Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Harman Admits She Talked to American;
Saban said Involved

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(From an interview with Haim Saban)
"You meet frequently and quite intimately with Israeli and American decision-makers. What do you tell than about the situation regarding Iran?"

"The Iranians are serious. They mean business. Ahmadinejad is not a madman. <....> When I see Ahmadinejad, I see Hitler. They speak the same language. His motivation is also clear: the return of the Mahdi is a supreme goal. And for a religious person of deep self-persuasion, that supreme goal is worth the liquidation of five and a half million Jews. We cannot allow ourselves that. Nuclear weapons in the hands of a religious leadership that is convinced that the annihilation of Israel will bring about the emergence of a new Muslim caliphate? Israel cannot allow that. This is no game. It's truly an existential danger." ' ... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/798292.html



I mean, this is absolute nonsense. Ahmadinejad has never threatened to kill any Jews at all, much less millions of them. And nothing in the Shiite beliefs about the coming of the Mahdi requires militancy. In fact, strict Shiite law forbids offensive jihad or holy war until the Mahdi appears, since only he has authority to declare it.

Saban is that most dangerous of persons, a billionaire ignoramus and fanatic with enormous political influence.

As for little old non-millionaire me, I think the American Israel Public Affairs Committee should have to register as the agent of a foreign state. Maybe Saban too.

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