Chance,
	You made some stunning points.
So, if it happens that way, and if islam's mahdi arrives on the scene, soon, would people make the connection?
Even if some of the muslims believe he is their mahdi, would others even consider the possibility that he could be the antichrist?
Perhaps they would dismiss him, in their minds, thinking that this is no different than the "mahdi" that came against Khartoum?
Then if he, from Turkey, pulls together muslim warriors from Turkey, Iran, Libya, and Ethiopia/Sudan, to fight against Israel,
	would people think that it is yet another mideast war, like 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1982, or 1996?