Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres: 'Iran can also be wiped off the map'
May 8, 2006 11:41 | Updated May 9, 2006 12:18
'Iran can also be wiped off the map'
Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Monday that "the president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map."
"Teheran is making a mockery of the international community's efforts to solve the crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program," Peres told Reuters, adding that "Iran presents a danger to the entire world, not just to us."
Peres's vehement expressions came the same day that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote to US President George W. Bush proposing "new solutions" to their differences in the first letter from an Iranian leader to an American president in 27 years, Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Monday.
In the letter, Ahmadinejad proposes "new solutions for getting out of international problems and current fragile situation of the world," Elham said.
Here's the original link, in the Jerusalem Post. You might not believe this, but the story is no longer online at the JP.
So, here's another link that will get you to the same story:
Peres: Iran nuclear policy could backfire
(VIDEO) Vice Premier says ‘Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, should bear in mind that his own country could also be destroyed’; adds: Iran mocking international community’s attempts to resolve crisis. White House: Letter from Iran does not address concerns about Tehran's nuclear ambitions
I know it's hard to believe, but don't recall the American MSM ever commenting on Peres' fantasy of wiping Iran off the map.
Hmmm, wonder why that is?
The Truth Will Set You Free on a statement by Shimon Peres that reminds Iran it also can be wiped off the map. Kashmiri Nomad