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Iran has publicly said they want to wipe Israel off the map. The fact that this doesn’t bother you is telling.
by rustcharm 8y ago
Iran has publicly said they want to wipe Israel off the map. The fact that this doesn’t bother you is telling.
- yasp 8y agoWashington Post gives this claim "one Pinocchio". [1] [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/did-ahmadinejad-really-say-israel-should-be-wiped-off-the-map/2011/10/04/gIQABJIKML_blog.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/did-a...
- Varcht 8y agoWell, according to Politifact [1] They did write it on a ballistic missile. Plenty of other quotes and video of similar threats. [1] https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/15/benjamin-netanyahu/benjamin-netanyahu-largely-correct-iranian-missile/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb...
- yasp 8y ago>"It is striking to me that Prime Minister Netanyahu must go back to an Iranian report of a March 2016 ballistic missile test to make his point about malign Iranian intentions," said Greg Thielmann, a former foreign service officer and Senate Intelligence Committee staffer who is now a board member at the Arms Control Association. >He suggested that the Hebrew lettering may have been "a one-time event, and not necessarily authorized in Tehran." The botching of the text may suggest that the gambit was ad-hoc "sloganeering" by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, "rather than an explicit policy dictated from the top," Thielmann said. From your link.
- vfulco2 8y agoSimilar minor incidents in history have caused broader wars.