reply to post by Scurvy
You can call Israeli government a lot of things (some sadly true) but religious fanatics?
General information: modern (20th century) Zionist movement has no connection to religious issues. It is a political national movement in essence. It
had quarreled with majority of Judaism followers for decades - majority of 20th century actually, even assassinated its representative. There is now a
religious Zionist movement ,but it is a minority (9 mandates out of 120) and currently in opposition.
Out of 26 (maybe even more as we speak, they multiply by division here) ministers, 4 (maybe 5, not sure) are religious. And the most important
position is ministry of tourism. Hardly a war starting seat. PM ,vise PM are secular. I am not saying it is good or bad. I am just clarifying the
situation. Iranian people can sleep peacefully knowing that no attack will come due to religious consideration, only a political ones. Big relief, i
guess, but it is still much more predictable then relying on someone's hopes for last imam (or Messiah or 2012 or whatever).
The Godfather of Conspiracy -
I meant Iranian leader coming out and saying : Iran is a peaceful country and will never attack that satanic Zionist entity/regime first, only if
those evil doers will attack Iran they will be wiped out of the map/face of time/geographical position/other creative descriptions.
Naturally any country can and should strike back if attacked.