[PRePublic]

OB declared in his pre-Super Bowl interview that there was no indication Iran wants to destroy Israel.

He is so out of touch.

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The Menace of Islamic Fascist Republic of Iran: its ideology, its actions and threats

DANGEROUS IDEOLOGY: WORLD DOMINATION

• The governments of the world should know that . . . Islam will be victorious in all the countries of the world, and Islam and the teachings of the Qur'an will prevail all over the world. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in January 1979^[1]

• We must strive to export our Revolution throughout the world. Ayatollah Khomeini on March 21, 1980^[2][3]

• We don't shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world. . . . We must believe in the fact that Islam is not confined to geographical borders, ethnic groups, and nations. It's a universal ideology that leads the world to justice. . . . We must prepare ourselves to rule the world." Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 5, 2006.^[4][5]

• "It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region." —Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in January 2001^[6][7]

• "One bomb is enough to destroy Israel. . . . In due time the Islamic world will have a military nuclear device."^{[8][9][10][11]} "Israel is much smaller than Iran in land mass, and therefore far more vulnerable to nuclear attack." ...(explaining: a nuclear attack on Israel would obliterate the state, but the Israeli retaliation would only cause damage to the much larger Muslim world). —Iranian president Rafsanjani in December 2001.^[12][13][14]

• "Rafsanjani Says Muslims Should Use Nuclear Weapon against Israel." — December, 2001^[15]

• "Israel must be wiped off the map." —Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on October 26, 2005^[16]

• "God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism." —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on October 26, 2005^[17][18]

• "Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come, and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started." —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on June 2, 2008, marking the 19th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini.^[19][20]

• "Get ready for a world minus the U.S." —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on June 4, 2008^[21][22]

• In February, 2010, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Ali-Akbar Salehi, declared: Attacking Iran's nuclear facilities will spell the End of Israel.^[23]

• Iran's president M. Ahmadinejad in August 2011: "Annihilate Israel."^[24]

• [Referring to Israel] "Cancerous tumour that should be cut and will be cut." —Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 3, 2012^[25][26] Canada compared the Islamic leader's remarks to Adolf Hitler's racist book.^[27]

Ali Khamenei, Iran's Ayatollah: "Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel." Planning of wiping out Israel in 9 minutes.^[28] Justifying genocide as a moral obligation.^[29] February, 2012.^[30]

'PRACTICAL' THREATS

• Iran's supreme leader called to use nukes on Israel in December 2001.^[31]

• In January 2007 its official (heading the nuclear program) threatend to use nukes (is conditions change).^[32][33]

• In 2008 it threatend to attack US bases.^[34]

• In May 2009, it tested missiles cabale of reaching Europe.^[35][36]

• In February 2010, it threatend Europe with missiles.^[37]

• In April 2010, it threatened that nuclear devices will go off in the US.^[38]

• In November 2010, France's leader N. Sarkozy said that "Missile threat comes from Iran."^[39]

