Developing: Bridge Collapses Near Seattle…Unknown Injuries…See the Photos

Watch Today’s BlazeCast With Your Questions, Comments & Live Chat!

World

Iranian Official Says Country Needs only ’24 Hours and an Excuse’ to Destroy Israel

Oct. 4, 2012 6:38am
Iranian Official Says Iran Needs only 24 Hours and an Excuse to Destroy Israel

AP

Words from Tehran about wiping Israel off the map have been launched with abandon in recent weeks. Here’s another one for the lexicon. This time from Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Shirazi, representative for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Qods Force, who not only reiterated the bombastic threat but also added his own twist: that Iran can do the job in just 24 hours.

Specifically, he said all Iran needs is “24 hours and an excuse” to finish off the Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reports on the interview:

In his first public interview in a year, reported in the Persian-language Jahan News, which is close to the regime, Shirazi said if Israel attacked Iran, the Islamic Republic would be able to turn the conflict into a war of attrition that would lead to Israel’s destruction.

“If such a war does happen, it would not be a long war, and it would benefit the entire Islamic umma [the global community of Muslims]. We have expertise in fighting wars of attrition and Israel cannot fight a war of attrition,” Shirazi said, referring to Iran’s eight-year war of attrition against Iraq.

Iran’s Qods Force is a unit of the Revolutionary Guard that aims to export the Islamic Revolution worldwide, and is reported to be active in the Middle East, Asia and South America. Last year the U.S. accused its operatives of working on a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.

The Post reports that Khamenei tapped Shirazi last year as his personal envoy to the Qods Force:

In his interview, Shirazi said that Israel was “close to annihilation” and wanted to attack Iran as an act of desperation.

“Are our enemies intelligent, wise or foolish? They are foolish. It’s also possible that they will do this foolish thing [and attack Iran]. Why do we sometimes say this is the strongest probability? Because today the Israelis are telling us that ‘we are not the Israel of yesterday, we are getting weaker day by day and the Islamic Republic is getting stronger day by day,’” he added.

“Well, when Israel finds itself in danger of extinction, it flails around, and so it’s easy for it to do foolish things and will start a war just to sting Iran.”

Shirazi is in good company. Other statements in just the past week from Iranian leaders in the same spirit as Shirazi’s include:  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assertion that Israel has no historical roots in the Middle East and will be “eliminated,” Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari saying a conflict between Iran and Israel will destroy the Jewish state – “the end of the story for them,” and Brigadier General Hossein Salami of the Revolutionary Guard saying a war will provide “a historical opportunity for the Islamic Revolution to wipe them [Israel] off the world’s geographical history.”

All this means we’re unlikely to hear such statements cease anytime soon.

Benghazi, IRS, AP...What's next? Only TheBlaze TV offers the truth from Glenn Beck, Andrew Wilkow, and Real News from TheBlaze. Get instant access and a free trial here.

Comments (63)

1 2
  • zoro51
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:43pm

    like all others who came against isreal you shall FAIL be distroyed n made FLAT murdering muslums in a man made cult of hat en death whose ONLY god is a STONE IDOL thier false prophet mohammudd is dead n burried. thier laws THEY them selves dont follow they KILL for NO reason.. fact n truth.. isreal IS for ever iran is NOT

    Report this comment

    zoro51  
    • Yeah_Buddy
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 1:19pm

      Where are all the lib trolls today? Thier silence is deafening.

      Report this comment

      Yeah_Buddy  
    • Banderas
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 1:52pm

      The Iranian Citizen’s who the majority do hate their president, better express their concerns to their gov’t on creating havok for IRan’s major infrastructure. If that stupid Gov’t attacks Israel…Israel will put IRAN as we know it back a 100 years…I kid you not!

      Report this comment

      Banderas  
    • Classical Liberal
      Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Some of us work during the day and can’t monitor the golden print of the blaze 24/7.

      Anyway, I really don’t care about saber rattling out of a country the US could militarily destroy on a Columbus day weekend. Such taunts are designed to remind Israel that without the US, they are very alone in the region.

      Grow up and stop putting up your fists every time someone sneezes. Be a man and not a grown child.

      Report this comment

      Classical Liberal  
  • saved4ever
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:24pm

    Israel will never be destroyed! God made a promise to Abraham that He would protect His chosen people. Any nation, including Iran and the U.S. will sign their own de@th warrant if they decide to attack Israel!

