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Iran not worried about US arms deal to GCC states : Dinnerjacket
2007-08-04
"Not even a teensy weensy smidge of worry. Fair winds, following seas, etc."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday considered the US arms deal as an old trick to create divisions in the region, noting that Tehran was not worried about the deal.

"This is not the first time the US sells weapons to the region; they in the past 20 years have sold over 400 billion dollars worth of weapons to the region. The US is trying its best to create division in the region so to impose its policies to the Middle East," Ahmadinejad told a group of Algerian journalists and mediapersons ahead of his visit to Algeria Monday.

Ahmadinejad added that Iran was not worried about this package, because of the brotherly relations the Republic has with countries of the region.

He also referred to the efforts of the US for fixating the Zionist regime in the region and said, "They are trying to introduce the region's enemy as a friend and the region's true friend as an enemy." "My only advice to our regional brothers is that, do not waste your national resources and capitals on such things; apply and use them for your country's progress and development," he said.
Posted by:Seafarious

#4  Zen, The Fifth Element => Zorg => The Red Button. Nuff said. ;-)
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-08-04 19:23  

#3  While I understand the perverse logic of keeping even these treacherous so-called "allies" in our corner by having them hooked on our military hardware, I see no reason to give them anything remotely state of the art.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-04 19:05  

#2  This is called whistleing past the graveyard.

Not the weapons per se, but rather the implied commitment from us.
Posted by: N Guard   2007-08-04 09:41  

#1  "My only advice to our regional brothers is that, do not waste your national resources and capitals on such things, we already spend enough for all of you on weapon programs, so you can sleep in peace... you are getting more sleepy, your head is starting to feel heavy... your eyelids are slowly closing... do not resist, you're feeling sleepy, sleepy...
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-08-04 06:04  

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