Iran’s president insists Iran won’t destroy Israel, but says,
“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.
But, we’re told by Iran’s apologists in the blogosphere, Iran wouldn’t dream of sharing nuclear weapons technology with terrorist groups like, say, Hamas and Hezbullah.
No, never. That would be irrational, and if there’s one thing we know about Ahmadamnutjob, it’s that he’s rational.
(Pay no attention to everything he’s ever said about Israel, including this.)
Semi-related: I can’t believe the Russians would ever do a thing like this!
And has anyone told Larry Flynt who’s running Congress these days?
Perhaps this offers Washingtonienne a way out of some of her immediate financial troubles.
I don’t think groundskeepers and Metro janitors are what Larry’s got in mind, Dan.
congress86 – Don’t I wish.
Larry’s probably trying to derail Fred Thompson and Giuliani, I’m betting.
The hot chick Fred’s been banging is his wife. I think he’s probably bulletproof on this one.
So you’re claiming that the Palestinians would be stupid enough to set off a nuke right next door to their own turf, in a geographic region that’s approximately the size of a postage stamp to begin with?
Oh, wait. Palestinians. Right.
Never mind.
Wow, Iran’s going bonkers.
Good thing Russia is making soothing sounds.
It’s about 40 years since the USSR fooled the Syrians and the Egyptians into thinking that Israel was about to attack Syria, causing the Egyptians to toss the UN out of the Sinai peninsula and setting up a blockade of Israeli ships in the Straits of Tiran, causing Israel to beat the shit out of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
History never repeats itself, right?
The first Palestinian nuclear attack will be delivered by an ambulance claiming to be carrying a pregnant woman in the middle of a difficult delivery. For good measure, they’ll trigger it next to a bus full of grade schoolers.
The press will not show the celebrations in Muslim countries, or the aftermath of the attack itself, but will show the dead and wounded from the counter-strikes. Their commentary will be full of their expressions of horror over the “Israeli over-reaction to this tragedy”.
Thompson’s been out of Congress for years, and Giuliani never was in.
Which, with Flynt that’s par for the course.
What have we heard about the “slaughter of Palestinians” going on in Lebanon? The Lebanese Army has been shelling a “refugee camp” for a week now.
Where’s Green Helmet Guy? Where are the dead baby photo ops?
Where’s Green Helmet Guy? Where are the dead baby photo ops?
They’re standing at the ready, waiting for the first IDF soldier to short-sheet a Hezbollah bed.
Thompson’s been out of Congress for years, and Giuliani never was in.
True, but I don’t credit Larry Flynt with precision of language, either. His use of the word congress may have been shorthand for people in government, or even a red herring. It doesn’t have to specifically mean members of the House and Senate.
Or he just meant “sexual congress”.
Still sounds like Iran will do its thing, while the Lebanese and the Palestinians will do theirs (and get their Palestinian and Lebanese asses handed to them in the process.) You know, like it has been since 1948. Iran is no different than Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and a host of others in this regard.
And I’m still not convinced Iran would trust a nuke to anyone not Iranian. It still doesn’t pass the smell test.
Complacency is rarely prudent, and at times downright fatal.
or the aftermath of the attack itself
What, no “crater swarming”?