Saturday March 17, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday, Ali Akhba Salehi, Iran's foreign minister was interviewed on Danish television TV-2. The Iranian minister's comments provide telling insight into the complex chess game that Iran is playing with the West.

Salehi said that an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would result in the total destruction of Israel.

He said: "If Israel ever made this mistake, it would set the clock for the end of Israel. And the Israelis know this."
He continued: "Israel is such a small country it would not last even a single week in a real war. Not even one week."

This takes the "wipe off the map" comments much further. Iran's top diplomat, the man who is also the former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, meant to intimidate and frighten the West - not Israel. His comments were directed specifically at the United States in order to try to make certain that Israel does not embark on an air strike.

Israel is fully aware of Iran's potential and the risks involved in a military strike. It is the United States that is still in the throes of decision making and so it is the United States that is open to influence through this rhetoric.

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