during the cold war the soviet union and the united states refrained from attacking each other because of mutually assured destruction, or MAD. basically this meant that if one side were to nuke the other they could be assured that their opponents response would also be nuclear and the destruction of both countries way of life.
iran doesn't share the same views when it comes to mutually assured destruction. if they were to attack israel, they would not be worried about possible nuclear retaliation from israel because the
current iranian leadership are strong beleivers in the 12th imam. basically they beleive this 12th imam who god has hidden for hundreds of years will bring about islam as the religion of all man kind and although many islamics would be killed in the ensuing war, it would be worth it to the 12th imam beleivers because of all the zionist deaths.
why august 22nd ? well according to an islamic calendar, august 22nd lines up with the date that the prophet muhammed flew to jerusalem, then to heaven and back. sounds crazy to me but i guess the president of iran is a strong beleiver in all this religious superstition.
read the articles, and the description of the 12th imam on wikipedia to better understand this garbage(if its possible).
on another note, i would never put christian beliefs in the same boat as radical islamic ones, but just think what some people think about a story of a man stuffing two of each creature on earth onto a boat to repopulate the earth, also the story of that guy that parted the red sea to escape egyptians, and that other fairly notable figure that turned water into wine(not that that wouldn't be sweet) and walked on water. growing up and being taught these stories lots of people accept them without thinking, but step back for a minute and take a look at them from a non believers point of view and you might see how crazy they sound. having faith in something is good, but personally i think all religions are crazy. i look at an evangelical christian the same way i look at a radical muslim, as a crazy person.
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