Ex-Mossad chief: Ahmadinejad is Israel's greatest gift

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"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's incendiary anti-Israel outbursts have united the international community against his country, thus serving a key Israeli interest, former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy told an American-sponsored Arab satellite television network on Tuesday.

"Ahmadinejad is our greatest gift," Halevy told the Arab language television network Al-Hurra on Tuesday. "We couldn't carry out a better operation at the Mossad than to put a guy like Ahmadinejad in power in Iran."

Halevy added that the Iranian president's extremist statements "proved to everyone that Iran of today is an Iran that is impossible to live with. (Ahmadinejad) unites the entire world against Iran."

Halevy told Time magazine in an interview published last month that an Israeli attack on Iran "could have an impact on us for the next 100 years" and should only be considered as a last resort.

Halevy, who currently heads the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, added that an Iranian attack on Israel would probably have little impact, because Iranian missiles would largely be intercepted by Israel's advanced anti-missile defense system.

Another former senior Mossad official, who reportedly served during Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration, told the American magazine that "Iran's achievement is creating an image of itself as a scary superpower when it's really a paper tiger."

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"Bless your enemies. they show you your path."

Would Bush have ever been re-elected without Bin Laden?

And how would Ahmadinejad maintain power without the 'Zionist entity' as a bogeyman?

But on the whole there are better ways of maintaining power and rallying support, that have fewer costs.

Well they/we needed a replacement for Saddam and Osama is such old news....

and then the right wing in these countries won't be so fired up.

It isn't like Amhanidiot can be ignored, with his near constant anti-semitic and inflammatory rhetoric.

being "fired up" and need a constant boogey man, as to Mr A, as has been pointed out again and again he holds little power except as a "talking head", he hardly holds absolute power Iran.

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iran/234415

He sure does like to talk.

doesn't make it right, but he hardly has "absolute power" as some would have us believe, an attack either way whether Israel or Iran would be disastrous for both countries, neither country is "suicidal"

And he has said:

"Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region," Khamenei told thousands of Muslim worshippers in Tehran.

"The Palestinian issue is not an internal Israeli matter. It involves the interests of the whole Islamic world, including Iran. All should strive to return that piece of land to Islamic hands."

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/12/15/mideast.iran.reut/

That was in 2000. If you'd like to read some more recent speeches from the Supreme Leader of Iran, you can go to his website. Here is a link to his speeches page:

http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=bayanatArchive

of bombastic BS too, but the main point was the last part of my post-that any attack no matter who does the "first strike" will end in disaster for both countries and both countries know that that.

I agree with you that it does seem like some of the leadership in both countries are turning up the rhetoric.

what do you propose to do with him?

He's up for re-election in May. His approval ratings are less than 30%. Do you think the Iranian people should be given a chance to vote him out, or do you suggest bombing Iran first?

When Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities the Strait of Hormuz will be shut down preventing oil super tankers from leaving the Persian Gulf which supplies more than 40% of the world's oil supply (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc.)

Considering we consume more than 25% of the world's oil production, our economy will be paralyzed without our much needed oil. The government will ration oil for consumers and will be forced to reduce our military presence around the world which would very positive.

QUICK STATISTIC:
Out of the 190+- countries in the world, the United States has military bases on 130 of them.

Adam L Tucker
just3ants

Can't vote them out, so the anti-America, anti-Zionist rhetoric will continue, and the drumbeat will get louder.