Actually he was counseling against a strike on Iran anytime soon. Did you even watch this interview?? And comparing a man who has a picture of his parent just before being shot by a Nazi...to Goebells..is a total scumbag move... Dagan's left pinky toe nail knows more about the world that you appear to...
In February, Israeli Lt. Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shahak reported that the Israeli military's leadership doesn't support a strike on Iran and the AP disclosed that Israel's incoming air force chief, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel is "less enthusiastic about a possible attack on Iran" than the current air force chief. Too bad there's some Israelis and a bunch of Americans who are ready to blow the U.S. and world economy over this.
Excellent interview and very interesting. It is clear that a nuclear armed Iran is not an Israeli issue - it is a WORLD issue. (although Israel is on the front lines, and the iranian regime's holocaust denials, coupled with their calls for Israel to be wiped out certainly justify Israeli fears.)
Imagine oil prices if a nuclear armed Iran decided to close the straights of Hormuz? Imagine how difficult an arab-israeli peace would be if terrorist groups like Hamas and hezboullah were backed by a nuclear armed Iran...think they'd have any incentive to make peace?
Hope Mr. Dagan is correct and that we have up to 3 years left. The world community must keep at this effort. It would be a disaster if the virulently anti-american/anti-semitic/anti-christian regime in Iran became a nuclear power.
"coupled with their calls for Israel to be wiped out"
I don't have the exact quote at hand, but my understanding was that was not exactly what was said by the Iranian president. Apparently the translation favoured more what the Isrealies and Americans wanted the world to hear.
ReyKool Yes. Ahmadinajad NEVER said that they will wipe israel out as this Zionist criminal claims. It is part of the propaganda promoted by the Zionists and their media supporters to trick the USA and its people in another war against Islam It is enough that the USA lost $1.5 trillion and more than 50,000 soldiers killed or maimed and more than 300,000 soldiers with brain injury from a war with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is not the enemy of the USA, Israel is because it was behind the wars in the past 11 years. Israel is a state built on hate and violence. In the history of the Middle East, not such a state ever survived. It usually self-destruct. that is why Israel is AFRAID of peace. because peace means the end of the REGIME not the People as the guys in Iran said.Jews were safe in the Middle East for 1500 years before the establishment of the racist state (Israel). Iran does not intend to WIPE out ISRAEL. It has 25,000 Jews who lived in peace and harmony with the Iranians. Since the establishment of Israel, the Middle East turned into HELL. Yes Arabs have more superior values than that killer you have interviewed today. Although he is a professional criminal, his Arab friends lift them selves up to a higher moral grounds.
Wow - looks like the Iranian/islamist/neo-nazi (not sure which, they all seem to share the same views as "AndyRogerss") propaganda machine has caught wind of this video and is out in full force to spread their lies and hate. Israel has had to defend itself from attacks from it's neighbors repeatedly and Iranian leaders have repeatedly called for israel to cease to exist. They have a very good reason (as does the world) to fear the a totalitarian dictatorship built on hatred and lies - Iran - getting nuclear weapons. Love how anti-semites use the term "zionists" to put a thin veil over their overt hatred and conspiracy theories.
You're correct. He actually said "Israel will soon disappear" and then later said "this origin of corruption will soon be wiped off the earth's face". You're a joke. Don't let words get in your way of hating Israel.
ReyKool Yes. Ahmadinajad NEVER said that they will wipe israel out as this Zionist criminal claims. It is part of the propaganda promoted by the Zionists and their media supporters to trick the USA and its people in another war against Islam It is enough that the USA lost $1.5 trillion and more than 50,000 soldiers killed or maimed and more than 300,000 soldiers with brain injury from a war with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is not the enemy of the USA, Israel is because it was behind the wars in the past 11 years. Israel is a state built on hate and violence. In the history of the Middle East, not such a state ever survived. It usually self-destruct. that is why Israel is AFRAID of peace. because peace means the end of the REGIME not the People as the guys in Iran said.Jews were safe in the Middle East for 1500 years before the establishment of the racist state (Israel). Iran does not intend to WIPE out ISRAEL. It has 25,000 Jews who lived in peace and harmony with the Iranians. Since the establishment of Israel, the Middle East turned into HELL. Yes Arabs have more superior values than that killer you have interviewed today. Although he is a professional criminal, his Arab friends lift them selves up to a higher moral grounds.
