Waiting for Tehran

Still no word yet from Tehran.

I hope they don't say no.

If they do, this would be the biggest mistake Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei has made since he backed Ahmadinejad in the fraudulent June 12 elections. In fact, this would be a bigger mistake, because this time, he won't be facing unarmed Iranians. He will be facing a much more united—and very well armed—international community.

He can't turn this offer down. No way. These guys are not stupid. It's too good an opportunity to miss. They stand to gain so much from it.

But if they do, then it would show how desperate Khamenei is for conflict, be it economic or military, in order to avoid any kind of rapprochement with the west.

As I mentioned in one of my articles, "to Iran's current leadership, the sound of Israeli war planes over Natanz would be interpreted as an imminent threat to its nuclear program. However the sound of US Air Force One approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport for a state visit would be interpreted as a threat to the regime's very existence. To Khamenei and Ahmadinejad, it is more viable to deter the latter than the former.”

I hope I'm proven wrong.

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