Iran pledges to destroy Israel within 25 years as tensions rise

[7962]

Source: Yahoo News

The head of Iran’s army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, threatened to “annihilate” Israel on Saturday as tensions escalated between the two countries.

At a ceremony in Tehran, Mr Mousavi warned that any acts of war against his country would put his country on the offensive.

“Hands are on the trigger and missiles are ready and will be launched at any moment that the enemy tries to carry out its sinister plot against (our) lands,” Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying.

His comments came a day after the Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Salami also issued a threat and said Israel could be destroyed if tensions escalate to war.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-pledges-destroy-israel-within-172956541.html

[sandensea]

1. Frankly I'm more worried about Bibi luring us into another Iraq-style calamity, but in Iran

Which of course would be ten times worse.

The Iranians like to thump their chest a lot; but Isreal will always be fine. They really are their own worst enemy (with the current regime anyway).

[Equinox Moon]

2. Why does Iran hate Israel so much?

[sandensea]

4. It's mutual.

And Bibi isn't doing his country any favors with genocidal stunts like this:

That's depleted uranium, courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. U.S. Taxpayer.

[wobblie]

7. Because of the Israel invasion and occupation of south Lebanon. Hezbollah, fellow Shiites.

Because of the Israel invasion and occupation of south Lebanon. Hezbollah, fellow Shiites.

[marybourg]

15. Because it was created on land claimed by Palestinians.

[xor]

3. Not sure this helps their case.

Seems like they could just say something like "We'll defend ourselves if aggressive action is taken against us".

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. I guess we (USA) don't have a monopoly on idiotic, unhinged leaders. n/t

[7962]

12. HA!

[DBoon]

22. idiotic, unhinged leaders backed by uneducated religious fanatics

nt

[sandensea]

6. +1

Stupidity like that plays right into Bibi's (and Cheeto's) hands.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and smart!

Our POTUS said about missiles.

[pangaia]

17. Little dicks will sometimes cause that type of behavior.

[SWBTATTReg]

9. They must be having elections there in Iran again...

Goes to prove that religious nuts abound the world over!! Civilized people need to be strong and step above this idiotic nonsense and not getting dragged down into these childish rantings...Iran, w/ culture of thousand years? Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Believe it or not, there are some Christian sects that are tickled pink about

this development!

These cracked-up Christians believe that Jesus can't return unless and until there are only 144,000 Jews living in Israel - these folks want Israel and Israelis to be decimated in a war! They call themselves Christians, yet they want millions of Jews and Arabs to die in a war in order to fulfill some New Testament prophesy!

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[7962]

13. Since the Bible speaks of 144000 "Sons of Israel", couldn't they all be in Manhattan?

Technically speaking anyway...

[TheDebbieDee]

14. There's many ways to get around these prophecies...

Provided that you're interpreting them correctly in the first place!

[paleotn]

20. Oh, they love Israelis....

right up to the point the Jews are engulfed in god's wrath for denying Jesus as Messiah, along with everyone else they don't like. Nice.

[Behind the Aegis]

25. I know they aren't the only ones with hearts aflutter about a "disappeared" Israel.

There are those who would welcome the destruction of Israel, even if it means another genocide. Dead, displaced, or dispersed.

[subterranean]

11. The article doesn't quite match the misleading headline.

Salami added Israel would “fade away” in the next 25 years despite the support it receives from the United States.

"If any war happens, it will definitely be followed by your annihilation.

Not quite the same thing as "pledging to destroy Israel within 25 years." Seems like the general was merely trying to say that acts of war by Israel against Iran would be met with a highly aggressive response -- which, in my opinion, is not a completely unreasonable thing for an Iranian general to say.

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. That does change things rather dramatically. When I exaggerate it is to poke at

cons or rump. But this exaggeration is meant to...?

[Ukrainian Yankee]

16. That long, huh?

If it weren't for Obama, they'd be bloviating about 5 years, not 25!

[paleotn]

18. Yea, yea....

whatever. I really hate empty threats. They're just starting to get on your feet as a few sanctions are lifted, and now they've got delusions of grandeur.

[left-of-center2012]

19. Trump's going to prevent this

He said the other day that his meeting with the North Korean leader will bring "world peace".

So, with world peace, Iran and Israel will be friendly.

[trof]

21. The 'west' has been trying to 'civilize'/conquer the middle east for hundreds (thousands?) of years.

Monarchies and 'democracies' have tried and failed.
It's a tribal society that hasn't changed (and probably for good reason) for thousands of years.

Trying to change it is a fool's errand.
Rudyard Kipling a hundred years ago:
Now it is not good for the Christian’s health to hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: “A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.”

[poboy2]

23. Iran was successfully westernized -till the oil companies got greedy.

Look at photos from the 50-60s. They're amazing.

[Nitram]

24. Israel has nuclear weapons. MAD.

[Bradical79]

27. Yeah, I doubt it.

Unless your goal is mutually assured destruction. That's the "best" they could hope for, and even that would be a longshot. Also gives Israel a very explicit excuse to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities should they go back down that road.

[subterranean]

28. Except Iran didn't really say what the headline says they said.

According to the article, an Iranian general said that Israel would "fade away" in the next 25 years, and that any war would lead to its "annihilation." But Iran's foreign minister "deemed major escalation unlikely."

Nowhere in the article could I find anything close to a "pledge" by Iran to "destroy" Israel (unless, of course, war breaks out between them).

[Devil Child]

29. For those claiming mistranslation

Addressing a cultural ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi assured the IRGC of the Army’s continued support “until the demise of the ominous Zionist regime” of Israel.

The enemies could never create any rift among Iran’s military forces, he added.

Elsewhere, the commander stressed that Israel will definitely fade away within the next 25 years despite US support for it.

“Today, we can see that the criminal US (government) is making every attempt to ensure survival of the Zionist regime and strengthen its position in the region,” the commander deplored.

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/04/21/1705474/iran-army-chief-reiterates-support-for-irgc

Here is more from a local source. No matter how you parse the sentence the Iranians and IRGC voice continued commitment towards the destruction of Israel.