Posted on 09/21/2009 6:26:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Iran on Monday welcomed Washington's decision to cancel plans to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system in Eastern Europe.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes any act that causes a reduction in the conventional arms race," Hassan Qashqavi, spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, was quoted as saying by Iranian PressTV news agency.
According to the report, Qahqavi rejected the claim that the system was meant to face an Iranian missile threat, calling it a baseless political claim.
"Such analyses have no realistic or evidential basis, for, from the beginning, adopting the claim of a missile threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran was an opportunistic and domination-seeking US scam with political aims. Now, with the passage of time, more aspects of the truth of this act have been established," he reportedly said.
The Iranian official went on to claim that the US plan had stemmed from the competition between the US and Russia and from Washington's interest in having more influence over central Europe.
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Just d*mn.
Of course they do.
Will Ahmanutjob meet with and give Barry a book and “Thank You” card, as well? =.=
Wolf welcomes leaving sheep pen unlocked.
LLS
I'll just bet they do. They just love fifth columnists.
This gets my nomination for the “Well Duh!” award for today.
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