@Andy - I don't know about the rest of your comment, but I'll sure agree with the part about Ahmadinejad's speech - and what he actually said was "The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." http://www.juancole.com/2009/09/ahmadinejad-spews-raving-lunatic-anti.html, http://antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?articleid=11025, http://mule1ear.blogspot.com/2012/01/iran-propaganda.html
You cannot convince the closed minded commenters here, but I hope you keep commenting.
I'm not anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, but the commenters here are making me re-think that position.
The most important issue of our times and cbs sends in one of it's "Bimbo Brigade". Flaming. Purple leather jacket and earrings that could be used for wind chimes. And the attitude.....hopeless. God save this country from the shame that is new york. The prayer for anyone who can still think for themselves.
Award winning 40-plus year journalist Lesley Stahl is a bimbo? Trying to focus on her though and pretendng the intelligence chief didn't say what he said, apparently. How about the 12 of 18 former intelligence heads of the three Israeli security agencies agreeing with him. We in USA though have a set of Bible thumpers who want to embroil Israel so as to conform to their wingnut Biblical interpretations. And this rising gas price thing fits their purpose, also.
Iran funds, arms, trains and supports terrorist regimes and organizations that wreak murder and chaos around the globe. Their most prominent client-organizations, however, are Hamas and Hezbollah, through which Iran is able to wage "proxy war" against the Jewish state. Though Iran has never directly engaged Israeli militarily, Israel's last wars were fought against irregular forces acting at Iran's behest.
freemasonsrule: You are crazy. Everything you say is total nonsense. In the first place, Hezbollah and Hamas are not terrorist organization. They are citizen militia formed to fight the barbarian and terrorist state of Israel that has been taking over their lands and slaughtering their people. In fact, Israel and the US are the biggest source of turmoil in the world. They both use terror and sponsor terrorists.
I find profoundly sad what he said at 9:20 "I know it would sound Anti-semitic that some of best friends are Arabs, but I truly admire some of the quality of Arabs."
@mphailey Actually many muslim countries sided with Nazis, especially the Arabs. One man in particular was Hitler's right hand for muslim affairs Haj Amin Al Husseini "Grand Mufti" of Jerusalem, and Araft's uncle. He personally made sure that the Nazis did not allow many Jews to escape Europe. There are all the Vichy govt.s in N.Affrica, Lebanon, Syria. Michelle Afluuk, the founder of the Baa'th party was a very big fan of the Nazis. And in Egypt they have such affinity for the NAzis that there generals are still called Field Marshall.
seems like we've been seeing Arabs commit 'holocaust' on their own people in Iraq,Iran, Yeman, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria..killing their own people...wantonly, for what the last fifteen years at least !! Life is cheap. A brother is allowed to kill is sister because she fell in love with the wrong man, or was raped yet she pays a horrible price, Shia on Sunni killings..Tribal killings for years in Afghanistan...these are backward brutal people. Check out what Assad is doing to his people in the guise of fighting ' foreign sponsored terrorism'...these are his own people rebelling against his rule, of their own volition...no foreign intervetion or sponsorship.
I don't believe in God or religion. But, if you believe in all this nonsense, then Israel represents Satan and God would have nothing to do with it. Of course, I have no idea what all this means. So, everybody just calm down please. If one person can talk nonsense, another can also.
