I am starting to fear that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon specifically for use against Israel. Contextually, that's how I would interpret these comments.
That gives me chills. And not the good kind, either!
It's a good thing there's no real reason to take this guy at his word. Fortunately, this is just talk.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 26 minutes ago
The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.
"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."
Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map."
On Friday, he repeated his previous line on the Holocaust, saying: "If such a disaster is true, why should the people of this region pay the price? Why does the Palestinian nation have to be suppressed and have its land occupied?"
The land of Palestine, he said, referring to the British mandated territory that includes all of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, "will be freed soon."
He did not say how this would be achieved, but insisted to the audience of at least 900 people: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon."
"The existence of this (Israeli) regime is a permanent threat" to the Middle East, he added. "Its existence has harmed the dignity of Islamic nations."
The three-day conference on Palestine is being attended by officials of Hamas, the ruling party in the Palestinian territories.
Iran has previously said it will give money to the Palestinian Authority to make up for the withdrawal of donations by Western nations who object to Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. But no figure has been published.
On Tuesday, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully enriched uranium using a battery of 164 centrifuges, a significant step toward the large-scale production of enriched uranium required for either fueling nuclear reactors or making nuclear weapons.
The United States, France and Israel accuse Iran of using a civilian nuclear program to secretly build a weapon. Iran denies this, saying its program is confined to generating electricity.
The U.N. Security Council has given Iran until April 28 to cease enrichment. But Iran has rejected the demand.
The chief of Israeli military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, was quoted Wednesday as saying Iran could develop a nuclear bomb "within three years, by the end of the decade."
Just had an idea. What if we inducted all male illegal aliens into the armed forces and stationed them in Iraq, or trained them to defend us against eventual moves by Iran in the middle East? We'd be out a few uniforms, but they would have to toe the mark. If they served us well, they could become U.S. citizens accordingly!
Does this Lunatic Moron President of Iran realize that if he nukes Israel ... He'll also be taking out Palestine ??
Yeah, Israel is going to sit idle while Iran builds nuclear weapons.
What are they putting in the Iraninan drinking water these days anyway...stupid juice?
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My question: why doesn't Israel pre-emptively strike Iran??
1939 all over again. Instead of Germany and Poland, it's Iran and Israel.
The president of Iran . . . said it was "heading toward annihilation,"Truer words were never spoken.
Not sure how Iran would wipe out Israel with nukes without wiping out the Palestianians as well.
Here is somthing I have thought about.. what if the guy is saber rattling to try and tip oil cost out of control and ruin us through economic means..
this rhetoric definitely sounds like they are developing the bomb for the sole purpose of wiping isreal off the face of the earth.. and im sure any other country who opposes them is next.
this guy really is hilter in another coming.
the question is whether the international community intends to do a darned thing about it. Thanks to our wanker media, our military has a huge collar around it and we cant do a darned thing.
He sounds like a Democrat.
Two words: General Custer.
Kill this idiot. Now.
This clown is spending way too much time reading Justine Raimondo's columns.