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The Day Before Ahmadinejad's US Visit: Down With USA (Update: Arabic Reads, 'Death to USA')

Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 10:14:38 am PDT

Tomorrow, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves for New York, to speak at the UN and be feted by the National Press Club and Columbia University, and by “progressives.”

Today, he presided over a huge parade of military hardware, featuring slogans such as “Down with USA” with an image of a burning US flag.

He’ll fit right in at Columbia.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 3rd left, and other dignitaries watch as military jeeps of the Iran Revolutionary Guards carry anti U.S. and anti Israel slogans during large-scale military parades ... on Saturday Sept. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

UPDATE at 9/22/07 12:13:28 pm:

Several Arabic-speaking readers have emailed to let me know that the slogan in Arabic script, above “Down with USA/Esrail,” actually says “DEATH to USA/Israel.”

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1 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:15:40am

I say let him go to ground zero. Let him meet with the families of those burned to a crisp on 9/11/01.

of course, give the NYPD the day off

2 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:16:59am

MUST SNARL TRAFFIC!

3 abolitionist  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:17:27am

Will there be any reports that a terrorist is in control of his plane?
/just sayin'

4 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:18:01am

re: #3 abolitionist

Too funny; so true!

5 Oingo Boingo  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:18:07am

Like the man said: Instead of Imanut Whackjob going to Ground Zero.... can't we bring Ground Zero to him?

Can't we? Pretty please?

6 zombie  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:18:28am

Down with "Esrail," hunh?

If they're going to translate their anti-semitics diatribes, they might as well get it right.

7 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:18:50am

Here's hoping the demonstrations against this Mohammed-worshipping barbarian are so large and hostile he is forced to flee for his life.

8 EC Marm  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:19:01am

Archduck Ahmadinejad

/ Not a call to violence. Just studying my history the past couple of days.

9 storagemanager  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:19:09am
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Saturday showed off a longer-range missile in public for the first time and proclaimed a string of anti-Israel slogans, in a military parade held amid warnings of conflict with the West. The missile -- labelled Ghadr-1 (Power) -- was said to be in development by Western experts, but its appearance at the annual military parade to mark the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq was its first public showing.

The official announcer at the parade told reporters that the weapon had a range of 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles), sufficient to put US bases in the Middle East and Iran's arch enemy Israel within reach.

"The Iranian nation is ready to bring any oppressive power to its knees," read a slogan from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inscribed on a massive board on a truck.

The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Jaafari, warned bluntly: "My message to the enemy is that they will regret it (an attack). Do not do it."

The Ghadr missile, which has a "baby bottle" style nose for extra aerodynamic efficiency, is seen as an improved version of Iran's existing longer-range Shahab series, which was also paraded.


[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

10 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:19:27am

re: #3 abolitionist

We have declared his guards terrorists. And they'll be guarding him -- here. INSANE.

11 Thanos  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:20:08am
12 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:21:26am

Bomb, bomb, bomb,

Bomb, bomb, Iran

/Beach Boys

13 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:21:31am

Will his visit include a visit to this center of make-believe?

14 missouri boy[deleted]  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:21:35am
15 Poitiers-Lepanto  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:22:01am

.

He’ll fit right in at Columbia.

LOL !

Right. And the ignoramus-in-chief at Columbia has declared he would have invited even hitler...evidently ignoring the fact that the first lagers had been opened a few months after hitler got in power...

/Well I hope he ignores this...

16 the jinxmedic  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:22:09am

See, it's always good to re-entrench oneself with one's official national policy before embarking on a visit to the great Satan.

Look out Columbia, here we come!

17 Terp Mole  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:22:10am
feted by the National Press Club and Columbia University, and by “progressives.”

... the new American Bund.

18 red satellite  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:22:44am

....and other dignitaries....

Dignitaries? Uh.....that's not a term I would use. How about EFFSTICKS? Hmmmm....yah. I like that one better.

19 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:23:03am

re: #11 Thanos

Also jacks, tacks and brick-a-brac. Open fire hydrants (to cool off), illegal parking, wrong way on one-ways, false calls for 40 taxis tp points x, y and z; Delivery trucks, bicycle messengers...

20 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:23:21am

re: #12 ibrodsky

Bomb, bomb, bomb,

Bomb, bomb, Iran

/Beach Boys

I believe that is /John McCain

21 The Other Les  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:23:44am

I want to riot but I'm in the wrong state and I'm too busy.

