Monday August 2, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Iran's Ambassador to the United Nation's, Muhammed Khazaee, just went on home leave. In Teheran he received face-to-face updates from his superiors.

The UN Ambassador is a very important position in Iran. The Ambassador defends and presents Iran to the world. It is the UN Ambassador who officially attacks the US and Israel and who circles the wagons for whatever cause or issue is on the Iranian agenda at any given moment.

Khazaee is portrayed as a very important person by the Iranian media, he is a hero who defends the honor of Iran against oppressors.

While on home leave Khazaee did a round of local interviews. To the Iranian press he proclaimed: "Tehran would burn Tel Aviv down" if Iran was attacked.

Much of this is bluster - but there is a real threat hidden inside those words.

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