The Rev. Jesse Jackson called on Iran president to retract anti-Israel and antisemitic comments.
First of all why on earth would anyone listen to Jesse Jackson. Second, How are the Iranians comments antisemitic? Arabs are Semites and Iran doesn't have a problem with them, they just hate Israel. Jews aren't the only Semites. So yes the Iranians don't like Israel, but that does not make them antisemitic.
The funny thing is, people will listen to anyone who speaks authoritatively. I posted his commentary to stir the thread up a bit. The political reality is that people on both sides of the aisle have real problems with Iran. This is a bipartisan issue but the debate starts when people begin discussing what to do about it. We can talk about the semantics of why individual Republicans and Democrats want to see action taken against Iran but overall, I’m impressed with how many of them are engaged on this issue. I would be very surprised if J. Jackson is planning to travel to Iran to try to convince the Iranians not to wipe Israel off the map. I imagine it is too far outside of the realm of plausibility, even for Jesse.