References

1. ^ Bruce Hoffman, Holy terror: the implications of terrorism motivated by a religious imperative, (Rand Corporation, 1993, 14 pp.), p. 4, http://books.google.com/books?id=XiUIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22We+must+strive+to+export+our+revolution+throughout+the+world,+and+must+abandon+all+idea+of+not+doing+so,%22&hl=en
2. ^ Robin B. Wright, Sacred rage: the wrath of militant Islam, (Simon and Schuster, Dec 4, 2001, 330 pp.), p. 21, http://books.google.com/books?id=PnSsF-hADhUC&pg=PA21
3. ^ Bruce Hoffman, Inside terrorism, (Columbia University Press, 2006, 432 pp.), p. 89, http://books.google.com/books?id=O6QTfAkk22AC&pg=PA89
4. ^ Alireza Jafarzadeh, The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis, (Macmillan, Feb 5, 2008, 320 pp.), p. 208, http://books.google.com/books?id=jnW33nwDvsUC&pg=PA208
5. ^ Mike Evans, Michael D. Evans, Jerome R. Corsi, Showdown with nuclear Iran: radical Islam's messianic mission to destroy Israel and cripple the United, (Thomas Nelson Inc, Oct 3, 2006, 253 pp.) p. 61, http://books.google.com/books?id=LL71zHJX7ksC&pg=PA61
6. ^ "The ILSA (Iran-Libya Sanctions) Extension Act of 2001," May 9, 2001, http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa72349.000/hfa72349
7. ^ Near East report, Vol. 46, (Near East Report, Inc., 2002) p. 22 (Mission of Destruction AN AXIS OF ARAB AND ISLAMIC STATES AND TERRORIST GROUPS ARE SHOWING THROUGH ITS RHETORIC, TERRORISM AND AMASSING OF WEAPONS THAT IT SEEKS TO REMOVE ISRAEL FROM THE MAP OF THE MIDDLE EAST.) http://books.google.com/books?&id=j7QMAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22mission+of+the+Islamic+Republic+of+Iran+to+erase%22
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9. ^ Joel C. Rosenberg, The Twelfth Imam, (2010, 512 pp.) http://books.google.com/books?id=_oWNWR2vwysC&pg=PP2
10. ^ Judith S. Yaphe, Reassessing the Implications of a Nuclear-Armed Iran, (DIANE Publishing, 2009, 84 pp.), http://books.google.com/books?id=KR53fiYe-e4C&pg=PT92
11. ^ Douglas Frantz, "Iran Closes In on Ability to Build a Nuclear Bomb," Los Angeles Times, August 04, 2003, p. 3, http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/04/world/fg-nuke4/3. "Iran Aiming To Build Nuclear Weapons," By Douglas Frantz Los Angeles Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug 4, 2003, p. 2, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20030804&id=f-hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hHADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6874,3586741
12. ^ Kenneth Michael Pollack, Which path to Persia?: options for a new American strategy toward Iran, (Brookings Institution Press, Aug 1, 2009, 241 pp.) p. 187, http://books.google.com/books?id=aDeFl7rfnVoC&pg=PA187. US Policy On Towards Iran Brooking Institute, [US Government Reports], Jun 29, 2009, http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7932172/US-Policy-On-Towards-Iran-Brooking-Institute-Jun2009
13. ^ Mitchell G. Bard, Will Israel Survive?, (Macmillan, Jul 22, 2008, 256 pp.) p. 78, http://books.google.com/books?id=ESQw9yZtvooC&pg=PA78
14. ^ Leslie Susser, "The Iranian Threat," Jerusalem Report, Mar 11, 2002, http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Israel+is+much+smaller+than+Iran+in+landmass+and+therefore+far+more+vulnerable+to+nuclear+attack.%22&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers
15. ^ "Rafsanjani Says Muslims Should Use Nuclear Weapon against Israel." Iran Press Service (IPS), December 14, 2001, http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2001/dec_2001/rafsanjani_nuke_threats_141201.htm
16. ^ "Text of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Speech," New York Times, Oct 30, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html?pagewanted=all
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18. ^ Congressional Record,Jul 12, 2007, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2007-07-12/pdf/CREC-2007-07-12-senate.pdf
19. ^ "Ahmadinejad Calls U.S. 'Satanic,' Israel 'About to Die,'" Fox News, Jun 2, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361705,00.html
20. ^ "Ahmadinejad says Israel will soon disappear," AFP, Jun 2, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkqvlPndHPxXMqNzQLCQAPNyxbdQ
21. ^ "Report: Ahmadinejad Tells Japan to 'Prepare for a World Without the US,'" Fox News, Jun 5, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363498,00.html
22. ^ "Al-Taqiyya is Alive and Well in Geneva," canadafreepress.com, July 20, 2008, http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4040
23. ^ MEMRI: Ali-Akbar Salehi, Head of the Iranian Atomic Anergy Organization: Attacking Iran's Nuclear Facilities Will Spell the End of Israel Al-Alam TV (Iran) - February 8, 2010 http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2380.htm
24. ^ "Ahmadinejad on Al Quds Day: Annihilate Israel." The Daily Star, August 27, 2011, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Aug-27/Ahmadinejad-on-Al-Quds-Day-Annihilate-Israel.ashx
25. ^ "Nuclear Iran: Genocide in the Making Huffington Post Canada," February 3, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/irwin-cotler/holocaust-remembrance-day_b_1253418.html
26. ^ "Khamenei vows to fight 'cancerous tumour' Israel," Sydney Morning Herald, Alex Spillius, February 5, 2012. http://www.smh.com.au/world/khamenei-vows-to-fight-cancerous-tumour-israel-20120204-1qymh.html
27. ^ "Baird compares Iran's threats to Hitler's racist book," Globe and Mail, Februeary 05, 2012, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/baird-compares-irans-threats-to-hitlers-racist-book/article2327090/?from=sec434
28. ^ "'Kill all Jews and annihilate Israel!' Iran's Ayatollah lays out legal and religious justification for attack. Doctrine says Israel would be wiped out in 9 minutes." By Lee Moran, the Daily Mail, February 6, 2012, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097252/Kill-Jews-annihilate-Israel-Irans-supreme-leader-lays-legal-religious-justification-attack.html
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31. ^ "Rafsanjani Says Muslims Should Use Nuclear Weapon against Israel." Iran Press Service (IPS), December 14, 2001, http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2001/dec_2001/rafsanjani_nuke_threats_141201.htm
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34. ^ "Iran would destroy Israel and 32 U.S. military bases in the Middle East," Reuters, July 12, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/12/us-iran-nuclear-idUSL1246593220080712?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
35. ^ "Iran test fires missile capable of reaching Europe, Israel and U.S. bases in Middle East," Mail Foreign Service, Daily Mail, May 21 2009, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1185023/Iran-test-fires-missile-capable-reaching-Europe-Israel-U-S-bases-Middle-East.html
36. ^ Remarks by the President on Strengthening Missile Defense in Europe | The White House. September 17, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Strengthening-Missile-Defense-in-Europe/
37. ^ "Iran threatens European countries with missiles, energy supplies cut," AlBwaba, February 28, 2010, http://www.albawaba.com/iranian-file/iran-threatens-european-countries-missiles-energy-supplies-cut
38. ^ "Tehran: If Iran is attacked, nuclear devices will go off in American cities," Debka, April, 2010, http://www.debka.com/article/8713/. AFCPR, April 13, 2010, http://www.afcpr.org/07-10-Tehran-says-if-Iran-is-attacked-nuclear-devices-will-go-off-in-American-cities.html
39. ^ "Sarkozy: Missile threat comes from Iran," Ynetnews, November 20, 2010, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3987213,00.html

[morphing libertarian]

I don’t think he’s out of touch. He knows what they’ve said all along and doesn’t care.