Restarting the Iran ping. On or off ping list.
Posted on 06/03/2007 10:40:42 AM PDT by Terrence DoGood
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Sunday the Lebanese and the Palestinians had pressed a "countdown button" to bring an end to Israel.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who triggered outrage in the West two years ago when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map", has often referred to the destruction of the Jewish state but says Iran is not a threat.
"With God's help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine," Ahmadinejad said in a speech.
"By God's will, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future," he said. He did not elaborate.
Iran has described the war last summer between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel as a victory for the Iranian-backed group. Tehran also often praises the Palestinians for what it says is resistance against Israeli occupation.
Ahmadinejad was speaking ahead of Monday's anniversary of the death in 1989 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, whose words Ahmadinejad echoed when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".
The president's comments caused consternation in Israel and the West, which also fear Iran is seeking to build an atomic arsenal under cover of a civilian nuclear power program, a charge Tehran denies.
Although Ahmadinejad has said Iran is not a threat to Israel, Iranian officials have said Tehran would respond swiftly to any Israeli attack. Some analysts have speculated Israel could seek to knock out Iran's atomic sites.
Back when I was teaching, we called this kind of behavior “attention seeking”...this little Hitler dude is just trying to buy time for their nukes by distracting the world with his stupid rhetoric.
God will watch over Israel. I’m on His side, and we’ll see what happens to those who provoke Him in the future. :-)
“President Tom”, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seems to be inordinately gleeful at the prospect of the coming demise of Israel.
Could he be getting into the manic phase of his bipolar disorder?
The prospect of this madman having control of nuclear weapons should give us all nightmares.
“Let me tell you something about Iran, because I’ve been there and you haven’t. Iran is a great country. A great country”.
- Sean Penn
Nice to know that the leftists in our country think so well of a man who wants massive death and destruction.
And, then this guy has a problem with anything and everything that the President of the US does.
Apparently...I’m in bizarro world.
Isn't jimmy carter his godfather?
FMCDH(BITS)
I predict that would immediately be followed by an impossibly bright sunrise and ambient temperatures reaching 10 million degrees Fahrenheit in Tehran.
Mmmm.. so God is going to destroy the land he gave to Abraham and his decendants many millenium past?
May I recommend you read Ezekiel 38 my little monkey man of Iran...perhaps God has other plans in mind that may concern you directly. The Big Bang theory will be demonstrated live for you as a form of de-evolution of the mad species.
Radical Islam is growing ever more dangerous and belligerant. Hopefully, the War in Iraq and the continued decimation of Al Queida will keep them in check.
It’s the only song he knows.
The “countdown” is on the timer of the Israeli nuke aimed at Tehran.
The major problem with the terrorist threat against America is that we have the likes of Pelosi, Boxer, Reid, Schumer, Kennedy, Feinstein, and the rest of the Liberal/RINO elite that refuse to acknowledge that they are a threat to this country. Until they face reality, we are all in peril. Even more reason for the American people to vote them OUT at the first opportunity.
“..Monday’s anniversary of the death in 1989 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,...
Isn’t jimmy carter his godfather?”
No, his butt-boy.
The Iranian government keeps floging a dead horse. They believe they are buying favoritism with Arabs by supporting the palestinians. The arabs couldn’t care less and there will always be a massive divide between Shia and Sunni.
Jimmy Carter is beginning to realize his dream.
Actually Penn’s quote is pretty close to the mark, BUT NOT how he meant it. The country and a huge portion of it’s citizens are great. Obviously, the leader is a latter day Hitler and those that support him are no better than the old SS.
The way to defeat Iran, since we’re not going to do anything militarily, is from within.
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