In Sun Tzu's classic book, Art of War, he teaches us that to win a war you must first "know your enemy." Unfortunately, I fear we are incredibly ignorant when it comes to our foes in Iran. Iran’s mad mullahs are religious zealots who believe it is their religious duty to eliminate the state of Israel, to exterminate the Jewish people, and to destroy Israel's chief ally and benefactor, America—“the Great Satan.” As Shiite Muslims, they are awaiting the “Twelfth Imam,” “the Modi,” the Muslim messiah, who they believe will lead them to conquer the whole world for the god of Islam, Allah. However, it is their belief that before “the Modi” can come and establish his world-conquering caliphate, both Israel and America must be annihilated. Therefore, Iran’s military defeat at the hands of U.S. and Israeli military forces, as well as Iran’s surrender under continuous bombardment, is out of the question, since it would not only prove that the faith of the mad mullahs is fictitious, but that their god is false.
In the minds of the mad mullahs of Iran, to bow to the superiority of American and Israeli military forces would not only be to bow to the superiority of America and Israel’s God, but also to blaspheme their own god. Obviously, they can’t do it without disowning their own religion and denying their own god. You may argue at this point that Trump appears to have gotten them to agree to a two-week ceasefire; however, it remains to be seen what the next two weeks will hold. In addition, there is the little matter of “taqiyya” or “kitman”; that is, the Prophet Mohammed’s teaching that all Muslims have a religious duty to lie and deceive others, in order to get the upper hand on all infidels and to further the cause of jihad.
According to the Hadith, Mohammed, the founder of Islam, taught his followers that “war is deceit.” He even bragged about his use of deception in the slaughter of his enemies. In the Koran, Mohammed praises his god (Allah) as the greatest of all deceivers. In addition to teaching Allah is the greatest of all deceivers, the Koran also teaches that lying is virtuous and the religious duty of all who “strive in the way of Allah.”
In light of the above, how can any negotiations with the terrorist regime of Tehran be taken seriously? It should go without saying that any ceasefire agreement or peace treaty with Iran’s mad mullahs should be taken with a grain of salt, least we be guilty of the height of naiveté. After all, how can we trust an enemy who believes it is his religious duty to deceive us until he can get the upper hand on us, in order to destroy us? Truly, we would do well to remember today the words of the ancient Prophet Jeremiah who warned us of those who say, "Peace, peace; when there is no peace" (Jeremiah 6:14; 8:11).
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