ROSCOE EXCLUSIVE: Ahmadinejad letter triggers jihad countdown

A mistake is in process. A big one. One with global implications.

It concerns the extraordinary 18-page letter Iranian President Mahmoud "Mojo" Ahmadinejad just sent to President Bush. Everybody's got it wrong. And we mean everybody.

It's definitely not, as The New York Times termed it, a "diplomatic overture that was immediately dismissed." Those guys never miss a chance for a cheap shot, do they? "Diplomatic overture," indeed. To these irredeemable mediacrats, even a wack job like Mojo has more credibility than their own president.

Nor is this letter the laughable, delusional rant that's being painted in the blogosphere and on talk radio. Today we read it—and were chilled to the bone: It's a time bomb. We can only hope that someone in the administration recognizes its true nature.

Bin Laden did the same thing during the Clinton administration before declaring war on America. Now Mojo is doing it. It's a formulaic warning: "Repent, America. Here are our grievances. You now have your last chance to repent and turn to Allah and be spared." It's part of a rather formal process entitling the faithful to slay the infidel once the warning has been delivered and disregarded, as they know it will be.

You can see it very clearly toward the end of the letter, after Mojo's tedious list of grievances and appeals to Allah, the Almighty: "Will you not accept this invitation? . . . We increasingly see that people around the world are flocking toward a main focal point—that is, the Almighty God. Undoubtedly through faith in God and the teachings of the prophets, the people will conquer their problems. My question for you is: 'Do you not want to join them?'"

After the private communique comes the bayan, a public list of grievances against the infidel. Then the dua—when this is brought to the attention of all the faithful at Friday prayer. Then the fatwa, the formal declaration of war. Much of this info is contained in a book, Bin Laden, the Man Who Declared War on America, by Yossef Bodansky, who, by the way, would be a good radio interview.

So, this is the first shot at Ft. Sumter. It is the official start of the jihad countdown clock. We most likely will be at war in a matter of weeks now. Unless Bush converts to Islam, apologizes for American atrocities across the world, closes Gitmo, releases all political prisoners, leaves Iraq, abandons Israel and pays His Excellency 500 Texas she-goats. (OK, so we made up that last one.)

So, remember where you heard it first: The Roscoe Daley Report. And stay tuned. There's more. Sorry, Jimmy Boy Risen. You'll have to wait a little longer for the rest of your whacking. We've got breaking news here.

Illustration courtesy of the Dry Bones Blog.