A Cold Day In Hell

How Stupid Do They Think We Are?


It seems that the poor Iranian government is lamenting the lack of direct flights between Tehran and the United States:

Iran has asked the United States to allow direct flights between the two countries after a break of more than two decades, a senior civil aviation official said on Thursday.

The request comes as the United States and its European Union allies are pressing for the Islamic Republic to be reported to the United Nations Security Council where it could face possible sanctions for its nuclear program.

"We sent a letter to the relevant American officials on Wednesday, announcing Iran's willingness to resume direct flights," Nourollah Rezai-Niaraki, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, told state television.

He said the decision to make the request was taken by hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad due to demand from the large Iranian community living in the United States.

"They have repeatedly complained about wasting time and losing their baggage on connecting flights," the official said.

Can they possibly be serious?

Does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad honestly believe that US citizens are going to allow non-stop direct flights from a terrorist country to land on our shores?

Notice I mention “US citizens” when I reference my guess as to the odds of this happening—the POLITICIANS at the FAA are the unknowns in this equation.

I have an idea.

Let’s allow direct flights, one way, from the US to Tehran, then load the airliner with crash test dummies wired with explosives set to explode on landing.

Sort of our own “reverse Jihad”, if you know what I mean…