They were all lying last night:
So I was thinking, why would Iran want to wipe Israel off the map when their own certain destruction would be immediate? I started doing research on the Ahmadinejad statement in question.
So what did Ahmadinejad actually say? To quote his exact words in Farsi: “Emam ghoft in rezhim-e eshghalgar-e Qods bayad az safheh-ye rozgar mahv shavad.”
That passage will mean nothing to most people, but one word might... ring a bell: rezhim-e. It is the word “Regime,” pronounced just like the English word with an extra “eh” sound at the end. Ahmadinejad did not refer to Israel the country or Israel the land mass, but the Israeli regime. This is a vastly significant distinction, as one cannot wipe a regime off the map. Ahmadinejad does not even refer to Israel by name, he instead uses the specific phrase “rezhim-e eshghalgar-e Qods” (regime occupying Jerusalem).
So this raises the question: what exactly did he want “wiped from the map”? The answer is: nothing. That's because the word “map” was never used. The Persian word for map, “nagsheh,” is not contained anywhere in his original-Farsi quote, or, for that matter, anywhere in his entire speech. Nor was the western phrase “wipe out” ever said. Yet we are led to believe that Iran's President threatened to “wipe Israel off the map,” despite never having uttered the words “map,” “wipe out” or even “Israel.”
So, Iran actually wants Palestine returned to the Palestinians. All Arab countries want the same thing. What makes Iran different? The only thing I can come up with is that Ahmadinejad is not afraid to speak on camera about this issue. Make no mistake about it, this man is NOT dumb like they portray him to be. Being a smart individual, he knows that destroying Israel with a nuke would render it useless to the Palestinians.
HERE'S THE REPORT! BACHMANN WAS LYING; PAUL WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!! Confirms my opinion that he is the ONLY candidate who speaks the truth. I just cannot believe a word the rest have to say.
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011/iran-resolution.html