Another thing of interest that I found in Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind is an annecdote that goes back to the eve of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence:
Patai introduces this as an example of the inherent nature of the Arabic language which forms part of the Arab personality and the Arab tendency towards exaggeration.Musa Alami, the well-known Palestinian Arab leader, made a tour of the Arab capitals to sound out the leaders with whom he was well acquainted. In Damascus, the President of Syria told him:
I am happy to tell you that our Army and its equipment are of the highest order and well able to deal with a few Jews; and I can tell you in confidence that we even have an atomic bomb...Yes, it was made locally; we fortunately found a very clever fellow, a tinsmith...(p. 54-55)
These days, Iran is rapidly working its way towards nuclear ability, and the possession of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, Iran--though Moslem--is not Arab; and according to the CIA World Factbook, only 1% of Iranians speak Arabic.
So its a safe bet that Iran is not using a tinsmith.
Technorati Tag: Israel and Iran and Syria.
2 comments:
The Iranians are quite dangerous. Yawp!
The thought of Iran having nuclear wepons is incredibly scary...
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