Comment Re:Bombay/Mumbai? (Score 1) 478
They are "high" alright... so is Bal Thackeray apparently.
Really unlikely. For one, Iran doesn't want war.
Really? Their wacko PM calls for the destruction of Israel and the coming of the Mahdi, which according the Shi'a lore can only happen and the end of days (or whatever armageddon is called). Rank-and-file Persians might not war, but it seems the official policy of the government is one of bellicosity. Meanwhile, they are engaged in an apparent proxy war against the US et al in Iraq and Afghanistan, and appear to be the puppetmasters behind Hezbollah in rocket attacks against Israel.
Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.