    Report this comment

    saved4ever  
  • killdozerd11
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:19pm

    A bunch of Israel’s neighbors thought that back in 1968

    WRONG

    Report this comment

    killdozerd11  
  • TyrannyNoMore
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:17pm

    Ahhh….Persia’s insane rhetoric brings back fond memories of the time Colonel Gadaffi brazenly told Ronald Reagan, “You will not cross my line of death ! ” Bwah..hahahaha ! Shortly after, Reagan had bombs dropping in Gadaffi’s back yard, narrowly missing the little tyrant. My point is, you can talk a lot of smack, but when the rubber hits the road, Iran knows full well they are 15 minutes away from total annihilation courtesy a Trident sub missile launch. Maybe that is what they want. Ahmadinejad has said in the past he knows he may have to sacrifice his country to bring about world war and the Twelfth Imam.

    Report this comment

    TyrannyNoMore  
  • Uechi
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:42am

    I guess these animals have forgotten that Israel has nukes and delivery systems and will use them if faced with extermination. It would take less then 24 hours to turn Iran into the world’s largest parking lot.

    Report this comment

    Uechi  
  • yazoo
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:23am

    This bunch looks and sounds just like the Goose Stepping, goat herds we saw prancing around Iraq. If they do step over the line Israel has certainly established, I feel sorry for what will happen to them.

    Israel, I believe, will go Biblical on them. Not eye for an eye, but rather scorched earth. Iran is a perfect example of the evil that is done in the name of one religion or the other. Maniacs like the current Iranian leadership will be responsible for the death and destruction that will be visited on their people.

    Report this comment

    yazoo  
  • OniKaze
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:10am

    My personal opinion is this.. I don’t want America involved in another war in the M.E. that will (in the end) net us nothing but a loss…..

    If Iran attacks Israel, we should help Israel… If Israel attacks Iran, I think they should be left to do it alone (Israel is NOT defenseless, and really doesn’t need our help with Iran unless every other M.E. country decides to team up against them…)

    We need to keep our people safe first, and help our allies only if need be… Israel is a “big-boy” nation, and can handle itself…. We should only help them if they NEED our help… We have spent enough money on sending our sons and daughters to die for nothing….

    Report this comment

    OniKaze  
    • Windozed
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:19pm

      Normally I would agree with you however Iran is an exception. If I were capable I’d fight for Israel myself. Iran isn’t over there making teapots and crumpets and planning to talk things over tea with the world. They’re stalling. For what? That’s the question. They’re getting brazen so whatever they’re plotting in coming soon but they’re plotting something big in their minds. I’m not going to openly say what I think is going to unravel but when it comes to Iran I think its best put that they should be completely flattened. If left to their own devices they’re going to a much larger issue

      Report this comment

      Windozed  
  • dynaboy
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 10:37am

    Iran you will not only be fight Israel I know if they need I as an American will go to Israel and pick up arms against you

    Report this comment

    dynaboy  
  • oldincarolina
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 10:25am

    I remember when the Russians were putting missiles in Cuba diurng the Cuban missile crisis.
    President Kennedy told them to remove the missils or we will sink Cuba. They removed them . Our President should tell Iran that if they build a nuclear bomb and use it that we will turn Iran into a
    large sheet of glass. That should do it .

    Report this comment

    oldincarolina  
    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:25pm

      Respectfully, that will not do it. Ahmadinejad is an extreme Islamic fanatic, who is totally dedicated to bringing about the return of the Twelfth Imam (Islam’s messiah). He has been very open about this fact. He has no compunction with the possibility he may have to sacrifice and/or martyr his entire country to make this prophesied event occur. So, the threat of disastrous retaliation being unleashed on Iran is NOT a deterrent in this situation. Israel is fully aware of this reality. That is why they CAN NOT and will not allow Iran to possess nukes.

      Report this comment

      TyrannyNoMore  
    • Bikkiboo
      Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:06pm

      He actually WANTS to die in battle. It seems to be the ONLY way Islamists can get to their “heaven”.
      Maybe we should dip all our weapons and ammo in pig blood, so they would be “defiled” if hit. They might not be so eager to die in battle then because they wouldn’t get their 72 virgins.

      Report this comment

      Bikkiboo  
  • Moe1138
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:56am

    Um, maybe they don’t know this but Israel takes the weaponry we sell them and make them better.
    The next “six-day war” might be about 5 days too long.

    Report this comment

    Moe1138  
    • Henry Hoskison
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 6:56pm

      If it happens,I hope Israel makes it a 12 hour war,so no other country gets involved; hankthetank;

      Report this comment

      Henry Hoskison  
  • Landon410
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:28am

    they wouldn’t be saying that if Romney was president, but they know Obama who has a typical white person grandma, won’t back Isreal

    Report this comment

    Landon410  
  • scrapadapolis
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:20am

    America had better wake up.Do any of you think that when the chaos starts abroad we will watch from the sidelines?The muslims worldwide will be activated like a sleeping jihaidist.If anyone hasn’t noticed more muslims are shopping in the local grocery with carts full,What happened to the halal food they only eat?We claim to be armed and ready but are we really?

