Reframe This
The lunatic in charge president of Iran has called (again) for Israel to be annihilated.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.
"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."
Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map."
On Friday, he repeated his previous line on the Holocaust, saying: "If such a disaster is true, why should the people of this region pay the price? Why does the Palestinian nation have to be suppressed and have its land occupied?"
Is this the strong, rational incentive these folks are referring to when they want to "reframe" the debate?
Keep fiddling.
UPDATE: Well, it looks like Reuters is following their instructions. This is from their propaganda release story on the Iranian president's speech:
But the tone of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to a conference on the Palestinian issue was slightly more moderate than fiery rhetoric last year, when Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted him as telling a conference: "Israel must be wiped off the map."
How very moderate of them.
By chez diva, Friday, 14 April , 2006 @ 1:22 pm
All of these recent news stories about Iran are getting me nervous. I certainly hope that the Iranian “president” doesn’t do anything stupid - like attack Israel or any of our bases in Iraq or any other ME country.
Thanks for keeping on top of this story.
By Gauis Arbo, Friday, 14 April , 2006 @ 1:25 pm
The thing is, all the Palestinians cheering Iran might want to rethink their support. Even if Israel did not retaliate (yeah, right), the fallout from the Iranian strike will kill every Palestinian.
But logic isn’t their strong suit at the moment.