"fight to my last breath, even if it means a world war, to clear my name".

[donsu]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1997676,00.html

Israeli president denounces 'poisonous' rape claims

-snip-

In a nationally televised address denouncing the "poisonous, horrible lies", an increasingly angry Mr Katsav blamed the media for his troubles and said he would "fight to my last breath, even if it means a world war, to clear my name".

(can an accused rapist cause a world war?)

-snip-

At one point, he screamed at a reporter, saying he should be ashamed of himself for his coverage of the scandal. "I did not commit any of the acts that are attributed to me," Mr Katsav said.

-snip-

Mr Katsav has faced growing calls to resign since the attorney general, Meni Mazuz, announced yesterday that he planned to charge the president with a series of crimes stemming from accusations by former female members of his staff that he forced them to have sex with him. He is alleged to have raped one woman and assaulted another.

Mr Katsav, who was born in Iran, implied that the charges against him were motivated by racism against Israelis of Middle Eastern origin, whom he said Jews of European heritage had traditionally marginalised.
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[shadowknows69]

1. Ok, can they haul this guy away

before he starts a world war please?

[cynatnite]

2. A world war?

Is he kidding? What a moran.

[aquart]

3. Anyone believing him?

Why oh why oh why can't we get George to have sex with someone, something, anyone, a goat, Barney, his coffee cup? Why, why, why?

[Fridays Child]

4. Should we be relieved or frightened to know that there's a world leader...

...who is more psychotic than George Bush?

[fla nocount]

5. Marginalised President plays race card? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. The PResident is a symbolic post in Israel

[John Gauger]

8. Like in Germany?

Or the queen of England? How could he start a world war? Is he just crazy?

[John Gauger]

7. He can if he's the President of Israel.

Not just any rapist can cause a world war. But when the President of Israel gets cranky, he can cause all kinds of trouble. Especially if he's more concerned with his ego than with the well-being of humanity, as it would seem this guy is.

[geardaddy]

9. Jackass... n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. Who has their finger on

THE BUTTON in Israel? Come on, you know they have one <wink, wink>.

[originalpckelly]

12. They've even said they have one...

I think it might be the PM, if this Times of London story is true:
"In an Israeli air force bunker in Tel Aviv, near the concert hall for the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Major General Eliezer Shkedi might one day conduct operations of a perilous kind. Should the order come from the Israeli prime minister, it will be Shkedi’s job as air force commander to orchestrate a tactical nuclear strike on Iran"

[originalpckelly]

13. In other words, the President can't start WWIII in Israel...

and actually, the President can't even start WWIII in Iran.

[originalpckelly]

11. "even if it means a world war"

:wtf:

How the hell could being charged with rape ever cause a fucking world war? Someone's being a little dramatic.