The madman of Tehran 2
Ahmadinejad's at it again. According to the AP, he said today that Israel is a "fake regime" that shouldn't "continue to live".
Lovely, huh? I realize he's playing the nationalism card for a domestic audience, but what is one to make of a nuclear Iran that makes such overt threats against Israel?
(For past Ahmadmaninejadisms, see here. How's that for my neologism of the day?)
Lovely, huh? I realize he's playing the nationalism card for a domestic audience, but what is one to make of a nuclear Iran that makes such overt threats against Israel?
(For past Ahmadmaninejadisms, see here. How's that for my neologism of the day?)
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
11:49 PM
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Of course, the question is whether much of the West actually cares. There are plenty on the left that think Israel's existence is not legitimate anyway.
It's hard to understand what's up with this guy. Does he really intend to start a nuclear war? After all, Israel has nukes too? Surely he knows, doesn't he, that nuking Israel would be catastrophic for Iran. So, I assume that this is mostly rhetoric. But it is obviously dangerous rhetoric. I think we and Israel still have to, quoting the first President Bush, keep our powder dry and not overreact.
And this brings up another point. If Ahmadinejad was making similar comments from a pro-western standpoint, the academic leftists would be outraged. But, with Ahmadinejad, the silence is deafening.
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