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Israeli threats are "a childish game"
2006-01-22
Iran on Sunday said Israel would be making a "fatal mistake" should it resort to military action against Tehran's nuclear program and dismissed veiled threats from the Jewish state as a "childish game."

On Saturday, Israel repeated its stand on the issue, saying it would not accept a nuclear Iran under any circumstances and was preparing for the possible failure of diplomatic efforts. While Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz stopped short of an outright threat of military action, he said Israel "must have the capability to defend itself...and this we are preparing."

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Israel was only trying to add to Western pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear program. "We consider Mofaz's comments a form of psychological warfare. Israel knows just how much of a fatal mistake it would be (to attack Iran)," Asefi told reporters. "This is just a childish game by Israel."
Posted by:Jackal

#10  Has anyone been following the Iranian blogs about this? If so, does anyone in that strange country seem to have any understanding of how close they are to being turned into a sheet of radioactive black glass? I can't believe they're all nuts in Iran and I would think that the deadly serious threat of nuclear obliteration they now face would have the sane people ripping the mullahs to bloody shreds with their bare hands if that was what it took to prevent complete destruction.
Posted by: mac   2006-01-22 20:55  

#9  If something is going to be done do it. Don't talk endlessly about it. From what Iran has said Israel has every right to nutralize the threat.

Iran thinks the suni muslims give a damn. They are apostates so good look getting anything more than a good seething out of it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2006-01-22 16:04  

#8   such a strike would be a "terrible mistake that would ignite the entire middle east and perhaps the entire world"

Yes, we need to be concerned about inflaming the "arab street". That and the "brutal afghan winter". So much for conventional wisdom.

The harsh fact of the Iranian situation is that it is one of those real-world choices between bad and worse. Choosing not to choose usually means a vote in the "worse" column.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-01-22 13:21  

#7  The Italian FM is worried about destablizing the region? That's original.
Posted by: 6   2006-01-22 13:00  

#6  RJB,
We havent even had the chance to strike, yet the italian foreign minister has recently "warned" us that such a strike would be a "terrible mistake that would ignite the entire middle east and perhaps the entire world"
I say, if we need to ignite the middle east, we should ignite it sooner than later. It is much better to ignite it with conventional weapons now than to wait and have to use the kind of weapons that makes things glow in the dark.
besides, I havent seen too much of an activity either political or military taking place in Italy and ultimately we will have to count on our own strength.
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2006-01-22 12:34  

#5  Yep

It's sad but Israel will probably be the only entity with the stones to do something about the insane regime in Tehran.

There are rumors here and other places that the US is gearing up to whack the Iranian threat down and I hope there right. That said I'll be surprized if it happens.

No, Israel will probably have to do this and then be condemned by most of the world. :/
Posted by: RJB in JC MO   2006-01-22 11:48  

#4  When someone picking a fight says the phrase "Hit Me", a good rule of thumb is to take the first swing. At the lowest level Iran has threatened to hurt Isreal. Like a street punk on the street, when threatened you have a choice. Wait and take the first hit and possibly get your ass handed to you, our swing first and knock the dumbass to the street. The threat to Isreal real, Isreal will feel the strike of Iran-through Hamas or Hezbollah, Isreal has every right to strike first, strike hard, and strike with finality.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-01-22 11:30  

#3  It looked like this except the pilot Goldie Hawn
Posted by: 6   2006-01-22 11:16  

#2  I had a scheme about JSOWs last night.
Posted by: 6   2006-01-22 11:05  

#1  Iran on Sunday said Israel would be making a "fatal mistake" should it resort to military action against Tehran's nuclear program and dismissed veiled threats from the Jewish state as a "childish game."

Since you're intend to wipe us of the map, anyway...
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-01-22 10:38  

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