    Report this comment

    scrapadapolis  
  • Gonzo
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:14am

    I remember Iraq’s vaunted Republican Guard talking big too. Then they ran like little girls…or should I say typical Muslim cowards.

    Report this comment

    Gonzo  
    • justangry
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 11:06am

      All too well. However, I remember the media were the ones talking them up. I really haven’t heard much from the media that I didn’t hear back in the 90′s. It’s like they don’t even have to make up a new lie this time around. Fool me once shame on you… fool me twice… well, I suppose that’s alright if we get to bomb another third world country into oblivion.

      Report this comment

      justangry  
  • charjan
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:09am

    Iran. Indeed you will make the foolish mistake of attacking Israel. There your armies will meet the God of Israel. The same God that created the earth and all living creatures. You can read about others who have tried to do the same from the Old Testament Writings. Kiss your family members, “Goodbye” for most won’t return to the land of Persia or Egypt or wherever your march from against the people that God has chosen to carry his Name and reveal Himself to the world. Your greatest fear should not be Israel’s weapons, but their cry to the Living God.

    Report this comment

    charjan  
  • Qtaug
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 8:16am

    I believe that Israeli’s need approximately 30 minutes to turn Iran into a parking lot!!!

    Report this comment

    Qtaug  
  • Yakov-Yurovsky
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 8:06am

    Iran is a sitting duck. They don’t even stand a chance. When coalition forces finally hit them, their whole world will come crashing down. Not only will their nuclear program be nonexistent, but also, their defenses, communications, infrastructure, air force, navy, launch sites, mechanized units, etc…. Their once loyal military will surrender by the tens of thousands and the remaining soldiers will only be able to operate as mere guerrilla forces. Tehran will fall in a matter of weeks, just in time to hunt down their leaders and scientists! And of course hundreds of thousands of civilians will be killed, displaced or injured.

    Sure, Iran will strike Israel and other targets with missile attacks, but the result will be minimum civilian casualties and millions in property damage. The psychological effects will do more harm than the actual strikes!

    The IDF will suffer 100 or so casualties fighting guerrillas as they hunt down launch sites in neighboring territories (maybe some tanks and an attack helicopter or two) but thats about it.

    Coalition forces will suffer higher casualties but in all reality it will be under 1000. Injuries will be much higher though. At the end of the day, German casualties taking Warsaw were a thousand times more than the losses of coalition forces taking Tehran!

    As far as occupation is concerned and how long, well thats another subject. And besides, in this Orwellian society, debt is a good thing! lol

    PS, A barrel of oil will go up

    Report this comment

    Yakov-Yurovsky  
  • momrules
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:54am

    It is always quietest before the storm. Israel has been very quiet recently. Netanyahu has told the world that Israel is not intimidated by Iran.

    Remember how the Muslims used the film as an excuse to riot and kill all across the globe. When war comes, and it will, Muslims across the globe will react with extreme violence and that includes those here in the United States.

    Plans have been laid. Preparations have been made. They are just waiting and they are patient. The mosques are their barracks……….

    Report this comment

    momrules  
    • louise
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 8:10am

      momrules
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:54am

      It is always quietest before the storm. Israel has been very quiet recently. Netanyahu has told the world that Israel is not intimidated by Iran.

      Remember how the Muslims used the film as an excuse to riot and kill all across the globe. When war comes, and it will, Muslims across the globe will react with extreme violence and that includes those here in the United States.

      Plans have been laid. Preparations have been made. They are just waiting and they are patient. The mosques are their barracks……….
      _________________

      What a good post, Momrules. This is why our borders should have been secured immediately after 9/11.

      Report this comment

      louise  
    • strewth_cobber
      Posted on October 5, 2012 at 5:47am

      Another invitation to major warfare.

      And those poor atheists/evolutionists declare God’s Word isn’t true? True, that there have always been wars and poor people, but given the events of the recent past (Yom Kippur, 6-Day War, and the others), and other more recent, current and about to happen conflicts throughout the middle-east region (and across the globe) are, to my understanding of the scriptures, only further confirmation of the truth of Christ the Savior – and combined with all the talk of global economic collapse, earthquakes, volcanoes, disease, pestilence, floods, occultism, wars and rumours of wars, ‘UFO/aliens’ to the rescue, “don’t offend jihadists”, political correctness and the removal of free speech, and so on. Talk about better than Nostrodamus!

      I’ll be praying for the people of Australia, and Israel, and the USA. And the poor innocents in the middle-east and elsewhere.

      It has annoyed me greatly, a lot of the events this generation has been eye-witness to and the apathy that many people have in relation to world events, Then I remember to trust in the Lord! (not much I can do about it) :-)

      Perilous times.
      Maranatha.