22 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:23:51am

re: #20 newsjunkie_ky

McCain on drums...

23 right wing zephyr  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:24:03am

Obscene.


Everybody is afraid of Iran. BS. Iran is a zit on the butt of the free world.
Pop that sucker already.

24 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:24:31am

re: #21 The Other Les

call taxis, pizza deliveries... this is war!

/?

25 pat  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:25:05am

That WWII style light armor is not going to be a match when Johnny comes marching.

26 EC Marm  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:25:48am

Over the years many politicians (both parties, not naming names here, not the point) have pointed to the dissidents in Iran and said that instead of engaging Iran militarily we need to encourage them in hopes that they will rise up.
Well, this time next week the dissidents in Iran will be flooded with these images on newspapers and web sites:

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking in front of the United Nations Security Council

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad preaching the glories of islam before students at a major U.S. University

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lecturing the U.S. press at a luncheon at a four star U.S. restaurant

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (possibly) honoring the memory of the Sept. 11 'martyrs' at Ground Zero in New York

What are these same politicians saying now?
*crickets*
/a.m. repost rant

27 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:25:57am

No doubt, 100,000 homosexuals will march on his hotel, protesting the murder of homosexuals under Iranian Sharia law

oh wait, they're already protesting Bush this weekend. Nevermind

28 storagemanager  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:02am

Ahmadinejad should not be allowed on America soil...Spit...243 Marines in Lebanon.. spit ..Dead American troops in Iraq.....spit...dead American troops in Afganistan...spit...all the people he is helping kill in Lebanon...spit...all the people he is helping to kill in Israel...it is evil to allow that man here.

29 RobCon  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:09am

On first glance it looked like the WTC in flames on those float signs.
Anyone else see that?

30 MandyManners  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:11am

We should let Stacey and Clinton on TLC's What not to Wear have him for a week in NYC. Utter fucking torture.

31 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:17am

It's time we repaid the Islamo-Nazi rulers of Iran for taking our entire embassy staff hostage for a year.

...not to mention decades of material support for mass murder terrorism.

32 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:30am

Where are the pols who should be leading the roadblocks?!

33 pat  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:26:40am

Wish we had one of them Rage Boys.

34 missouri boy  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:27:04am

Charles,

Sorry ,if that was over the line.........I' ll go back to being mainly a "lurker" and keep my igorance to myself..

35 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:27:10am

When does he meet with Bono ?

36 savage_nation[deleted]  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:27:21am
37 FrogMarch  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:27:33am

I think it would be perfectly appropriate for these worldly progressives (Ahmadinejad and Bin Laden) to speak at the upcoming DNC convention next year in Denver.

38 abulafia  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:27:52am

Well the Arabic on the signs actually says "Death to America" and "Death to Israel". (And yes, it's in Arabic - from the left sign it looks like there was a larger caption above, which I'm sure was in Farsi, but all you can see is the bottom of the word "America")

39 savage_nation[deleted]  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:28:10am
40 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:28:27am

re: #38 abulafia

Well the Arabic on the signs actually says "Death to America" and "Death to Israel". (And yes, it's in Arabic - from the left sign it looks like there was a larger caption above, which I'm sure was in Farsi, but all you can see is the bottom of the word "America")


taken out of context

/

41 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:28:37am

re: #35 Shug

And Sean?

42 MandyManners  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:29:40am

He just has a bad case of penis envy.

43 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:30:20am

re: #42 MandyManners


Is he sitting with The Village People?

44 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:31:03am

I hope that there are some Flatbush, Bronx, Manhattan, Jersey Rage Boys who'll say HELL NO! NOT IN MY TOWN, NOT ON THIS SACRED GROUND! NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS< NOT TO MY CHILDREN!

45 akak  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:31:40am
46 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:32:24am

re: #45 akak

Posted here, and picked up on HotAir.

47 debutaunt  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:32:35am

I'm working on being America's rage-girl. Grrrrrrrrr - seeeeeethe...

48 MandyManners  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:33:08am

re: #43 Shug

Where's the cowboy?

49 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:33:26am

re: #42 MandyManners

Dhimmunitive Dictator's Disease.

50 Bobblehead  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:33:33am

Moodyman's worst nightmare would be if people just ignored him. He wants a big ruckus.

51 JammieWearingFool  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:33:47am

Feckless twit Michael Bloomberg doesn't care what Mahmoud has to say.

He has an opinion on everything else under the sun.

