Slow march to the End

Iran official: ‘Big war’ means Mahdi’s coming
"For the first time, Iran’s highest-ranking military official has tied the reappearance of the last Islamic messiah to the regime being prepared to go to a war based on ideology."

• “Of course this confrontation has always continued; however, since we are in the era of The Coming, this war will be a significant war.”

• “The Islamic republic is going to create a new environment on the world stage, and without a doubt victory awaits those who continue the path of martyrs. … we can defeat the enemy at its home and our nation is ready for jihad. Martyrdom has taught us to avoid wrong paths and return to the right path. Martyrdom is the right path, it’s the path to God.”

• Several U.S. officials, including Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have called the officials of the Islamic regime “rational actors.”

No end to Iran's threats against Israel 
DEBKAfile September 22, 2012, 2:11 PM (GMT+02:00)

Revolutionary Guards chief Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said Saturday: An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen” but the Jewish state will be subsequently destroyed.