Iranian Mullahs

I remember the Iranian Islamic Revolution. I was in high school in SoCal with a large Iranian ex-pat population at the time. All were loyal to the Shah and most were afraid. Afraid for their families since they knew what awaited their country. They also understood that some of them would never see their homeland again.

Here's a good article from Michael Ledeen of the National Review which addresses the desperateness being felt by the mullahs.

Apparently morale is very low in the ranks of the Basij, the group of fanatical thugs that do the regime's dirty work in the streets, things like beating up women whose scarves show too much hair, rounding up student protesters, and so forth. Friends of mine in Iran tell me that Basiji are becoming convinced that the regime's days are numbered, and they are understandably discouraged.

Is their power and influence waning? Once can only hope. However, Iran's 'theoretician' for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei actively announces a strategy to 'bring America to its knees'.

So, last Sunday, Abbasi set out to restore the Basiji's enthusiasm for the Islamic Revolution. Speaking at the Technical College of Tehran, he made some amazing statements. "The infidels — Western countries and America — are the sworn enemies of God and Muslems and any action taken to terrorize them or frighten them is considered holy and a source of pride." Abbasi went on, "Lebanese Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas have all been trained by these hands," that is, Iranian hands.

Thus far, the usual jihadist rhetoric, although the specific confirmation of Iran's intimate links to three of the world's most lethal terrorist organizations was a bit unusual. But then he went on with a megalomanical vision that bears some attention. "We intend to withdraw $53 billion of Iranian and Arab investments from the U.S.A. and thus cause instability [in] its economy, we take pride that our actions have brought 1/9 of the budget deficit in America's economy this year and we shall keep up with our economic actions." The claim to have caused nearly ten percent of the American deficit probably refers to the rise in oil prices. But this was only the beginning of his promise to bring America to its knees.

If and when we prevail in Iran and Afghanistan, the mullahs will feel the pinch and crack down. This will cause such a backlash with the 'normal' will uprise.