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"Wiped Off the Map" -- The Rumor the Century (Barf)
The Mossadegh Project ^ | May 26, 2007 | Arash Norouzi

Posted on 05/30/2007 9:47:23 AM PDT by nonsporting

Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's president has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map." Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made.

On Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 at the Ministry of Interior conference hall in Tehran, newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech at a program, reportedly attended by thousands, titled "The World Without Zionism." Large posters surrounding him displayed this title prominently in English, obviously for the benefit of the international press. Below the poster's title was a slick graphic depicting an hour glass containing planet Earth at its top. Two small round orbs representing the United States and Israel are shown falling through the hour glass' narrow neck and crashing to the bottom.

Before we get to the infamous remark, it's important to note that the "quote" in question was itself a quote – they are the words of the late Ayatollah Khomenei, the father of the Islamic Revolution. Although he quoted Khomeini to affirm his own position on Zionism, the actual words belong to Khomeini and not Ahmadinejad. Thus, Ahmadinejad has essentially been credited (or blamed) for a quote that is not only unoriginal, but represents a viewpoint already in place well before he ever took office.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: regimechange
Apparently Ahmadinejad was only promoting peaceful regime change in Jerusalem and Bush is more dangerous than Ahma'jad. (Please ignore the Imam behind the curtain.)
1 posted on 05/30/2007 9:47:24 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting
Oh - he didn't come up with it himself: he was only approvingly quoting Khomeini.

Oh, that's much better.

2 posted on 05/30/2007 9:52:20 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: nonsporting

My guess is that if anything like that were to happene, Iran, too, would be a large, empty, glowing and glassed-over blob on the map.


3 posted on 05/30/2007 9:54:11 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: nonsporting
"The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time."

I missed the speech. Did he offer any final solutions to his problem?

4 posted on 05/30/2007 9:57:20 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: nonsporting
Sorry. He's on tape. Iranian nutbag calls for Israel to be wiped off the map
5 posted on 05/30/2007 9:58:52 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: nonsporting

“Although he quoted Khomeini to affirm his own position on Zionism, the actual words belong to Khomeini and not Ahmadinejad.”

Yeah, so what? If someone quotes Hitler in an effort to defame Jews, does that excuse it?


6 posted on 05/30/2007 10:02:52 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: wideawake

Just like the POPE quoted some dead guy from long, long ago?


7 posted on 05/30/2007 10:03:48 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: wideawake

His first effort to explain it away was more successful. He at least persuaded Mike Wallace that he was sincere. Basically, he said that he did not mean that he’d wipe out Jews, only that he’d put an end to Zionism.


8 posted on 05/30/2007 10:05:45 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: nonsporting
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9 posted on 05/30/2007 10:07:30 AM PDT by rbosque (L)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
I missed the speech. Did he offer any final solutions to his problem?

Details were not forthcoming. What could he mean? Over the next 20 or 30 years bury them with palestinian offspring (those who aren't engaged in suicide bombings)?

I think he had something quicker in mind.

10 posted on 05/30/2007 10:20:39 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting

I just realized something. They can’t wipe Israel off of one of THEIR maps. It’s not on them.


11 posted on 05/30/2007 10:21:54 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: nonsporting
Thus, Ahmadinejad has essentially been credited (or blamed) for a quote that is not only unoriginal, but represents a viewpoint already in place well before he ever took office.

LMAO!!! So, Ahmadinejad didn't actually SAY that Israel should be "wiped off the map" - - somebody else said it and he just endorses it wholeheartedly. Well then. That's different. Not.

12 posted on 05/30/2007 10:25:11 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: nonsporting

If he even didn’t say anything like that, if Israel was totally destroyed, I don’t think he would be unhappy LOL.


13 posted on 05/30/2007 10:29:38 AM PDT by Eternal_Bear
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To: litehaus

Not exactly. Ahmadinejad’s revolution brought Khomeini back. Who’s to know who is quoting whom, really?


14 posted on 05/30/2007 10:33:39 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: nonsporting

Ahmadinejad wish... take the “Je” out of “Jewish”


15 posted on 05/30/2007 10:34:48 AM PDT by tophat9000 (Quislingis=traitor, politicians who favor the interests of other nations or cultures over their own)
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To: nonsporting
Thus, Ahmadinejad has essentially been credited (or blamed) for a quote that is not only unoriginal, but represents a viewpoint already in place well before he ever took office.



"Nevermind..."
16 posted on 05/30/2007 10:41:30 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Put illegals on ICE)
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To: pabianice

But he didn’t say “Israel should be wiped off the map.”
He only said, “Death to Israel!”
Who ‘nother set of words...shame on you!
(And it was taken out of context, too: after the crowds were done cheering, I’m sure he said, “Just kidding!”)


17 posted on 05/30/2007 10:42:52 AM PDT by Nevermore
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To: Nevermore

So, if the Israeli prime minister or the president of the US said, “Death to Iran!”, they would have no problem with that?


18 posted on 05/30/2007 10:48:52 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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