Tale of a Scorpion

Fire of Liberty

"Anybody who recognises Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury [while] any [Islamic leader] who recognises the Zionist regime means he is acknowledging the surrender and defeat of the Islamic world . . . As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map"

President Ahmadinejad

Well, it looks like the folks in Europe are discovering more and more everyday that Iran is a serious threat in this world. After all of those years where the Europeans continued to urge multilateral talks with the mullahs while offering incentives to get them to stop their deadly nuke works, and the continued warnings on behalf of the Bush administration, Israel and the people of Iran (Who know a heck of a lot about the evil mullahs but don't have the firepower and the strength to take on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) that Iran can only be trusted as far as you can toss 'em, the Iranians have broadcast their deadly intentions thus putting the kabash on the genial relationship between Europe and Iran. I'd say it reminds me of the story in which the frog (Europe) offers to carry the scorpion (Iran) across a stream but once they get midway across, the scorpion stings the frog thus killing them both. The moral to all this is that you can never trust an entity that has a history of being treacherous and deadly. Now it looks like the scorpion is showing it's true colors and has garnered more scornful eyes rather than exuberant cheering section throughout the world. Hopefully this recent action will convince the Europeans once and for all that the mullahs are a great threat to the peace of the region.

I just hope they join in the effort to promote the burgeoning democracy movement within the under 30 crowd in Iran (who make up some 60% of the population). It also helps for people like PM Tony Blair to publicly state that a military option is in the cards if they don't cool down on their aggressive actions and continued nuclear enrichment activities. Seems to me that the mullahs shouldn't tread too far in their current state, especially if Tony Blair is expressing these sentiments. We'll see.