Uproar Over Iran

There seems to have been quite an uproar over remarks made by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Israel while at a conference in Tehran entitled “A World without Zionism”.

According to the letter written by Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman:

he declared, “Israel must be wiped off the map of the world…and God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.” He added, “the establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world” and “the Islamic Umma (Nation) will not allow its historic enemy to live in its heartland.”

And what was the reaction in Europe? Condemnation!

Europe strongly condemned Iran's president on Thursday for saying Israel should be wiped out and said the call raised concerns about the aims of a country the West suspects is planning to build an atomic bomb.

..."Calls for violence, and for the destruction of any state, are manifestly inconsistent with any claim to be a mature and responsible member of the international community," EU leaders said in a statement issued at a one-day summit outside London.

"Such comments will cause concern about Iran's role in the region, and its future intentions," they said.

OK, so apparently the EU feels that statements about the destruction of Israel

1. Raise concerns
2. Are inconsistent with being a mature and responsible member of the international community
3. Cause concern about their role in the region and their future intentions

So why is the EU so complacent about statements made by Hamas?
And why are terrorist attacks and the murder of civilians reduced to a "cycle of violence"?

As Bones (might have) said to Captain Kirk:
"Dammit Jim, I'm a blogger--not a pundit!"

But I imagine that it's easier to make excuses for "freedom fighters" than for a country intent on making nuclear bombs.

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