Seems Iran's President keeps talking **** about Israel, is he trying to provoke a war?
132829
iran is just another country full of fundamentalist a.ss holes. theyll never succeed.
364095
Because I think that they are perfectly aware that by the time the first bomb will reach the Iranian land,Israel will cease to exist...Iran has the capability to do this and both US and Israel are perfectly aware of this,otherwise they would have attacked Iran by now...And Israel never cared about world's opinion,so I doubt that they will start now caring about what others say...
530915
My two cents worth:\n\nI totally agree. You get it - however, apparently, a lot of people don't.\n\nMahmoud Ahmadinejad is a fanatical religous hardliner who supports his own terror organization, the revolutionary guards, along with Hezbollah, Humas and the whole concept of Jihad.\n\nHe has made it clear that Israel is "the little devil" and must be anninilated. You can only guess who the "big devil" is.\n\nHis country practically floats on oil, yet he wants "nuclear fuel for peaseful purposes."\n\nHis rise to power also means that the real power in Iran will lie more than ever in the hands of the Shiite clergy and their supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nice.\n\nTheir demented ideology has made their objectives very clear and their tactics of murder and maiming thousands of innocent victims, for the most part, have not been met with the responce they deserve.\n\nThe civilized nations apparently don't rise up because of internal pressure and discontent from the "idiots" you allude to in your question.\nI suspect most of them were skipping history classes and decorating their VW busses with flower decals while the United States was bleeding in Viet Nam.\n\nLook at the hatred and unwarrented critisim leveled at Bush in America for FINNALLY responding to the acts of war that these Islamic dirt bags have perpretrated against the United States since 1979.\n\nThe United States and its allies are the Islamic terrorists' last hurdle. Iraq is the center of this war on terror. Iran knows this. Syria knows this. The terrorists know this. All of the Muslim nations know this - why don't we know this?\n\nNegotiations is not an option with these psychos.\nLeast we forget that Carter tried diplomacy and negotiations with these radicals for fourteen months while they held American hostages - and, during WWII, France was still debating and still looking for proof that Hitler was actually a threat to Europe - when their proof came marching into Paris wearing swazika arm bands. And, then, there's Chamberlain with his "peace in our time" rhetoric after his negotiations with Hitler. \nGreat Britain remembers - apparently, France does not. For all intent and purpose, Spain was defeated when they withdrew their troops after the terrorist train bombings.\n\nThese people want world denomination under Islamic rule - they woud cut you head off just to make another video - all the while, we debate their "rights" as detainees, cut and run policies and somehow think this threat will disappear if we just stop antagonizing them.\n\nWake up, people - America is not the bad guy here. \n\n"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."   Albert Einstein\n\nArgue with Albert Einstein's logic - if you feel up to the task.
48052
I have to say, you have a very good name (I'm not trying to suck up). My guess is that the old adage will prove to be true: "if you don't know your history, you are doomed to repeat it." The leader of Iran will start building up his arsenal and he will start being threatening the surrounding countries. He will do something radical like bomb Israel and the world will try to appease him. But since he is a psychopath with nothing on his mind but wiping Israel from the face of this Earth, it will not work. He will start a big war and encite a lot of hatred of the Muslim people (more so than 9-11). It will progress in the same way that World War II progressed until someone does something. The only question is who will it be? Jaques Chirac made some statements standing up to him so it may even be France. Wouldn't that be ironic? The UN is not going to do anything about this just like it has never done anything about anything else. They are like an assistant principal they have no real authority.
411340
beware of the wolf in sheeps clothing.\nAhmadinejad seems to be making great strides in making the US look like a bunch of warmongering bungling fools but that appears to have been his agenda all along by helping supply and train the shittes to propel this into a civil war and to then step in and say "Let me straighten it out"\nHe has a hidden agenda here and many will say it's not hidden that he wants America and Israel to accept Islam and convert.\nI say there is more to it than that. He wants to control the oil for his own evil purposes and to control Bagdad (ancient babylon) again for his own evil puposes.
385866
"Iran's new president created a sense of outrage in the west yesterday by describing Israel as a "disgraceful blot" that should be "wiped off the face of the earth". Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is more hardline than his predecessor, told students in Tehran that a new wave of Palestinian attacks would be enough to finish off Israel."\n\n"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday lambasted Israel and Zionism and quoted the late Ayatollah Khomeini calling for Israel to be "wiped out from the map.""\n\n"A day after drawing international condemnation for declaring that "Israel should be wiped off the map," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined an estimated several hundred thousand demonstrators in an annual anti-Israel march that made clear his words are a time-honored slogan in Iran."