52 Shug  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:34:12am

re: #48 MandyManners

re: #43 Shug

Where's the cowboy?


under the table

wink wink

53 EC Marm  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:34:31am

What is the image of on the left side? An Eagle? I can't make any sense out of it.

54 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:35:03am

Dear Columbia son/daughter:

If I see or hear you there, I will stop financing your education.

Dad

55 NJDhockeyfan  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:35:19am
56 MandyManners  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:35:33am

re: #49 cbinflux

re: #42 MandyManners

Dhimmunitive Dictator's Disease.

With emphasis on the "dic" part.

57 JWM  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:35:38am

He has the blood of Americans on his hands.

JWM

58 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:36:22am

Dream scenario:

Shortly after arriving in the U.S., Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested on charges of kidnapping, murder, and conspiring to commit genocide.

He was placed in solitary confinement in a cell with a large-screen TV behind shatter-proof glass. Via this screen, he witnessed the launch over a 24-hour period of more than 5,000 cruise missiles and nuclear bunker-busters targeting Iranian military, infrastructure, and nuclear sites.

/Beach Boys with John McCain on drums

59 Dustyvet  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:36:26am

Let USAF fighters intercept his aircraft, and escort it out of United States Airspace. Peroid!

60 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:36:44am

re: #57 JWM

He has the blood of Americans on his hands.

JWM

But will be treated with honor and respect here, and then feted at home.

61 MandyManners  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:36:54am

re: #52 Shug

re: #48 MandyManners


re: #43 Shug

Where's the cowboy?


under the table

wink wink

Dr. Pepper just came out through my nose. Snot and Dr. Pepper everywhere. Great. Oh, just great. BBL. Gotta' clean up.

62 cbinflux  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:37:05am

re: #59 Dustyvet

Woot!

63 storagemanager  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:37:33am
"Israel should be eliminated" and "No Iranian Muslim, no Muslim recognises Israel," were among the slogans borne on the back of military vehicles, quoting the words of Iran's revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

"Israel has to be wiped off the map," read another Khomeini quote which aroused worldwide controversy when it was repeated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.

The parade came amid growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme, which the United States alleges is cover for a nuclear weapons drive but which Tehran insists is aimed solely at producing electricity.

Do not allow this man on our soil.

64 Poitiers-Lepanto  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:37:56am

re: #57 JWM

He has the blood of Americans on his hands.

JWM

The important point.

And of many others of course....

65 opnion  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:37:57am

If the UN were not here I doubt that this guy could get a visa.
Get the UN out of the US & scale back our dues.
The thing is nothing but a den of corrupt vipers & anti-American diatribes.
The UN is not capable of peace keeping or stopping genocide.
Do not send a guy named Mohammad to monitor Iran's nuclear program.
We really need to rely more on NATO and the emerging Eastern European countries.

66 Phil.  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:37:59am

I think it's official: there's a good 30% of this country that really hate themselves.

My guess is there will be no mention of this rally at the Q-and-A session after Ahmadinejad's "speech". No mention of the "destruction of Israel" comments or "wipe Israel off the map" comments. No mention of the hanging of gay Iranians for the crime of being gay. No mention of the closure of Iranian barbershops who give "Western hair cuts". And certainly no mention of these "Down with the USA" banners.

Of course, on the other hand, some stupid LLL will ask why the evil Chimpy McBushHitler won't let poor peaceful Mahmoud obtain peaceful loving nuclear weapons to deter the evil AmeriKKKa.

I'd only be surprised if the above DIDN'T happen. What is wrong with some of the people in this country?

67 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:40:07am

On the other hand, why not let him in?

We already allow terrorist-sympathizing Islamo-Nazi groups to operate on almost every major college campus.

68 Poitiers-Lepanto  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:40:18am

re: #66 Phil.

What is wrong with some of the people in this country?

Marxist-leninist brainwashing.

69 Perry  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:40:19am

re: #58 ibrodsky

We can dream.....

70 docremulac  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:40:56am

He's coming for another look at the country he wants to destroy and conquer. Just to get another taste of the prize. I'm sure he sees himself as Xerxes doing a recon mission and planning for the day when he enters as a triumphant ruler. His little visit is also to see who will help him run things when he takes over so that's what's behind his little pow wow with the fascists at Columbia. Think muslims don't think this way? Think again.

At the rate this punk's going, his country will have it's own ground zero to visit soon enough.

And hopefully he'll be the first one to experience it.

