Iran president sees "countdown" to Israel's end
 

How to win friends and influence people Iranian style!

Iran president sees "countdown" to Israel's end

TEHRAN (Reuters) - 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 has described the war last summer between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel as a victory for the Iranian-backed group. Tehran also often praises the Palestinians for what it says is resistance against Israeli occupation.

Ahmadinejad was speaking ahead of Monday's anniversary of the death in 1989 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, whose words Ahmadinejad echoed when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".

The president's comments caused consternation in Israel and the West, which also fear Iran is seeking to build an atomic arsenal under cover of a civilian nuclear power program, a charge Tehran denies.

Although Ahmadinejad has said Iran is not a threat to Israel, Iranian officials have said Tehran would respond swiftly to any Israeli attack. Some analysts have speculated Israel could seek to knock out Iran's atomic sites.

That man is either warped, evil, or both.

Dump Bush, allow the Muslims to destroy Israel, and adopt Islam — or else you will be destroyed. This is Ahmadinejad's message.

Okay, okay, many would agree to the first part, but the rest???

Also, "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"? Hello crazy man. You must be home for the Legion.

Iran's president is irrelevant. He is playing to his political supporters using the same rhetoric that TheMercenary uses to attack 'evil liberals'. His statements are about as serious as some fools who were going to destroy American by exploding a 40 mile pipeline to JFK Airport.

Where is the threat? Castro was more dangerous. With age, one tires of this 'enemies hiding everyone' nonsense. Maybe we should hype up another Fatherland Security Orange Alert because he has a countdown.

We need people who can see real threats - not the bogeyman hiding under every bed. His statements are humorous. But we don't have a comedy section in The Cellar to post them.

And David Duke will restore the power of the KKK.

Good points, but I still say the man is pixilated! :crazy:

If nothing else, I wished our news agencies and investigative TV newsmagazines like 60 minutes would quit giving the guy so much air time.

He is not even the ruler of Iran, he doesn't have the power.

The real leader of Iran is at least half-way sane.

He wants a quick way to prove that to the world, he could shoot Ahmadinejad.

I tire of live anti-Israelis, don't you?