A CASE FOR PREEMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKE AGAINST IRAN?

Submitted by mariana (United States), Jun 18, 2007 at 11:22

Dear Kaffir Soldier:

Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani is an "interesting" piece of work. He has been way ahead of the political curve in Iran since his initial attempt [under the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini when he was considered "Moderate"] to "reconcile" with America during the Reagan Administration. You will all remember that he sent one of his sons as secret Envoy to DC, and it was he who was given the notorious midnight tour of the White House by Ollie North. Leaks got the word to the ME press and Lib/Dems in the House and Senate, and the "reconciliation and communication" effort was staunched and "criminalized" by the Democrat Party, enabling the mullahs to keep Iran isolated for another 25+ years. This clever little man [early backed by the "Bazaris" and the Revolutionary Guard], has managed to stay on the top of those in the foreground and background of Iranian Power from the beginning of the "Islamic Republic."

>"It seems that Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani is forgetting that due to the present intertwinement of Israel and Palestine, the destruction of the Jewish State would also means the mass killing of Palestinian population as well", observed one Iranian commentator. Actually, the Iranians hate Arabs even more than they hate Jews, and besides the propaganda value "supporting" them provides, there's absolutely no love lost for Palestinian Arabs. It's doubtful that they'd shed any tears over ridding the world of such a dangerous and querulous bunch [in this, they agree with their despotic Arab neighbors who've kept Palestinians in refugee camps for over 55 years, rather than allowing immigration and settlement or attempting to assimilate them].

What Rafsanjani and AhmediNejad may or may not have considered, is that the "Holy Places" Muslims now claim in Israel, would be uninhabitable for thousands of years. [Could this tacit willingness to do without Jerusalem be an acknowledgment that Mohammed might NOT have "Ascended to Paradise" from Jerusalem after all, since there appears no record of his ever having been there?]

>"War of the pious and martyrdom seeking forces against peaks of colonialism will be highly dangerous and might fan flames of the World War III", the former Iranian president said, backing firmly suicide operations against Israel." [Hashemi-Rafsanjani]; so, naturally, Iran funds, trains and arms lunatics with bigger and better weapons.

>""Jews shall expect to be once again scattered and wandering around the globe the day when this appendix is extracted from the region and the Muslim world", Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani warned, blaming on the United States and Britain the "creation of the fabricated entity" in the heart of Arab and Muslim world." [Hashemi-Rafsanjani] Just love:>"

...the day when this appendix is extracted from the region and the Muslim world." Such creativity: one wonders who writes his stuff. >""One of Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani's main characteristics in Iranian politics during the past twenty years is that in order to preserve his own position, he is ready to set fire to all the Caesareas for one handkerchief, including, in the present case, providing Israel with enough pretext to attack Iran", he noted, adding: "for the time being and what is important for Mr. Sharon is that this kind of statements are open invitation for more violence, an encouragement to extremists on either side of the Israel-Palestine conflict". [Ahmad Salamatian]

While these statements are obviously dated, Rafsanjani and AhmediNejad seem to be making a pretty firm case for preemptive nuclear strike against them. Americans and Israelis [being Civilized, G*d-fearing people], do not even seriously conceptualize using Nukes on anyone. Is this weakness or an error? >"ENDS RAFSANJANI NUKE THREATS 141201." What does this mean? mariana

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