Ahmadinejad Says That Nukes Not a Threat to Israel
This guy runs a regime that refers to Israel as a two-bomb country. He's said that every resource of his country is devoted to confronting the West, and he considers the destruction of Israel to be the first stage of that confrontation. But he wants you to know that - in contrast to every single other thing he does - his country's nuclear program is actually not a threat to Israel:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that his country poses no threat to Israel, and that no one can deprive Iran of its right to nuclear technology. Ahmadinejad's defiant stance comes days ahead of a United Nations deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment work. "No one can deprive a nation of its rights based on its capabilities," he said in a speech to inaugurate a new phase of a heavy-water reactor project southwest of Tehran. "Iran is not a threat to anybody, not even to the Zionist regime," he said, using the Islamic Republic's term for arch-enemy Israel, which it does not recognize.
That's weird, because less than a week ago he was saying that Iran would lead the fight to destroy "the Zionist regime". So forgive us for not exactly finding his reassurance as comforting as liberals might.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that his country poses no threat to Israel, and that no one can deprive Iran of its right to nuclear technology. Ahmadinejad's defiant stance comes days ahead of a United Nations deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment work. "No one can deprive a nation of its rights based on its capabilities," he said in a speech to inaugurate a new phase of a heavy-water reactor project southwest of Tehran. "Iran is not a threat to anybody, not even to the Zionist regime," he said, using the Islamic Republic's term for arch-enemy Israel, which it does not recognize.
That's weird, because less than a week ago he was saying that Iran would lead the fight to destroy "the Zionist regime". So forgive us for not exactly finding his reassurance as comforting as liberals might.
