When a government goes around placing billboards around it's Nation, stating that the goal is to, "Wipe Israel off the face of the earth"; I agree, there is no misinterpreting, or "picking and choosing".....The intent is obvious.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:46 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > "It is not amazing at all, the pick-and-choose approach of highlighting > the misinterpreted remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in > October and ignoring this month's remarks by Iran's supreme leader, > Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that 'We have no problem with the world. We are not > a threat whatsoever to the world, and the world knows it. We will never > start a war. We have no intention of going to war with any state.'" > -- M.A. Mohammadi, Iran's U.N. Press Officer, Washington Post, June 2006 > > > > At 06:43 AM 9/17/2012, you wrote: > > Once again, the likes of Sheldon Richman and Justin Raimondo (through > Antiwar.com, which is where Richman chooses to obtain his "facts" from) > try to pervert the truth. I assume, (although it's hard to understand > especially Raimondo's goal in anything....In Raimondo's case, he's just a > goofy crackpot who like to hear himself talk and see himself in print) that > the goal here is to portray the American government as insistent on > attacking Iran, and that whole "Blood For Oil" theory that both love so > much......Needless to say, that Richman's and Raimondo's very existence > depend upon petroelum products, from the food that they inhale to the > nasty drawers on their backsides. > > Here are but just a few of the examples of: "Iranian leader[s] > threaten[ing] Israel with annihilation" > > (Ahmadinejad: "Death to Israel") > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckLO8HcNyo > > Washington Post: The facts revolving around Ahmadinejad's purported > statement of "Wipe Israel Off the Map"....Note the discussion of the > Iranian billboards throughout the Nation, stating that Israel should be > "wiped off the map") > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/did-ahmadinejad-really-say-israel-should-be-wiped-off-the-map/2011/10/04/gIQABJIKML_blog.html > > Germany's Der Spiegal News: <news:%A0%A0> Summer of 2007, Ahmadinejad: > *"the ocean of nations of the region will get angry and will cut the root > of the Zionist regime from its stem." > * > There are many, many more examples....All one has to do is Google, " > Ahmadinejad + Israel" > > > > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 6:38 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friday, September 14, 2012 > The New York Times' Lie and Truths about Iran > Posted by Sheldon Richman > > Today's New York Times report "Obama Rebuffs Netanyahu on Setting Limits > on Iran’s Nuclear > Program"<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/world/middleeast/obama-rebuffs-netanyahu-on-nuclear-red-line-for-iran.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper>contains > one outright lie and a couple of true statements that don't get > nearly enough attention in the media. > > The lie: Israeli officials, however, say this guarantee [that the Obama > administration will prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon] may not be > enough for Israel, which Iranian leaders have repeatedly threatened with > annihilation. > > No Iranian leader has threatened Israel with > annihilation.<http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid=11025> > > The truths that require more attention (emphasis added): Basing a > military judgment on Iran’s stockpile of medium-enriched uranium could be > tricky, however, because while the overall amount of this material has > increased, the amount that can be readily used to fuel a bomb has > declined<http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2012/09/01/iaea-report-shows-iran-reduced-its-breakout-capacity/>since > Iran converted some of it into plates to be used in a research > reactor in Tehran. . . . Administration officials contend that the United > States will still be able to detect, and prevent, Iran from passing that > point. Nor does the administration have evidence that Iran’s supreme > leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has even made a decision to build a bomb. > > > > > http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-new-york-times-lies-and-truths.html?spref=fb > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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