Comments on: Where the lessons of Iraq are ignored over Iran http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/10/01/where-the-lessons-of-iraq-are-ignored-over-iran/ Thu, 24 May 2012 13:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: VAA http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/10/01/where-the-lessons-of-iraq-are-ignored-over-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-531356 VAA Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:17:38 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/?p=14805#comment-531356 Across the world, a dangerous rumour has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's president has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map." Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made. So this raises the question.. what exactly did he want "wiped from the map"? The answer is: nothing. That's because the word "map" was never used. The Persian word for map, "nagsheh" is not contained anywhere in his original Farsi quote, or, for that matter, anywhere in his entire speech Nor was the western phrase "wipe out" ever said. Yet we are led to believe that Iran's president threatened to "wipe Israel off the map." despite never having uttered the words "map." "wipe out" or even "Israel." The Proof: <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid=11025" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid...</a> Across the world, a dangerous rumour has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's president has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map." Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made.
So this raises the question.. what exactly did he want "wiped from the map"? The answer is: nothing. That's because the word "map" was never used. The Persian word for map, "nagsheh" is not contained anywhere in his original Farsi quote, or, for that matter, anywhere in his entire speech
Nor was the western phrase "wipe out" ever said. Yet we are led to believe that Iran's president threatened to "wipe Israel off the map." despite never having uttered the words "map." "wipe out" or even "Israel."
The Proof:

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid…

]]> By: john http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/10/01/where-the-lessons-of-iraq-are-ignored-over-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-531343 john Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:58:46 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/?p=14805#comment-531343 Greenwald is a sane voice in a cacophany of lunacy. Greenwald is a sane voice in a cacophany of lunacy.

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