Posted on 07/02/2005 8:42:55 PM PDT by freedom44
Iran’s new president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, raised eyebrows in the international community today by claiming that his nation is building what he called “the most peaceful nuclear weapon ever.”
In a press briefing in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad acknowledged for the first time that Iran was in fact building a nuclear weapon, but pooh-poohed any talk of Iran being a threat to its neighbors, telling reporters, “The nuclear bomb we are currently building is for display purposes only.”
Mr. Ahmadinejad said that it was his hope that in building the world’s most peaceful nuclear weapon, other nations in the region and around the world would build totally peaceful nuclear weapons of their own.
But the Iranian president-elect’s claims about the peacefulness of his nuclear weapon drew a somewhat skeptical response from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who told reporters that he had seen Iran’s nuclear weapon and noticed that it was “hooked up to a countdown clock like you see in James Bond movies.”
The IAEA chief added, “Also, it was attached to a little box with a red button on it – what’s that all about?”
In response to Mr. ElBaradei’s question, Mr. Ahmadinejad said, “A little red button is nothing to worry about. Red is a happy color.”
In Washington, President Bush criticized Mr. Ahmadinejad’s nuclear policy and also complained that “Ahmadinejad” was “nearly impossible to spell.”
Elsewhere, in his most gloomy assessment to date, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the insurgency in Iraq could last longer than Cher’s Farewell Tour.
...and even harder to pronounce ;~)
I'd like to go to Cheyenne Mountain and push a happy little red button that says Tehran.
Upon reading this I had to check back quickly to verify that this wasn't from the New York Times, The LA Times or The Seattle Times! Don't know anything about Borowitz, but somebody's been watching too many James Bond movies, I think, whether it's Borowitz or El Baradei...
Even though the beautiful gardens of Tehran are now (largely?) history, I am told, I'd still rather see the mullahcrats selectively taken out. Do that, and the Iranians will finish the job themselves.
OK, a radical isalmic fundamentalist has just been (s)elected to lead. Word comes out that he had a hand in the overthrow of the Shaw and imprisoning Americans. Now, this moonbat says that he is building a peaceful nuclear weapon.
OOOOOHHH, we are sooooooo going into Iran next. This guy just gave us an invite.
Is Borrow-wits some kind of leftie? Sounds like one.
Didn't we hear this song and dance during the start of Iraq?
Somewhat? Oh let's see, we are building a fake nuclear bomb {{wink wink}}, it's just for show and does not actually work! Is there anybody on the planet actually stupid enough to buy this BS?
Well, if they are goung to do that, we are going to have to put them on "Double Secret Probation".
Comparing Iran with Iraq is like comparing US with Mexico.
Not exactly true. Nationalism in the middle east is not what we think of it here. In the middle east a person is an Arab FIRST, a muslum SECOND, and of a particular nation THIRDLY.
If this were not the case, wouldn't you expect to find Arabs turning insurgents in to authorities? Not only are the Iraqi's aiding, hiding and providing cover for insurgents, they aren't even making the insurgents feel unwelcome. Now, we heard tale after tale about how Iraqi's would rise up and overthrow the Baathists as soon as the war was started. This didn't happen. I see no reason to believe that circumstances will change dramatically just 1,000 miles away.
I suppose no one else is going to ask 'where's the satire alert'?
Iranians aren't Arabs. They're ethnic Persians and are in no way related to Arabs. They speak a different language, look different, think different, have a much different history, ethnicity, culture, and mindset. In fact the prejudice between the two is deeper than most throughout the world.
Therefore your entire argument is warped and invalid. Please check into stuff like this before arguing.
Thanks
What is this a joke?
Look at the title at this site. It reads:
"Winner of the First-ever National Press Club Award for Humor"
I hope you did not post this with the understanding it was supposed to be for real.
I was going to type this to that guy, but you beat me to it.
No. I picked political humor/News to list it under.
I don't understand why anyone would take it seriously :).
You forgot about the terrible Iraq-Iran war. Hundreds of thousands people were killed.
The Iranians are not so divided as the Iraqis (there are small minority groups here and there in Iran but they are quite small, is my understanding). I personally know no Iraqis, but I've known a number of Iranians here over the past quarter-century and what I hear from them all is that there is little love for the mullahs, many of whom are Arab and not Persian. (There is at least rivalry, if not animosity, between the two groups, I have gathered.)
I will never forget a certain (Christmas-time) party of (mostly) Ba'hai Iranians that my (Farsiphone) wife and I were invited to attend. One Ba'hai woman made a comment to the effect that "they should decorate the trees of Tehran -- by hanging the bodies of the mullahs from their branches!" This is so far out of Ba'hai ethos (as I understand it), you cannot image.
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Is this honestly & truly for real?? After I got through the second and third sentences, I said "This MUST be from Scrappleface!!"
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