Monday, February 20, 2006

In an Eric Burdon moment...

But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

-Eric Burdon and the Animals-

In a bout of serious semantic gymnastics and unbelievable backpedaling that would make Bill Clinton look like a rank amateur,

From here:

By Sebastian Alison

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister denied on Monday that Tehran wanted to see Israel "wiped off the map," saying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been misunderstood.

"Nobody can remove a country from the map. This is a misunderstanding in Europe of what our president mentioned," Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference, speaking in English, after addressing the European Parliament.

Yeahhhh... that's the ticket!

Translation:
They don't want to wipe Israel off the map.. they just want to wipe its people from the map, and they'll then take the leavings...

heh...


(Filed under religion of peace?, world affairs)