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**preachadaq** · 09-30-2009, 09:27 PM

This theory works for countries which have relatively stable governments-and which have something to lose.

The problem with Iran is you have a radical religious order running the country-and they support a leader who openly talks about wiping Israel off the face of the earth.

Not a good combination.

Ahmadinejhad never said that. That was a (IMO purposely) poor translation that served the political ends of Washington.

Property translated it reads as follows:

"I have no doubt that the new movement taking place in our dear Palestine is a spiritual movement which is spanning the entire Islamic world and which will soon remove this stain of disgrace from the Islamic world"

Not as incendiary eh? And FWIW, he's actually quoting Khomeini - Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1979.

09-30-2009, 09:27 PM	#35
preachadaq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	This theory works for countries which have relatively stable governments-and which have something to lose. The problem with Iran is you have a radical religious order running the country-and they support a leader who openly talks about wiping Israel off the face of the earth. Not a good combination. Ahmadinejhad never said that. That was a (IMO purposely) poor translation that served the political ends of Washington. Property translated it reads as follows: "I have no doubt that the new movement taking place in our dear Palestine is a spiritual movement which is spanning the entire Islamic world and which will soon remove this stain of disgrace from the Islamic world" Not as incendiary eh? And FWIW, he's actually quoting Khomeini - Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1979.
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