Mutual Assured Destruction

The Left and the United Nations tend to approach foreign relations as if this is still the pre-9/11 era.

They speak and act as though all people share the desire to live, to avoid death.

Back in the good old days, mutual assured destruction was a deterrent to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

These are not the good old days.

Islamofascists, militant Muslims, don't have a problem with facing death. In fact, they seek it.

Bring on the 72 virgins...

From WorldNetDaily:

A top expert on the Mideast says it is possible Iran could pick Aug. 22, the anniversary of one of Islam's holiest events, for a cataclysm Shiite Muslims believe will forever resolve the battle between "good" and "evil."

Princeton's Bernard Lewis has written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal advising that the rest of the world would be wise to bear in mind that for those who believe the end of the world is imminent and good, there is no deterrent even to nuclear warfare.

As WorldNetDaily has reported, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged his people to prepare for the coming of an Islamic "messiah," raising concerns a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic could trigger the kind of global conflagration he envisions will set the stage for the end of the world.

The threat that Ahmadinejad poses to our safety cannot be underestimated.

He's also said, in a WND report, that Islam and its followers must prepare to rule the world, because it is a "universal ideology that leads the world to justice."

Now comes Lewis, who notes that the world must be concerned about a leader for whom the possibility of death is not a deterrent.

"In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning," Lewis wrote. "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," he said.

Lewis is right.

Possessing nuclear weapons no longer serves as a deterrent to nuclear war.

In the hands of the Islamofascists, nukes become the necessary tools to bring about the desired end of the world.

Lewis noted that Ahmadinejad has referred to Aug. 22 several times, including when he rejected – until that date – United Nations requests for nuclear program information.

Lewis, joining several other Mideast experts who have expressed similar concerns, said Aug. 22 corresponds to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427.

"This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque,' usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back," Lewis wrote.

In Islam, as in other religious, certain beliefs describe the "cosmic struggle" at the end of time. For Shiite Muslims, Lewis wrote, this will be "the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil."

Supposedly, Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons. I think we're safe this year.

But every year has an August 22.

What are we supposed to do?

Just sit back and wait for Ahmadinejad to jump start the end of time?

The man is truly a menace. If we don't deal with him now, we do so at our risk.