Maybe not a wise proposition - Iran and Israel
it seems that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is stepping up the rhetoric when speaking in public. From
Reuters:
Iran president sees "countdown" to Israel's end
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 often praises the Palestinians for what it says is their resistance against Israeli occupation. Tehran also described the war last summer between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel as a victory for the Iranian-backed group.
"If you make a mistake and create another war against the oppressed Lebanese nation, this time the angry ocean of the nations of the region will remove your rotten ... roots from the region," the president said in another speech on Sunday night.
Ahmadinejad is trying to fight a proxy war -- maybe a nuke will be smuggled into Israel, maybe just more munitions to the terrorist scum. I do not think that if Israel were to be attacked on a grand scale that they would hesitate to retaliate. Maybe taking out Iran's nuclear program and a few key people... The islamists are great for building each others egos up and talking big but when push comes to shove, their only victories are when they play dirty or when they manipulate the Western media. They have neither the strength, will or spiritual purity to fight fairly.
Posted by DaveH at June 3, 2007 6:58 PM
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