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October 27, 2005

Who Woulda Thunk It?

World community shocked by news that Iranian government not Jew-friendly:

Governments around the world expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian president's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand.

I could be wrong, so very mistaken, but I seem to remember a speech someone gave a few years back describing Iran as part of an "axis of evil." I wonder where he got that nutty idea.

I'm sure the Iranian leadership is quaking in fear at the knowledge that the UN might wag a reproachful finger their way, possibly even adding a "tsk tsk" and a "tut tut" to the digital disapproval.

I imagine they'll offer some kind of "well, what we really meant is..." excuse, the UN General Assembly will breathe a sigh of relief at not having to do anything meaningful in response, and the Iranians can get back to their "peaceful" nuclear ambitions (alas, they think peace will come when Israel is wiped off the map, preferably in a mushroom cloud).