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Originally Posted by blankall
Perhaps you should read up on your demographics then. I'm not trying to downplay the suffering of Palestinians, but they are the fastest growing population on the planet. They are in no danger whatsoever of being wiped off the map.
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This "wiped off the map" comment that Ahmadinejad supposedly said has been mis-interpreted and used as propaganda here in North America.
Because of the North American media, everyone thinks that Iran wants to nuke Israel out of existance without provocation.....it is ridiculous.
He didn't insinuate in any way that Israel should be "wiped off the map" by bombing them or whatever.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...xt=va&aid=4527
Iran is not an aggressive nation, and as far as I know has never invaded any other country. If you read quotes from Irans other officials they often say something to the effect of "If Israel decides to strike we will .....bla bla bla".
From the article:
Before we get to the infamous remark, it's important to note that the "quote" in question was itself a quote— they are the words of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the father of the Islamic Revolution.
"The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time".
Word by word translation:
Imam (Khomeini) ghoft (said) een (this) rezhim-e (regime) ishghalgar-e (occupying) qods (Jerusalem) bayad (must) az safheh-ye ruzgar (from page of time) mahv shavad (vanish from).