9/11 provided the excuse to launch the “war on terror”, against a largely unidentifiable enemy, “Al Qaeda”, resulting in a period of intense instability in the Middle East and the world at large. It may appear to be “just” another war for oil, but at the fringes, it is clear that some have framed this “war” within apocalyptical settings; the reign of terror, after all, is linked with “the Beast” and what to make of Iran being labelled the “axis of evil”?