(Xinhua) -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah received an honorary doctorate from an Iranian university in Isfahan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
"Iran's support was always the main factor in the victories and it always will be."
Nasrallah was granted the degree "in the field of political science, as a part of the events to mark the university's 300th birthday," the report said.
The degree was received by an envoy in Nasrallah's absence.
Nasrallah thanked Iran, in a statement read at the ceremony, for "25 years of support and aid for the Hezbollah organization and its warriors in southern Lebanon," adding that his group had won "two big triumphs" against "the most equipped armed forces in the region," referring implicitly to Israel.
He also stressed in the statement that "Iran's support was always the main factor in the victories and it always will be."
"Nuclear umbrella? We scoff! Haw haw!"
Tehran says its uranium enrichment has no military purposes as Washington vows to equip Israel with a 'nuclear umbrella' against Iran. "In the modern-day world, nuclear program is no longer a defensive measure aimed at protecting the national security of different countries," said the Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Sunday.
According to officials speaking on condition of anonymity, the US President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly offered Israel a nuclear deterrent apparatus to protect it against what the sources claimed to be 'an Iranian attack'.
The proposed 'nuclear umbrella for Israel' has raised speculation that Obama may have forgotten the promises he made during his campaign and decided to focus more on how to fulfill an "unshakable commitment to Tel Aviv".
"Obama, who promised change, must realize that the US cannot continue with its old policies in the Middle East," Al Qadwa told Gulf News. "[Obama] should at this stage think about how to rescue millions of people in Gaza from the inhumane Israeli siege," he added.
Boroujerdi criticized Obama for backtracking on promises of 'change' and following the Bush administration's example in the Middle East. "From the very beginning, we knew that Obama would fail to live up to his promises of changing Washington's policy for the better," said the Iranian parliamentarian. "There is little hope - if none at all - that Obama would be capable of forcing a substantial policy change in Washington," he added.
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Iran's ruling clerics might see it as their "religious duty" to nuke Israel once they have the capability. Any retaliation would be part of what they might consider a national "martyrdom operation".
Threats of massive retaliation might not mean much to them.
#4
A nuclear retaliation policy has to be straightforward, and in this case, in two parts.
Part one is that if Iran attacks Israel with nuclear weapons, that the entire nation will be "sterilized" with neutron weapons.
Part two, just as important, is that if this happens, Iran will become the new Jewish nation, being given as reparations to Jews, to do with as they see fit. All mosques and other traces of Islam will be razed.
#5
A 'nuclear umbrella' huh hmmm. So when Obama said A nuclear armed Iran would be a game changer. It wasnt just an empty platitude after all. What he really meant was a Containment Policy. With Biden advising him on all things foreign Im shocked I tells ya shocked!
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The Iranian Mullah's (not necessarily the Iranian _people_) would welcome a nuclear retaliation - it'll bring the 12th Iman out of his hidey-hole. Haven't they stated that they wanted to 'wipe Israel off the map' time and time again?
But somehow I doubt that Obama would follow up on his commitment - he would rather bown down to the 'United Nations' to resolve the 'misunderstanding'. After all its 'above his pay grade'....
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...the US President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly offered Israel a nuclear deterrent apparatus to protect it against what the sources claimed to be 'an Iranian attack'.
I thought Barry said it didn't work? Changed his mind maybe?
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Were Israel under the American nuclear umbrella, would President-elect Obama expect Israel to give up her own nuclear weapons? That would indeed be a game changer.
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2008-2012/2016 POST DUBYA PERIOD > "IRAN VERSUS ISRAEL" is now mostly a SIDESHOW/FRONT for Radical Islam. FOCII > Iran's utility is to keep the US = US-ALLIES contained for time being WHILE IRAN PCORRECTLY BUT STEADILY NUCLEARIZES, ETC + WHILE ISLAMIST MILITANTS RAMPAGE THROUGHOUT ASIA AND AFRICA, ETC. ESPEC AS PER THE DESTABILIZATION AND BREAK UP AMAP ASAP ALAP OF THE COLD WAR NUCLEAR STATES OF ASIA [Russ, China, India]. Even iff Iran is de facto invaded and militarily occupied as per Saddamist Iraq in 2003, including POST-INVAS ANTI-US INSURGENCY, the Militants will still have potent opportunity and access to [anti-US/Imperialist/
OWG-NWO]NUKE-WMD TECHS, NEW MANPOWER, $$$ SOURCES, etc.
Radical Islam must gener ensure that IRAN CONTINUES ITS NUCLEARIZATION VENTURES IN PARALLEL WID ISLAMIST-LED DESTABILZ = "JIHAD" AGZ LARGE AREAS/REGIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA, NO MATTER THE POLICIES PER SE 2008-12/2016 OF THE USA [includ Allies + UNO-UNSC].
The Militants don't have to care about DETROIT'S PROBS = US FINANCIAL CRISIS/US-GLOBAL RECESSION BECUZ THEY DON'T HAVE MANY VEHICLES ANYWAY, + DON'T DEPEND ON SAME TO FIGHT ANYWAY.
Former US President Jimmy Carter met with the exiled leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas for the second time this year on Sunday. The meeting in Damascus is part of Carter's regional discussions on Middle East conflicts which has seen the former US leader meet with a wide variety of regional powerbrokers.
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The scary part about this is that the O-cult might listen to him.
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