Iranian President's statement on Israel

[Holien]

I hardly think it is an over reaction to say that it is "not on" to say you want a country wiped out.

He made no threats!

Considering the information he might have about incidents in British controlled areas of Iraq there could well be a need to make a strong point. Too often we have kept quite when countries are taking the piss. IMO

Anyway you are welcome to your view but if you express it here I feel the need to counter it. (I think your SNP bias might be showing.)

But that is just my view.

Nuff said.

H

[Peter Cairns]

Well I don't like TB, but it's not bias in the sense of attacking hime because he's the British PM, it's becasue he rushes in Mouth first and that is always a bad idea in a sensitive diplomatic incident.

Also he was speaking at an EU conference as acting EU president, and regardless of our issues over Iranian involvement in Southern Iraq, thats a British Iranian issue, Not an EU one.

The EU had earlier issued an agreed statement and he went beyond it.

If the French had been in the Chair and had gone way beyond the British position because of a French Iranian issue ( played the whole thing down because of trade) people in the UK would have went nuts...

Like I said the Iranians seem to have elected a Jerk that shoots his mouth off without thinking, It doesn't help that the UK has done the same.

It's $60 a barrel for oil, I think if we can avoid it and there isn't any other way we should avoid a war of words or worse with the worlds third ( I think) largest oil exporter.

That doesn't mean I agree with the guy or like the Iranian governemnt, But until we start to see "Sticks and Stones" we can remember that names won't hurt us...

Peter.