Sixty Minutes and CBS ALWAYS reveals FACTS MIXED WITH PROPAGANDA LIES : The original comment made by Ahmadinejad was published all over the world and it is very well documented that he NEVER said that Israel should be "wiped off the map" this is a propaganda lie sold to us by the Zionist controlled FOX News Network to vilify Iran and unfortunately repeated by the rest of our News Media who NEVER checked the original source. The Original Text in Farsi language was translated in English (and can be found on Google just search "Wipe off the map lie" ) Here The EXACT translation : Khomeini said : This REGIME OCCUPYING JERUSALEM must vanish from the page of Time.... IS asking for the elimination of a regime ( regime change) means Wiping the Country Off the map ? Asking for a political or REGIME change in America means "NUKING" the country ? or wiping the USA off the map ? It does not take a genius to figure out WHO "miss translated" Ahmadinejad speech....AIPAC members and the Israeli lobby....The same American Zionists who told us that Iraq had WMSs and are now desperate to Bomb Iran Ahmadinejad NEVER denied the Holocaust either, Again propaganda ....He stated that many people died in Nazis hands but they were not exclusively Jewish (which is a FACT) and he also question the SIX MILLION figure based on 4.5 Million killed in Auschwitz however if you visit the Auschwitz concentration camp like I did you will find out that the figure of 4.5 Million was reduced to 1.5 and it is written on the commemorative plate in view of ALL visitors So WHY the amount of SIX MILLION is still used by our Media ... bringing legitimate questions and DOCUMENTED FACTS is not "DENYING" .... Another FACT THAT CBS NEVER MENTION IS HOW MANY IRAQI WERE KILLED DURING THE TEN YEARS plus US OCCUPATION ? 1.5 MILLION. WHERE IS CBS AND 60 MINUTES WHEN IT IS TIME TO MENTION THESE FACTS ? NOT TO MENTION THAT ONLY 10% OF IRAQI KILLED WERE ENEMY COMBATANTS THE other 90% WERE "COLLATERAL DAMAGE" (innocent civilians who were at the wrong place at the wrong Time)
Me thinks you doth protest too much. So you're telling me that if someone said they hoped you'd "vanish from the page of time" then tried to arm themselves to make sure that happened, you wouldn't consider that a threat? I mean, even if one takes your islamist, holocaust denial propaganda at face value your logic still doesn't hold water.
Absurd. Amazing all the whacko anti-american conspiracy theorists that commented here. I mean, who goes to all this trouble to defend a despotic, anti-american regime and trash the US? I'd bet all the IP addresses of these america-hating pro iran comments are in Iran (!)
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Imagine oil prices if a nuclear armed Iran decided to close the straights of Hormuz? Imagine how difficult an arab-israeli peace would be if terrorist groups like Hamas and hezboullah were backed by a nuclear armed Iran...think they'd have any incentive to make peace?
Hope Mr. Dagan is correct and that we have up to 3 years left. The world community must keep at this effort. It would be a disaster if the virulently anti-american/anti-semitic/anti-christian regime in Iran became a nuclear power.
I don't have the exact quote at hand, but my understanding was that was not exactly what was said by the Iranian president. Apparently the translation favoured more what the Isrealies and Americans wanted the world to hear.
"Iran's president has defended his widely criticised call for Israel to be "wiped off the map".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4384264.stm
Yes. Ahmadinajad NEVER said that they will wipe israel out as this Zionist criminal claims. It is part of the propaganda promoted by the Zionists and their media supporters to trick the USA and its people in another war against Islam
It is enough that the USA lost $1.5 trillion and more than 50,000 soldiers killed or maimed and more than 300,000 soldiers with brain injury from a war with Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iran is not the enemy of the USA, Israel is because it was behind the wars in the past 11 years.
Israel is a state built on hate and violence. In the history of the Middle East, not such a state ever survived. It usually self-destruct. that is why Israel is AFRAID of peace. because peace means the end of the REGIME not the People as the guys in Iran said.Jews were safe in the Middle East for 1500 years before the establishment of the racist state (Israel).
Iran does not intend to WIPE out ISRAEL. It has 25,000 Jews who lived in peace and harmony with the Iranians.
Since the establishment of Israel, the Middle East turned into HELL.
Yes Arabs have more superior values than that killer you have interviewed today. Although he is a professional criminal, his Arab friends lift them selves up to a higher moral grounds.
