Iran unveils 'ambassador of death' bomber - has 'message of peace,'

[The Straight Story]

Iran unveils 'ambassador of death' bomber
But unmanned aircraft has 'message of peace,' Pres. Ahmadinejad says


TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.

Speaking to a group of officials Ahmadinejad said, "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship."

The goal of the aircraft is to "keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases," he said, adding that the jet is for deterrence and defensive purposes.

The president championed the country's military self-sufficiency program, and said it will continue "until the enemies of humanity lose hope of ever attacking the Iranian nation."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38804551/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

[ixion]

1. I don't see how that's any different than "Peace is Our Profession"

which is what the US Military likes to say right before they bomb a country back to Stone Age.

[another saigon]

3. good point

hypocrisy abounds with the US/Israeli 'peace' initiatives.

[vixengrl]

5. The MX missile was referred to as the "Peacekeeper".

And I think the concept of MAD revealed the irony that the most effective, destructive, offensive weapon devised, had a "defensive" quality:

"Don't want none? Don't start none!"

In view of threats of pre-emptive attack against a reactor by Israel or the US, the claim that such a weapon is a form of insurance doesn't seem altogether too far off. Reading a Juan Cole's site, for example, that the bombing of OSIRAK excellerated Saddam Hussein's weapons program suggests anti-proliferation has a "right way and a wrong way". Weapons stockpiling strikes me as reactionary. It arises from a need, either real or perceived.

[ixion]

6. Einstein said it best, I think:

"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. ok, then. THAT'll stop Israel/US aggression, you betcha.

Cold war, Middle East style.

[geckosfeet]

4. 'ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship' - !

WTF

That one sentence fragment is a jumble of tangled confused nonsense.

Do national leaders expect to be taken seriously when they make statements like this?

No wonder global politics and economies are fucked up.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. right out of our 'department of defense' propaganda machine.

Oh the irony, it hertz.