cognitive dissonance
September 19, 2007 10:17 AM   Subscribe

Iran threatens Israel and then asks for help all in the same day. Very un-Romney-esque. Then again, how will Ahmadinejad be able to blame the Jews for the plane crash now?
posted by gman (13 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like a lot of axe-grinding but not so much new interesting stuff on the web. -- cortex



Looks like Iran is expecting Israel to possibly do the dirty work for the US, like they did with Iraq's nuclear facility.
posted by rottytooth at 10:22 AM on September 19, 2007


"We always are willing to help people in need, and it includes, I guess, the Iranians also," said Lior Weintraub, spokesman for the Israeli government delegation

There's a ringing endorsement of international cooperation for you.
posted by Ironmouth at 10:32 AM on September 19, 2007


Makes you feel all warm inside.
posted by hojoki at 10:38 AM on September 19, 2007


Iran has drawn up plans to bomb Israel if it launches an attack on Iranian soil first, military officials say.

Umm, wouldn't it be news if Iran didn't have a plan to bomb Israel in case of an attack?

Don't countries draw up plans for all kinds of military retaliations, regardless of likely they are to be used? I seem to recall reading somewhere about a US plan to retaliate against Canada in case of attack.
posted by Afroblanco at 10:48 AM on September 19, 2007


Did Iran actually threaten Israel or did they just state that they would retaliate in the event of an attack?

I don't see any actual threats in the first link.
posted by bshort at 10:50 AM on September 19, 2007


Plane crash?
posted by exogenous at 10:50 AM on September 19, 2007


Afroblanco: Don't countries draw up plans for all kinds of military retaliations, regardless of likely they are to be used? I seem to recall reading somewhere about a US plan to retaliate against Canada in case of attack.

I'm not even sure what point gman tries to make with this post. But it sure stinks of look-at-em-evil iranians.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 10:51 AM on September 19, 2007


I seem to recall reading somewhere about a US plan to retaliate against Canada in case of attack.

they've actually been flying reconnaissance planes and dropping leaflets over toronto for the past few nights now. it's downright frightful.
posted by gman at 10:51 AM on September 19, 2007


I'm not even sure what point gman tries to make with this post. But it sure stinks of look-at-em-evil iranians.

me neither. sure does.
posted by gman at 10:52 AM on September 19, 2007


Announcing they have plans to the world is different than just having plans. They want Israel to know they're retaliate.
posted by rottytooth at 10:53 AM on September 19, 2007


I don't see any actual threats in the first link.

here, these guys have a much better grasp of the english language.
posted by gman at 10:55 AM on September 19, 2007


Retaliating after an Israeli attack is clearly anti-semitic.
posted by Space Coyote at 10:57 AM on September 19, 2007


AttackIranFilter
posted by Artw at 10:59 AM on September 19, 2007


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