state's guiding principle(s), but a monocracy whose words are not to be challenged. And no matter how much fake military achievements the IRIGC and its affiliated bodies claim, it does not change the facts on the ground: IRI is in worst economic and geopolitical situation than Israel. You have an array of Arab monarchies, with world class armed forces, itching to take IRI on (and by the way just as a reminder to the Iranians who always belittle and ridicule the Arabs, they were once one of the greatest military, scientific powers on earth), the sole super-power whose bent on regime change, no allies to speak of, etc. Tell me how is it the Mr. Khamenie can "strategically" assess the demise of Israel, but not IRI?
You can't be serious! The west always knew of the weakness of SU, and it was its state managed economy (i think everyone knew that). And once the western powers saw the quagmire that Afghanistan had become, and was draining the vast portion of SU's resources, it was only a matter of time for them to open a second front: the arms race that Ronald Raegan termed as "space wars". I am not sure why you say it was a surprise.
"gullible trotted"? Really? And you are the intellectual powerhouse who has seen the "light", or the darkness, of the neo-conservatives' ideology?! For someone who actually advocates vetting of political candidates, I am surprised you are not lumping yourself with the neo-cons.
Iran preparing for war is a good thing, but let's be honest we can only hope to give them a bloody nose at best on the way out after they've done us major damage. The way you can hurt the west is to concentrate on disrupting the flow of oil from the Strait of Hormuz. Oil will pop up to 150 USD per barrel, the stock market will fall 5000-7000 points, this will render the trillion dollar tax break in the U.S. worthless.....that's how you fight a superpower not by trying to take them out in a hot war.