Love how anti-semites use the term "zionists" to put a thin veil over their overt hatred and conspiracy theories.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4384264.stm
Andy Rodgers...you dont know very much about this situation at all... time to step back and do some reading before you embarrass yourself anymore...
Yes. Ahmadinajad NEVER said that they will wipe israel out as this Zionist criminal claims. It is part of the propaganda promoted by the Zionists and their media supporters to trick the USA and its people in another war against Islam
It is enough that the USA lost $1.5 trillion and more than 50,000 soldiers killed or maimed and more than 300,000 soldiers with brain injury from a war with Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iran is not the enemy of the USA, Israel is because it was behind the wars in the past 11 years.
Israel is a state built on hate and violence. In the history of the Middle East, not such a state ever survived. It usually self-destruct. that is why Israel is AFRAID of peace. because peace means the end of the REGIME not the People as the guys in Iran said.Jews were safe in the Middle East for 1500 years before the establishment of the racist state (Israel).
Iran does not intend to WIPE out ISRAEL. It has 25,000 Jews who lived in peace and harmony with the Iranians.
Since the establishment of Israel, the Middle East turned into HELL.
Yes Arabs have more superior values than that killer you have interviewed today. Although he is a professional criminal, his Arab friends lift them selves up to a higher moral grounds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4384264.stm
Andy Rodgers...you dont know very much about this situation at all... time to step back and do some reading before you embarrass yourself anymore...
You cannot convince the closed minded commenters here, but I hope you keep commenting.
I'm not anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, but the commenters here are making me re-think that position.
The Arab's didn't commit the holocaust.
Actually many muslim countries sided with Nazis, especially the Arabs. One man in particular was Hitler's right hand for muslim affairs Haj Amin Al Husseini "Grand Mufti" of Jerusalem, and Araft's uncle. He personally made sure that the Nazis did not allow many Jews to escape Europe. There are all the Vichy govt.s in N.Affrica, Lebanon, Syria. Michelle Afluuk, the founder of the Baa'th party was a very big fan of the Nazis. And in Egypt they have such affinity for the NAzis that there generals are still called Field Marshall.
The Original Text in Farsi language was translated in English (and can be found on Google just search "Wipe off the map lie" ) Here The EXACT translation :
Khomeini said : This REGIME OCCUPYING JERUSALEM must vanish from the page of Time....
IS asking for the elimination of a regime ( regime change) means Wiping the Country Off the map ?
Asking for a political or REGIME change in America means "NUKING" the country ? or wiping the USA off the map ?
It does not take a genius to figure out WHO "miss translated" Ahmadinejad speech....AIPAC members and the Israeli lobby....The same American Zionists who told us that Iraq had WMSs and are now desperate to Bomb Iran
Ahmadinejad NEVER denied the Holocaust either, Again propaganda ....He stated that many people died in Nazis hands but they were not exclusively Jewish (which is a FACT) and he also question the SIX MILLION figure based on 4.5 Million killed in Auschwitz however if you visit the Auschwitz concentration camp like I did you will find out that the figure of 4.5 Million was reduced to 1.5 and it is written on the commemorative plate in view of ALL visitors
So WHY the amount of SIX MILLION is still used by our Media ... bringing legitimate questions and DOCUMENTED FACTS is not "DENYING" .... Another FACT THAT CBS NEVER MENTION IS HOW MANY IRAQI WERE KILLED DURING THE TEN YEARS plus US OCCUPATION ? 1.5 MILLION. WHERE IS CBS AND 60 MINUTES WHEN IT IS TIME TO MENTION THESE FACTS ? NOT TO MENTION THAT ONLY 10% OF IRAQI KILLED WERE ENEMY COMBATANTS THE other 90% WERE "COLLATERAL DAMAGE" (innocent civilians who were at the wrong place at the wrong Time)
Absurd. Amazing all the whacko anti-american conspiracy theorists that commented here. I mean, who goes to all this trouble to defend a despotic, anti-american regime and trash the US? I'd bet all the IP addresses of these america-hating pro iran comments are in Iran (!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4384264.stm