Iran says it will set Tel Aviv ablaze if attacked

[oberliner]

TEHRAN — Iran will set Tel Aviv on fire if Israel attacks the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme, newspapers on Sunday quoted Iran's envoy to the United Nations as saying.

"If the Zionist regime commits the slightest aggression against the Iranian soil, we will set the entire war front and Tel Aviv on fire," Mohammad Khazai said in the northeastern town of Kashmar, the Farhang-e Ashti daily reported.

The government-run Iran newspaper quoted him as saying that the "noise" about an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic is a "sign of the enemy's fear."

Israel has never ruled out taking military action to thwart Iran's programme of uranium enrichment, accusing its arch-foe of seeking to acquire atomic weapons -- a charge Tehran denies.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5geQPhPaRvdSAzJ-pXG8AekvuE11Q

[Dennis Donovan]

1. War sucks, but if Israel is dumb enough to start a war with a pre-emptive strike...

...so be it.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

13. Worked pretty well in 1967

just saying

[Bitwit1234]

2. Bush did and HE GOT AWAY WITH IT.

[Igel]

3. Eh.

X will be turned into a sea of fire. We will trample over anyone who insults the dignity of the Republic. Such lectures are generally about how, ”American imperialists provoked it,” or, “Y puppet factions are crazy for war."

X = Seoul, Tel Aviv
Y = South Chosun, Zionist/American


Or we can just merge them into Kimiljungneejad, of the Democratic Islamic Republic of Koran (Kor-ea + I-ran).

[azurnoir]

4. Is this supposed to outrage?

I get it Iran has no right to defend it self if attacked, but TelAviv is a civilian target will be the claim but I must ask can you prove that there are no military offices in Tel Aviv or any installation that could be of assistance to Israel's supposed war effort in Iran?

[Taitertots]

5. The outrage is that they are going to respond to a military attack with genocide

You seem fine to accept this genocide on the grounds that there might be something that would help the Israeli military under a million dead civilians.

Edit: When Israel responds by nuking Tehran are you going to be as forgiving?

[azurnoir]

6. Bombing TelAviv amounts to genocide? Hyperbole

what about Israel bombing Gaza City is that genocide too?

[Taitertots]

7. I guess you choose to have a selective interpretation of what setting Tel Aviv on fire means

"we will set the entire war front and Tel Aviv on fire"
It is absolutely clear that this means they will launch a large scale attack directed at millions of Israeli civilians.

It is quite obvious that the Israelis didn't commit genocide in Gaza City.

[azurnoir]

10. Millions? more hyperbole

Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, lit. "Spring Mound"-Jaffa; Arabic: تل أبيب‎, Tall ʼAbīb),<3> usually referred to as Tel Aviv, is the second-largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 393,900.<1>

This page was last modified on 1 August 2010 at 21:06

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv

[eyl]

15. Depends

I'm pretty sure the population of greater Tel Aviv exceeds one million...

[oberliner]

16. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area has around 3 million people

Since you like Wikipedia so much:

The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in Israel and consists an estimated population of 3,206,400 residents, 95% of whom (3,000,000) are Israeli Jews.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Metropolitan_Area

[shaayecanaan]

12. Did the Americans commit genocide in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

They certainly set them ablaze.

[shira]

8. Classic. If Tel Aviv is targeted for destruction, it's a legit military target.

You've outdone yourself this time.

[azurnoir]

9. Thanks for proving my point n/t

[UndertheOcean]

11. I am having Dejavu , didn't Saddam make the exact same threat ?

[howaboutme]

14. Israel takes out Iran nukes, and Iran takes out Dimona

Would that be a fitting ending and one where both nations would be required to deal with the radiation and nuclear wasteland and contamination that their own nuclear ambitions and desires have created for their people?