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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran will defend nuclear right to last drop of blood
2005-12-24
TEHERAN - Teheran’s newly appointed on Friday prayer leader said that his countrymen will defend their country’s right to nuclear technology to their last drop of blood after talks with the European Union was revived two days ago. “The Westerners should know that during the eight years of imposed war -- the Iran-Iraq war 1980-88 -- we did not give up an inch of our land so in the matter of nuclear energy they should know that our people will defend it to their last drop of blood,” Hojatoeslam Ahmad Khatami said in his sermon broadcast live on state radio.
But not a drop of Khatami's blood, of course; it's precious.
Khatami, a conservative cleric and a member of the Assembly of Experts -- the body which selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities -- was appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei less than a week ago. “We are not any seeking special status for ourselves, nor we will accept any oppression. As the signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty we have been committed to it, and according to it we have rights and we will not give up our legitimate right,” he added.
"We have a right to nukes! We have a right obligation to boom the Jooos! It's in our holy book, you could look it up!"
Posted by:Steve White

#12  LOL - there's no "me" in "Irony" heh
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-24 21:10  

#11  Aw, making new friends.
Posted by: LOOK   2005-12-24 21:06  

#10  comment #9...QED
Posted by: TIME   2005-12-24 20:58  

#9  Usually by people who take themselves a bit too seriously.
by: Time Person Of the Year

Can't make that shit up
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-24 20:55  

#8  It depends, Aris. It may be interpreted as sarcasm. Usually by people who take themselves a bit too seriously.
Posted by: TIME   2005-12-24 20:37  

#7  Perhaps it's a cultural difference, but when someone wishes you Merry Christmas and you insult him without explanation in return, ain't that considered just a tiny bit rude?

Merry Christmas to you too, "Dr Seuss".
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2005-12-24 20:30  

#6  And there's the Grinch.
Posted by: Dr. Seuss   2005-12-24 18:48  

#5  Good god, at what time do we dive in and stop this?

You are dependent on the Shia to keep a hint of peace in Iraq. The Shia are now (after multiple assasinations of all opponent and violent oppression by private Shia militias) dominated by the Iranian-bought faction.

Thusly American can only attack Iran if either:
(a) The Bush administration lets go of its need to show a scene of false improvement and false stability in Iraq. Unlikely to the extreme.
or
(b) The Iranian-bought Shiite faction is overthrown by the alliance of secularists and Sunnis that is trying to make its first moves.

I'm here hoping with all my heart for (b). Unfortunately there's a catch. To have the secularists' coalition to succeed, means that the recent elections will have to be shown as fraudulent and corrupt. And thus it means that (a) will be partially defeated, that Iraq has *not* yet progressed to the point that the Bush admin wants to show it as having progressed.

Or to put it in another way: for the Iraqis to truly achieve democracy, everyone needs to realize that they haven't achieved it yet. For America to succeed in promoting the same, it needs to realize it hasn't succeeded yet.

Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2005-12-24 18:36  

#4  Make it so
Posted by: Captain America   2005-12-24 15:48  

#3  This is crazy. Acountry that has dedicated its existance to destroying the west is about to become nuclear? Good god, at what time do we dive in and stop this?
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-12-24 15:08  

#2  To the last drop of the MadMullahs' ™ blood, maybe.

I expect most of the Iranian people have more sense. (If they're really smart, they'll do the blood-spilling themselves. Soon.)
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-12-24 11:28  

#1  To the last drop of blood? It may well come to that.
Posted by: mac   2005-12-24 07:14  

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