151202
The problem isn't that Israel exists, or that there are Arabic (or Persian in the case of Iran) nations. The problem isn't that Israel is occupying Palestine and the Golan Heights. Yes, the Israel-Palestine conflict offers regional leaders "reason" to attack Israel. There would still be much infighting between the many ethnic groups in the region without the Jewish Homeland.\nThe problem arose with the end of the First World War and the division of much of the old Ottoman (Turkish) Empire's Middle-Eastern territory, from the Palestine (as I will refer to the pre-Israel Holy-Land) into Persia (Iran) and the Arabian Peninsula by France and Great Britain (the UK). Much like the division of Africa, ethnic and historical boundaries were disregarded, and unfriendly tribal peoples were crowded into the same states (much like Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda).\nResentment of the rule by the Western Powers, the Arabs and Persians looked to aid from Hitler's Germany in order to overthrow the French and British. Nazi involvement is therefore an important component in the anti-Semites in the  Middle-East.\nWith the departure of the Western Powers after the Second World War, the Arab states found their political Independence. However, the discovery of oil found the United States becoming increasingly interested in the area. The US sought economic superiority in the region, developing the strong-arm subterfuge tactics that it would later use in Latin America in order to try and control Middle-Eastern Governments. These tactics lead to mass unrest against foreign backed rulers, whether they were Capitalist or Communist (let Iran and Afghanistan be respective examples). Hatred of foreign blessed rulers, and the ideological strife  and rebellion these rulers caused are key causes of the lack of peace in the region. \nIsrael is supported by the US to a startling degree, while the other Middle-Eastern governments  are often products of anger against former rulers, generally fronted by the US. This hatred of America and her puppet rulers abroad is a cause of unrest in the Middle-East, as well as in Latin America (Castro originally led an uprising against US puppet dictator Fulgencio Batista, before US policies caused him to seek Soviet aid and shelter with the Communists), is a component of violent unrest in these regions.\nIt is naive to say that there is any one reason that there could be peace without Israel, or without the Arab (and Persian) states. It is naive to say that the elimination of any one reason is the root cause of unrest in the Middle-East, including the resentment of Israel. Three major reasons could be considered the most important.\n1. Former Franco-British control ignoring ethnic lines (ie lack of "Kashmiristan")\n2. Anti-Semitism introduced by Nazis (actually, this should be Anti-Zionist or Anti-Jewish feelings because the Arabians are actually a Semetic tribe)\n3. Oil and the resulting US attempts to control the region that led to anti-western sentiment that placed such governments in power--this also results in resentment of Israel because of its close ties with the US.\nThis is in no way a simple conflict, but a complex regional conflict with roots dating to the end of the First World War, perhaps even as far back as the Crusades. There are more reasons that I listed above that suggest that there could be much unrest without the Israeli state. \nIsrael's was most likely very much just the point where the Arab states "lost it".
233075
My personal analysis of that article is that Iran realizes that Israel is the protegee of the US so in a  way it's twisting the US's arm through Israel so that America will not declare war on Iran. Also if USA decides to attack Iran, it will probably use Israel as a base because it will be the only country to support this action in that region.\nI am not sure I answered your question, but I hope that helped.
625882
Lets see....You have that crazy little monkey in Iran talking about blowing Israel off the face of the earth, Palestinians hate Israel, most Arabs hate Israel...Hmmmm...Can't imagine why Israel would want an insurance policy of 700 nukes. Really, that is a quandary. \n\nIf your neighbor is threatening you with a .45, wouldn't you feel safer if you had a bigger gun? Say a .357? Wouldn't you do anything in your power to protect your house from threats? That is what Israel is doing. Pacifism is a real nice ideal, but in the real world, when dealing with crazy people (like the Iranian monkey guy) pacifism gets you a terminal case of dead. \n\nAnd while Israel is developing all these new weapons,guess what other country benefits from that? Which helps us defend your freedom to ask questions like this.
477970
i believe the Iranian President is kinda radical crazy and is pretty much hellbent on controlling other countries in the middle east,Everyone knows he wont be happy till they have nucks,and I believe he will use them, unfortunately for the Iranian people most countries believe that also.He's probably Hitler reincarnate.
359064
Why is part of Western world worried bout Iran developing it?\nTake a start from Israel and keep asking questions from there onwards.
138844
No. Iran's radical theocrats want a nuclear weapon. (It gnaws at them that Israel has nuclear weapons. It is Israel's nuclear weapons that have deterred attacks from her neighbors.) They have no legitimate need for nuclear energy. They have more than enough oil to cover their energy needs. They use the excuse of a "right" to nuclear technology to drum up support among Iranians for the government (which is otherwise disliked/hated by the majority of Iranians). \n\nIran is stalling for more time to strengthen their bargaining position. (They've done fairly well for themselves thus far. The talks have been ongoing for three years now.) So far they haven't overly miscalculated, but that doesn't mean the world's patience isn't wearing thin. What happens next is up to Iran. Russia and China won't be able to perpetually block meaningful efforts within the UN to address the problem.\n\nI don't think the US will attack Iran's nuclear facilities, but I wouldn't be surprised if Israel did so. Contrary to what many think, Israel will do what they feel is in their best interests whether or not the US condones it. What will the fallout be? Not much. There will be condemnations from Arab and Muslim governments, but the Iranians have two things against them. They aren't Arabs, and they aren't Sunnis.
