ed note–assuming that this is an accurate statement, i.e. that all the translations were done accurately and weren’t ‘spiced up’ like the JMSM’s translation of former Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad’s ‘wipe Israel off the map’ statement, it suggests some very interesting implications.
Despite the poetic and metaphor-rich language that is infamously part of the Middle Eastern mind and its accompanying language, nevertheless the White House being ‘destroyed in 10 minutes’ pretty much seems to mean one thing and one thing only–a WMD of some type going off in DC, and therefore, It may be–likely or unlikely as it is–that the reluctance on the part of the US to ‘deal’ with Iran in the same the way that she has dealt with Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, etc, is this very scenario, not as a result of Iranian nukes, but rather those of other countries whose interests lie in keeping Iran intact an reigning in the US, such as the Russians, Chinese or even Pakistanis.
Let’s face it, when has America EVER dealt with another nation based upon such notions as ‘international law’ or ‘sovereignty of nations’? America understands one thing and one thing only–the barrel of a gun, and it may very well be that the US understands that a war with Iran means a war with any one or all of the aforementioned players and has decided therefore that it is ‘bridge too far’.
And the source for this information is “The Times of Israel”.
Well then of course it is reliable, the Mossad is known for its’ accuracy and reliability. It is built into its’ motto.
ed note–no, the source of the quote is the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan, considered a ‘conservative’ media outlet in that it supports the positions of the religious regime running things in Iran. The original story appears here–
http://kayhan.ir/en/news/16028/paper-warns-us-against-attacking-iran
I always felt the next major advancement in the English speaking world would be word craft and sure enough, most English speakers imagination has been far outpaced by the imagery, supplied to their brains for processing. This latest affront to Washington omnipotence must leave our warrior citizens purple. Heres my mea culpa, got to check under the bed more often too.
I have just clicked on the site and chose the Persian version of Kayhan. There is absolutely nothing about any threat, and no reference to White House, let alone in 10 minutes. Absolute fabrication
ed note–the very first paragraph of the link reads thus–
‘Let us have faith that America is incapable of any misstep (against Iran), and that it cannot even attack Iranian facilities without the White House being destroyed in under 10 minutes,” the editorial said.’
Times Of Israel. I do not believe any thing coming from IsraHELL. They lie and lie and lie.
When you investigate, this information was reported in “MEMRI ” saying “Kayhan” published it June 17.
MEMRI advisors are all “honourable men” , as was Brutus.
Bernard Lewis, Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University.
Elie Wiesel, Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and the Medal of Liberty Award.
Gen. Michael V. Hayden, retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain.
Stephen J. Trachtenberg, President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at George Washington University.
Donald Rumsfeld, Former US Secretary of Defense and US Representative (IL).
James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence Agency and Under-Secretary of the Navy.
John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations.
John Ashcroft, Former US Attorney General and U.S. Senator (MO).
Ehud Barak, Former Prime Minister of Israel.
Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
Mort Zuckerman, Chairman and editor-in-chief, U.S. News & World Report.
Chin Ho Lee, former FBI Special Agent and Senior Executive of the Hyundai Corporation.
Peter Hoekstra, former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and 9-term member of U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University.
Norman Podhoretz, Former editor-in-chief of Commentary Magazine.
William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education.
Christopher DeMuth, Former President, American Enterprise Institute.
Anne Speckhard, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University in the School of Medicine and of Security Studies in the School of Foreign Service.
Paul Bremer, Former Ambassador to the Netherlands; former Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq (de-factor governor).
Lord George Weidenfeld, Former Vice-President, Oxford University Development Program.
Katrina Lantos Swett, Chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
Dr. Samuel Pisar, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador, Special Envoy for Holocaust Education and Polish-born Holocaust survivor.
Alfred Moses, Former Ambassador to Romania.
Herb London, President Emeritus of the Hudson Institute.
Stuart Eizenstat, former ambassador to the European Union.
Josef Joffe, Publisher of Die Zeit.
Natan Sharanksy, former Israeli Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, Minister without Portfolio.
Jana Hybaskova, former Member of the European Parliament and Chairperson of the European Democrats Party (Czech Republic).
Dr. Khaleel Mohammed, Professor of Religion at San Diego State University (SDSU) and faculty member of SDSU Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.
Imam Hassen Chalghoumi, French-Tunisian Imam of the Drancy mosque, Paris.
Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, author of 27 works as well as over 100 magazine and journal articles.
Yehuda Bauer, Former Director of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem.
Dr. Khaled Fouad Allam, Algerian sociologist at the University of Trieste (Italy).
Magdi Khalil, human rights activist and Executive Editor of the Egyptian weekly Watani International.
Faraj Sarkouhi, former editor of the Iranian literary monthly magazine Adineh.
Hardly what you would call objective.
When you look at Kayhan you see that it was reported ion July 12 after the Times of Israel report. It says “An Iranian newspaper has warned” , not that Kayhan originated or reported it, only reporting an editorial in another newspaper.
To me it really smells of disinformation.
I am very fluent in Persian and I can assure you that the English version you quote from does not appear anywhere. The fact that this article is alleged to have been publishes a month ago but surfaced now should give you a clue.
#3 Harry Shade, are you contradicting yourself in #3 ?