Posted on 02/07/2005 3:40:57 AM PST by LauraleeBraswell
Iran's press hit back at George W. Bush as Washington increases the pressure on the Islamic Republic, with one hard-line daily accusing the US president of being a war-monger.
Jomhouri Eslami, in an editorial alluding to the US-led invasion of neighbouring Iraq two years ago, said an assault on Iran would be like "falling out of the frying pan into the fire".
It said: "Iranians do not seek war, but if Bush Junior fancies invading Iran, they will face him with an iron will to bury him and his remaining superpower government. The editorial called Bush "stupid, wicked, a war-monger".
Reacting to State of the Union address
In his State of the Union address on Wednesday, the US president told the Iranian people: "As you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you."
In reaction, Jomhouri Eslami said: "Picturing a freedom seeker and fighter from such a savage is the most ridiculous claim of the century."
The US president, who three years ago said Iran was part of an "axis of evil" alongside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and North Korea, has said he could not rule out using force if Tehran failed to rein in its nuclear plans.
Concern over Iran nukes
In his address on Wednesday, he charged that Iran "remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror, pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve".
Tehran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that Iran's behaviour over its nuclear program was of international concern and urged Tehran to take the diplomatic opportunity that was on offer.
However, she said an attack "is simply not on the agenda at this point", seeking to allay European fears of a pre-emptive US strike on Iran's nuclear sites.
Asked to react to that, government spokesperson Abdollah Ramezanzadeh told AFP on Saturday that: "There is no need for us to respond to America's propaganda every day."
But moderate Hamshahri newspaper said the comments by the new chief US diplomat were indicative of "retreat" and "flexibility".
Meanwhile, Keyhan International, a hard line English-language newspaper, ran an editorial entitled "Hallucinations Take Hold of US Administration."
Newspapers slam Bush
It recommended that Bush "seek the advice of his father as well as that of his Democrat predecessors Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, or better still, sit beside the grave of Ronald Reagan to reflect on realities, instead of howling meaningless threats".
Other newspapers ran varying headlines such as, "Bush Never Can", "If Previous US Presidents Could Do Nothing, Neither Can Bush", "No One Supported Bush's Anti-Iran Remarks" and "Stimulation of Washington's Psychological War Against Iran".
Washington, decried in Iran as the Great Satan, cut diplomatic relations with Tehran shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The two powers have engaged in increasingly barbed exchanges, and Iranian leaders have urged the population to turn out in force for mass anti-US demonstrations next Thursday to mark the 26th anniversary of the revolution.
Why does a country rich in oil need nuclear power? NUCLEAR POWER is an ALTERNATIVE to oil, unless...
Perhaps the Mother of All Retaliations?
With what? SPITBALLS?
Hey Iran,
Lose the Nukes and there's no issues.
When European diplomats put pressure on Iran there is nowhere near this level of howling because there is no real pressure being applied, and Iran knows it.
The problem I have with this little game of "Good Cop/Bad Cop" Is that not only is the US always forced to be the Bad Cop, we cannot count on the "Good Cop" (Europe) to back us up. Worse, we cannot depend on them not to stab us in the back.
Hey Iran, Lose the Nukes,
quit meddling in Iraq, stop funding terrorism & harboring terrorists,...
, we cannot count on the "Good Cop" (Europe) to back us up. Worse, we cannot depend on them not to stab us in the back."
We CAN, however, count on the "GoodCop" (Eurpoe) to NOT back us up.
And worse, we CAN depend on them to stab us in the back.
Sage advice. Far more useful than Jimmy "Hostage Snufu" Carter or Bill "Camel Bomber" Clinton for certain!
I don't care for Iran but, honestly, Carter screwed that situation up beyond words. Maybe if we ship them Carter to do with as they please, they'll give up their Nuke program.
Not only stab us, but supply Iran with the knife!
Come on. Your joking, right?
In reality these were really from headlines and article in the New York Times. Good one! Ha ha.
Just turn the Israeli's loose.
Of course we will become a part of it, but what will be will be.
IMHO, Afganistan and Iraq were just a warm up to what really will have to ultimately done in the worm infested Islamic hole of the mid-East.
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