      Report this comment

      strewth_cobber  
    • louise
      Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:21am

      Strewth, amen

      Report this comment

      louise  
  • jettson
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:45am

    Hey iran I bet Israel destroys you. and we will be there to help. NOBAMA in 2012

    Report this comment

    jettson  
  • johnpaulkuchtajr
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:34am

    Hey, Ahmadinejad, be real careful, and rein your boys in.

    When BiBi releases his own brand of hell in your direction, he’s going to be backed-up by President Mitt Romney and the might of the US military. BTW, our military will be following a Commander-in-Chief they are proud of, not disgusted with!

    I’m sure that you guys have had a chance to watch the one-sided debate by now. How does it feel knowing that America will have a real leader at the helm? The US President who would not come to the aid of the rebellion of the Iranian middle class in the streets of Tehran in the summer of 2009 will be dragging his **** back to Chicago. Oh, maybe you can convince Michelle to take one of her big-spending vacations in Tehran before January 2013? I hear that your rial hit 35,500 to the dollar yesterday. Michelle will need a tour guide. How ’bout that gig, Ahmadinejad?

    Report this comment

    johnpaulkuchtajr  
    • justangry
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:56am

      I don’t know whether to laugh at that statement or be sad because there are so many more like you. For the record, I’d be ashamed to call either men my commander-in-chief.

      Report this comment

      justangry  
    • Fubared
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 8:34am

      Hope your anger keeps you warm and feeds you.

      Report this comment

      Fubared  
    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 8:44am

      Hey Just Angry,

      There’s always a street sweepers’ job down in Caracas. Hugo will give you a chance to be a part of a dynamic, Marxist/Socialist empire that will soon be going down in flames.

      I just wonder if a President Mitt Romney would have sent aid to the Iranian middle class when they were being beaten, stabbed, shot and burned in the streets of Tehran in the summer of 2009? Would a President Mitt Romney have rejected the Keystone Pipeline, or sold guns to the Mexican drug cartels, or bowed to the Saudi King or rammed-through a bogus health care plan that will be repealed?

      It must suck to be you, Just Angry!

      Report this comment

      johnpaulkuchtajr  
    • justangry
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 9:36am

      I think Romney’s energy policy is much better than Obama’s. I’ve never said otherwise. I don’t know what he would have done in Tehran in 2009. I doubt seriously that he would have sent drug cartels weapons, but as governor of MA he signed the toughest gun restrictions into law. I doubt seriously anything will change with the ACA. As for bowing to a Saudi King… You do that every time you turn on Fox News. This is another propaganda piece from Ms. Schwartz where the headline overshadows the “if they attack us”. I believe a war with Iran will escalate, and that’s nothing to cheer about because war sucks. As for Romney as commander in chief… I’m not satisfied with the excuse for his deferments during Vietnam. I know I was ashamed to serve under Slick Willy’s draft dodging ass. So again… Romney’s energy and regulatory policies are much better than Obama’s. Both Romney and Obama’s foreign policy sucks, but Romney’s is worse. My biggest problem with both men is never discussed by anyone on the media, which is the assault on our rights. While Romney wasn’t responsible for it, he said he supports it in earlier debates. When it comes to the real problems this country faces (politicians only paying lip service to the Constitution, endless wars and the Federal Reserve) there’s not much difference between the two candidates at all. If you want to say Romney is the lesser of two evils, I can respect that, but nothing substantial will change.

      Report this comment

      justangry  
  • Brentley
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:26am

    Last time I checked, JESUS said I am with you always…..GOD made a covenant with ISRAEL not IRAN…Hate to burst your bubble ABBI BOY…..but me thinks you should tone things down. GOD has the FINAL say not you, not me nor anyone else. I STAND WITH JESUS AND ISRAEL…..

    Report this comment

    Brentley  
  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:24am

    …and 24 hours later, Land’s End will be having a 50% off sale on “slightly” used towels…with FREE shipping!

    Report this comment

    The_Almighty_Creestof  
    • RightUnite
      Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:37am

      Ahhhhh, I think I’ll pass on the slightly used towels… Can’t imagine what the heck is living in them! ;-)

      Report this comment

      RightUnite  
  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:16am

    War is coming – and Obama will encourage it to have his excuse to nullify or ‘delay’ the elections; this will be his larger national emergency he needs to have happen for martial law to be declared.

    Report this comment

    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
  • dublinthewagons
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:14am

    Look mommy. A walking talking azz hole.

    Report this comment

    dublinthewagons  
  • AutoEuphoria
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:12am

    It sounds like Iran has forgotten that Israel already HAS nuclear weapons, and could do the same in less time if they chose to.

    Report this comment

    AutoEuphoria  
  • pma_guy
    Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:11am

    Hey AckAchmadinejad (“I come in peace”), don’t you remember the Six Day War?

    Report this comment

    pma_guy  
1 2

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love