A way awesome presentation. It's nice to see someone take Ahmadnejad seriously (instead of dismissively or hysterically).

Some quibbles (Shia believe that there have already been two occultations, a greater and a lesser, and believe in the End Times is far greater than fundamentalism, etc), but very solid. I'm impressed.

I'm also self-promoting, so I'll provide tdaxp's Christian End Times link ;-)
 

Dan ! I thought you were on vacation !
 

I read the "briefing" and find it to be a whole lot of fluff. Sure Iran could do a whole bunch of things that could cause trouble and it does seem as if Iranian President is a religious zealot and therefore may not react in a manner that we consider rational. However, if he does any of those things discussed, his entire military will be taken apart. The only chance for a serious problem for the U.S. is if the Turks decided to join with the Iranians and entire Iraq. I don't see that happening but stranger things have happened.

Barnabus
 

Hi Barnabus

The ability of Iran's president to cause real trouble hinges on Iran's internal, elite politics.

I think it is self-evident that he badly wants a military confrontation with the United States ( or failing that, Israel)for his own reasons and has wrapped himself around the nuke program (popular acros Iran's political spectrum) as a vehicle to further his own political goals while stiff arming his rivals.
 

Who is this Vollmer, the guy who prepared the presentation? Does anybody know? Who did he give the brief to? I don't know how seriously to take this thing, as creepy as it is.
 

Hi LG

Not certain. Lang was a Colonel and senior DIA analyst with a ME specialty.
 

An interesting biography of Vollmer can be found via his corporation VII, Inc.

Among other activities on global stage, he is on the Board of Directors of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy.

He appears to be a 5GWarrior who is not very secret -- thus perhaps not a 5GWarrior in truth. Various permutations of the concept of "emergence" are used on his company website, and the notion of shaping paradigms to control world events is prominent:

"VII Inc. Specializes In Understanding And Shaping
Emerging Government And Business Initiatives"

And, to do the above, his fingers dip into many fields.

(I've just dipped into the biography, so this is all provisional info resulting from a Google search...)