2) ISRAEL - TO BLAME FOR IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
While Power cites an Israeli 'threat' as the motivation for Iran's nuclear program, in fact Israeli leaders had never challenged Tehran before that program advanced, nor did Israel ever contribute to an armed attack on Iran.
By contrast, the Iranian Mullahs have been clamoring for Israel's demise since the day they seized power in 1979. Witness the Iranians' more recent calls for the extermination of 'the Zionist Entity':
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenai explained in Jan. 2001 that 'the foundation of the Islamic regime is opposition to Israel, and the perpetual subject of Iran is the elimination of Israel from the region.'
Khamenai said in a recent sermon that 'the cancerous tumor called Israel must be uprooted from the region.'
In Dec. 2001, former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani called the establishment of the Jewish state 'the worst event in history,' and declared his intention to decimate Israel, clarifying that 'one
bomb is enough to destroy all Israel,' and that 'in due time, the Islamic world will have a military nuclear device.'
Unfortunately, it's not just talk. Iran actively supports anti-Israel terror through Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah. And recall that in January 2002, Iran attempted to smuggle 50 tons of ammunition to Palestinians aboard the ship Karin A. Iran's nuclear program is clearly an extension of that aggression.
http://honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Iran3_Israel_and_the_Bomb.asp
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yeah......nothing more fun than a bunch of terror-supporting wacko's
with a nuke.