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'Iranian power has swung from mullahs to Ahmadinejad'
J Post ^ | 10/21/2010 | By HERB KEINON

Posted on 10/20/2010 7:04:25 PM PDT by combat_boots

Conference of Presidents head Malcolm Hoenlein says many now waking up to Iran’s drive for regional power; tells ‘Post’ fundamental US Mideast policy won’t change following November’s elections.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon last week was a “watershed” that rammed home for many in the Arab world the realization that the Iranian leader does indeed have hegemonic designs in the region, Malcolm Hoenlein told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, said at a briefing with the Post’s editorial staff that Ahmadinejad’s Lebanon visit was a “game changer” because it gave Iran a foothold in the Mediterranean, something it had sought and failed to achieve for centuries.

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KEYWORDS: bho44; iran; me; mullahs
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1 posted on 10/20/2010 7:04:32 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: combat_boots

One easily defined target is a lot easier to hit.


2 posted on 10/20/2010 7:06:17 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: nuconvert

Ping.


3 posted on 10/20/2010 7:07:35 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: combat_boots

Sure


4 posted on 10/20/2010 7:10:34 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: combat_boots

No way.

LLS


5 posted on 10/20/2010 7:18:38 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: combat_boots

If I was Saudi Arabia or kuwait I’d be scrambling for nukes right about now.


6 posted on 10/20/2010 7:49:41 PM PDT by utherdoul
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To: utherdoul

or partnering up with Israel...


7 posted on 10/20/2010 8:12:52 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: combat_boots

Savage is right when he calls him, the “Hitler of our time.”


8 posted on 10/20/2010 8:17:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers leading the ALCS 3 games to 2)
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