527393
I sympathize with your country's situation. But you have to understand that you have been taken control under a theocracy that is ruled by an anti-semitic radical muslim. We can't trust Iran's word to say that they will only use it for nuclear power giving the history of disagreement with Israel. Ahmanidejad has said he will blow up Israel and he doens't believe the Holocaust ever happened. The Iran-Iraq war was horrible and innocent lives were lost. The U.S. at that time did help Saddam because we viewed Iran as a bigger threat. I apologize on my country's behalf. But we were nervous of a potential Middle East crisis and we tried to salvage it. It's because of this history that we can't trust Ahmanidejad because we can't run the risk of him blowing up Israel or take over a weak Iraq. If this occurs, it will expand the war in the Middle East and possibly create a WWIII which will hurt everybody. This is why we don't support nuclear development in Iran. If you can guarantee us that Iran won't blow up Israel then who knows? Until then, try to see this from our point of view.
485520
Geez... I think I'm going to puke!\n\nThe sad thing is that there will probably be a large percentage of "Noble Americans" who will buy into Ahmadinejad's lip service.\n\nThe fact of the matter is that Mr. Ahmadinejad has flatly stated that his goal is none other than the utter destruction of Israel, America, and our Western allies. This is a man whose country is swimming in energy resources yet insists that he needs nuclear power strictly for energy production. This is a man who denies that the holocaust ever occurred but vows to slaughter all "Zionists" (that would be Jews, for the uninformed) and their allies (that would be America and most of the western world).\n\nMake no mistake folks, he is the enemy regardless of how charismatic he is, how well he smiles for the camera, or how good he is at telling you what you want to hear!
422509
As an Iranian, I should say you "Ahmadi Nejad"s speeches and letters are a bunch of his strange ideas, not all of the Iranian ideas.\n\nHere we don't concern to his strange speeches. I suggest you don't worry about Iran's activities in base on "Ahmadi Nejad" speeches and letters ;)\n\nIran and US had some dialogs but some US policies like invading to Iraq and Afghanistan and occupying those countries made this situation worse.\n\nIran's government is worry about US policy and its goals, so someone like "Ahmadi Nejad" succeeded in last presidency election.
330617
They want a bomb.  Period.  When oil is plentiful and cheap, why spend all that money on a nuclear reactor for electricity?\n\nThey want a nuclear weapon.  My guess is that they would pass it along to some terrorist organization (Hamas) to detonate in Israel.  This way, they could deny involvement.  Iran hates Israel, despite it's significant Muslim population, but they know they can't formally declare war, because they would get blamed, then they would get beaten up bad.\n\nSo Tehran instead plays around, giving money and arms to terrorist groups to act as some sort of play army.  This way they can attack without being blamed.\n\nAfter Israel, I would worry next about New York and Los Angeles.  Both are major cities, with significant Jewish populations.  Again, Iran doesn't care about either cities Islam populations (which are also sizable).  Killing ten Muslims for one Jew is fine by them.\n\nBy the way, I reference their government here, not individuals, particularly those in the USA for more than 25 years.  Iran has an opposition movement, with many supporters fleeing to the US and Europe after the Shah's government collapsed in the late 70's.
422974
Sala'm Aga / Khanum!\n\nDo you want to imply that Iran's case is similar to that of the Iraq during last days of Saddam when he was denying having any WMD and USA was insisting that he was lying?\n\nIn any case, there is a great difference in the analogy. Iran has been more-or-less positively identified by the IAEA to be moving towards a secret nuclear weapons program, as per circumstantial evidences its inspectors and 'monitors' has obtained.\n\nSo, in my personal view, the President of Iran Mr. Ahmedinezad is playing high-wire act and also brinkmanship with the West (not only with USA). I am a Muslim and I worked in Iranian Air Force for two years as civilian specialist and I have no ill feeling for the Iranian people.\n\nGod forbid, if Iranian people had to live the miserable life that of Iraq then it would be solely the present government of Iran that would be held responsible to ignore numerous warnings to refrain from its present belligerent attitude and sit with world community and sort out its differences across the table.\n\nInshaAllah we hope major catastrophe could be averted and Iranians can live and prosper and be the Malaysia of the Middle East!\n\nKhuda Hafez