OK Chucky2, when Achmadinejad said we will wipe Israel off the map, he is referring to the land gains Israel occupies but does not own from the 1967 war.
And those post 1967 gains redrew existing maps and Achmadinejad advocates that the world returns to the original 1948 Israeli borders, in that sense saying it would be wiped off the map.
The point being, Israel under UN charter is not permitted to gain land by conquest, so in that sense has to have the map redrawn anyway, its already been debated on countless other threads, and hopefully that eventual and inevitable redrawing of map can be done peacefully.
Yet, Israel is using the Achmadinejad statement as if he intends to use immediate violence against Israel to force the issue. Something simply not the case as evidence has born out.
As for the US and Iran under GWB&co, its been a continual try to poke Iran with sharp sticks at every opportunity, accusing Iran of aiding the Iraqi insurgents while the USA is subsidizing numerous terrorists groups who attack Iran. Ya I know, Iran took over a US embassy 30 years ago, but isn't 30 years a little long to stay in a Cheney induced snit, that even went as far as the US helping Iraq attack Iran.
Actually a US Iranian alliance makes a lot of sense, because if nothing else, Iran can help Uncle Sammy get out of the two quick sand bogs he has both feet stuck in, especially the Afghan one. And the reasoning is simple, Iran has huge reserves of natural gas with India as a eager buyer, what is lacking is a pipeline through Afghanistan and Pakistan, and something the US opposes. If such a Iranian financed pipeline is built, it would bring the economic development plus modern ideas needed win the war of ideas with the Taliban, force India to forge stronger ties with Pakistan or else their pipeline gets cut, and would be a general win win win for everyone. But no, can't have that under the Cheney snit, anything good for Iran is bad for us. That is something rather stupid to base our foreign policy on.
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