Iran Preparing For War

The British paper, the Telegraph, is reporting that Iranian President Ahmadinejad has begun a campaign to promote political hardliners to key government positions ahead of a possible war with the US. From the article:

"Western diplomats have also been alarmed by the appointment of General Mohammad Ali Jafari, who took part in the storming of the US Embassy in Teheran in 1979, as head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, one of the most powerful institutions in Iran."

In likely related news, the Iranian military is praising suicide bombing as a right and just method of attack on the enemy. From the CNN:

"'If necessary, we will use the element of martyrdom-seeking and we will become people of Ashura,' Fars quoted Gen. Ali Fadavi as saying. Ashura refers to the day marking the death of Imam Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, who is revered by Shiite Muslims."

I'm not sure that hell exists, but if it does I hope there is an especially terrible place reserved for people of authority that encourage their poor and uneducated followers to strap on explosive vests and kill innocent by-standers.