Speaking today on the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, President Hassan Rouhani insisted that the military threats by the US and others are realistically off the table, and that “those delusional people who say the military option is on the table should change their glasses.”
Rouhani, who was elected on a promise of rapprochement and has already brokered a deal with the P5+1 on an interim nuclear deal. He reiterated during the speech that Iran’s civilian program is “forever,” but will never include a military dimension.
Rouhani was particularly critical of the constant threats to attack in his talk, however, saying it was “rude and offensive” of the US to contoinue doing so, and that Iran wasn’t going to be bullied by such behavior.
Being involved in such a high profile speech is a major coup for the recently elected president, and using it to push the nuclear deal, while promising to see an end to international sanctions, likely needles his domestic rivals, hardline factions who, much like many in the US Senate, believe the other side can’t be trusted and oppose a deal in general terms.
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“rude and offensive” – that perfectly sums up the warmongers on all sides.
How about “those delusional people,”…….ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Question for Gareth:
Honest misinterpretation of the facts dovetailing EXACTLY to provide Netanyahu all the running room he needed for the last 20 yrs?
On the face of it that seems to be as much HORSESH*T as we can't run down MICHAEL LEDEEN and waterboard this traitor until he coughs up the 'Italian Intel'/Mossad connections used by Feith, Wolfowitz, (Netanyahu and Sharon – on the record as well) to FALSE FLAG the US into a war against Iraq
It is only by SHEER DUMB LUCK and the principled resignation of Adm Fallon, following on the heels of the 2007 Iran NIE, that prevented the NEOCONS and ISRAEL from dooming America to a 1000 yr war against Iran/Palestine and the rest of the Israeli military agenda
GARETH – is there someway to trace what actually happened to the 'CHENEY of Custody' – oops – I mean Chain of Custody' of those reports? – could it possibly be that when Cheney was down browbeating the CIA to cook the Iraq books and fix the facts around the Neocon Policy of attack attack attack – that he also had the presence of mind to COOK THE IRAN BOOKS in exactly the same way, so all of a sudden all Iranian 'dual-use' technology was automatically cherrypicked into the ONLY explanation for the technology, instead of continuing to view these as DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY
Why not go for a twofer? – Indict Cheney and the Necons on both Iraq AND IRAN?
Good for him. He could also have mentioned that threats of force are illegal under the UN charter, and are terrorism.