Quote Originally Posted by Mike_ratliff View Post
WoW where did that come from? The republican guard which is under the control of religious fanatics has openly opposed us, the religious leaders of this country call us the great devil, and have called for our destruction, the president of this country openly calls for the destruction of Israel, calling them a rotting corpse... what do you mean there is no evidence of hostility?
I assume that the open opposition of the Revolutionary Guards refers to the claim that they're training operatives in Iraq (a silly claim to even entertain considering that it would mean supporting a Shia government) that claim has been denied by Iraqi government officials and our government has yet to provide any proof for it (though a few weeks ago they called off a press conference to display Iranian made weapons when none could be found.)

Yes, Khamenei has said some harsh things about the US, but we've said some pretty harsh things about Iran. he's made it clear for quite some time that he'd really prefer there to be no relationship with the United States, but we like to butt in.

As for Amadinajad, who holds very litle power in that country, I thought it was alreadly widly proven and reported that those "off the map" quotes that were so highly publicized were abhorrant translations. Many outspoken anti-Iranian scholars of Persian came out to defend him against the comments that were attributed to him.

At least this as far as I have seen.