Iran threatens to put Israel in 'eternal coma like Sharon'

[rick_reno]

I'm starting to wonder what Iran hopes to get from this kind of rhetoric. Do they want to be attacked? Why?

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15573

Iran hits back at veiled Israeli threats of attack

Defence minister says Islamic republic and its allies can put Israel in 'eternal coma like Sharon'.

TEHRAN - Iran's defence minister hit back Wednesday at veiled Israeli threats of an attack, saying Iran and its allies could put the Jewish state "in an eternal coma" like that of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel does not have the courage to attack Iran, and if it commits such a big mistake, the defenders of Islamic Iran will put Israel in an eternal coma like Sharon," Mostafa Mohammad Najjar was quoted as saying by state television.

Najjar branded the United States and Israel as the "Great and Little Satan, who are using psychological wars to intimidate Iran." The United States has been branded the "Great Satan" since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The two countries are among a number that suspect Tehran of using its civilian atomic energy programme to hide efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Washington is pressing for Iran to be hauled before the UN Security Council.

Iran, a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says its nuclear programme is legal under the NPT and merely designed to meet its energy needs.

Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said Saturday that Israel, widely believed to possess nuclear arms, would not tolerate a "a nuclear option" for Iran, but reaffirmed his commitment to diplomacy over the escalating crisis.

"We are giving priority at this stage to diplomatic action ... but in any case we cannot tolerate a nuclear option for Iran and we must prepare ourselves," the Iranian-born Mofaz said.

But Najjar said the "vigilance of the Iranian people, regional and global nations will defuse their sinister plans against humanity."

Israel and Iran are arch-enemies, with Tehran refusing to acknowledge the Jewish state's right to exist. Tension between them has grown recently over a string of outbursts by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad, including a call for Israel to be "wiped off the map."

 

[cosine]

I predict we'll see fireworks between several countries of that region in three to four months.

 

[R.H. Lee]

"Israel does not have the courage to attack Iran, and if it commits such a big mistake, the defenders of Islamic Iran will put Israel in an eternal coma like Sharon," Mostafa Mohammad Najjar was quoted as saying by state television.

Sounds like a little kid who thinks he's tough. Keep waving it around, Mostafa. Somebody will be along shortly to cut it off for you.

 

[Biker]

Sounds to me like they want the US/Israel to attack. Why?
Just a guess, but I figure that they have a nuke and want at least a semblance of justification in using it.
Biker

 

[gc70]

I forsee major problems surrounding Iran. As has been noted in other threads, the demographics in Iran are going badly against the ayatollahs and promise a change in Iran's form of government in the not-to-distant future. If the ayatollahs are to retain power, they will have to focus the population's attention on a new emotional cause... and wars usually serve that purpose quite well.

So, yeah, I think the ayatollahs are trying to pick a fight. If they whack Israel they become the darlings of the Muslim world. If they get their clock cleaned for their trouble, they are the martyrs of the Muslim world. Either way, the ayatollahs get their diversion and hang on to power.

 

[Manedwolf]

Sounds to me like they want the US/Israel to attack. Why?
Just a guess, but I figure that they have a nuke and want at least a semblance of justification in using it.
Biker

Look up the terms "radical Islam" as it applies to the current crop of extremist mullahs...and the term "martyr".

Hint. To be a martyr is one of the greatest honors possible, in that philosophy.

It's really a shame, too. The ROOTS of Islam weren't bad, since it included bits like that to kill an innocent person was one of the most heinous of all crimes against Allah, but this new flavor ignores all that pretty much like violent-fundie-KKKish "christians" ignore everything Jesus wrote and said.

(Note, I'm definitely not dissing either religion, here. I doubt any actual Christians would count the lynch-happy hateful sort as being among their flock, either.)

 

[longeyes]

Bullies and psychopaths usually perish of hubris. Only a matter of time.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Land wars in Asia tend to include various ugly surprises.

 

[taliv]

I can't help but think the iranian pres has been watching too much WWF. i suspect the Iron Sheik is behind much of this bluster.

 

[Gifted]

Bullies and psychopaths usually perish of hubris. Only a matter of time.

But are they going to go down alone, or take someone with them?

 

[HighVelocity]

I've said it before

Iran is going to have a Nuclear Accident.

 

[tube_ee]

I bet, if you looked, you'd find someone who wants to blow up the moon. They've got about as much chance of succeeding as Iran (or anyone else) does in getting rid of Israel. Even if they have (or get) the bomb, MAD is about all they'll acheive with Israel.

--Shannon