71 mattm  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:41:10am

We could make Iran ground zero. That way he would not contribute to man's carbon foot print by flying to the UN and still get to experience it.

72 pat  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:41:25am

OT
Fascinating story on a booklet that describes Islamic migration to America. This appears to be a relatively honest attempt, but it does include an important piece of historical revisionism: That the black slaves were Muslims. This is untrue. Muslim traders were not allowed to take as slaves individuals that were already Muslims prior to capture. And the transition from being in African custody to auction was likely far too short for religious studies. /. Nevertheless...

[Link: www.thepeninsulaqatar.com...]

73 Bobblehead  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:41:44am

re: #67 ibrodsky

On the other hand, why not let him in?

We already allow terrorist-sympathizing Islamo-Nazi groups to operate on almost every major college campus.

Perhaps he can hook up with the "F*ck Bush" moron Colorado.

74 storagemanager  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:41:46am

re: #67 ibrodsky

On the other hand, why not let him in?

We already allow terrorist-sympathizing Islamo-Nazi groups to operate on almost every major college campus.


243 dead Marines in Lebanon....is one reason.

75 perkypauly  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:43:06am

He should be permitted to view Ground Zero from a helicopter 1500 feet above and than thrown out to see if he can fly.

76 ibrodsky  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:43:32am

re: #74 storagemanager

re: #67 ibrodsky


On the other hand, why not let him in?

We already allow terrorist-sympathizing Islamo-Nazi groups to operate on almost every major college campus.


243 dead Marines in Lebanon....is one reason.

I should have added:

/sarcasm

My point is not only should we not let him in, we should deport the terrorist-sympathizing Islamists who are already here.

77 Dustyvet  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:47:26am

re: #61 MandyManners

re: #52 Shug


re: #48 MandyManners

re: #43 Shug
Where's the cowboy?

under the table
wink wink

Dr. Pepper just came out through my nose. Snot and Dr. Pepper everywhere. Great. Oh, just great. BBL. Gotta' clean up.

Snot an Dr. Pepper...so much for lunch...:)

78 summergurl  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:47:33am

Ignoring him will only make him think we are a bunch of pansies.. Sometimes you just gotta stand up and be counted

79 Live4Truth  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:47:56am
Tomorrow, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves for New York, to speak at the UN and be feted by the National Press Club and Columbia University, and by “progressives.”

Today, he presided over a huge parade of military hardware, featuring slogans such as “Down with USA” with an image of a burning US flag.

Wow. And this will be headlines on CNN today, right? Right? Right?

Oh, I forgot. CNN's news filter only picks up on things which promote the liberal-left agenda, which is very anti-U.S.. But hey, that doesn't mean they aren't patriotic!

80 bikermailman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:52:03am

re: #19 cbinflux

re: #11 Thanos

Also jacks, tacks and brick-a-brac. Open fire hydrants (to cool off), illegal parking, wrong way on one-ways, false calls for 40 taxis tp points x, y and z; Delivery trucks, bicycle messengers...

Can you imagine opening a firehose on The Little One? My goodness....he'd be swept out to sea....lol

81 Against Socialism  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:58:59am

And this creature you let into your land?

Your leaders are all insane.

82 iraqihere  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:00:07am

re: #38 abulafia

yes correct, I noticed it too, while in english they wrote "down with ", they actually in Arabic said "death to" , that's give clear picture of their double messages which we are familiar with, but some westerners on the left or in the media are obviously not or trying not or pretending not.

83 MrBob  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:00:51am

If it weren't for new media and places like LGF, this kind of thing is downright heart breaking when you are one of those over here (I am currently deployed) just off the coast of Iran fighting these bastards.

I agree with the commentor who said, let's bring ground zero to him if he can't visit it. Progressives are so open minded their brains have fallen out.

Let's invite Hitler in and let him legitimize himself and give a political speech. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is all I can say.

84 bikermailman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:02:30am

re: #81 Against Socialism

And this creature you let into your land?

Your leaders are all insane.

The UN charter requires it by law, including a 25 mile radius, IIRC. Not to say that I don't want the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN....

85 bikermailman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:04:37am

re: #83 MrBob

If it weren't for new media and places like LGF, this kind of thing is downright heart breaking when you are one of those over here (I am currently deployed) just off the coast of Iran fighting these bastards.

I agree with the commentor who said, let's bring ground zero to him if he can't visit it. Progressives are so open minded their brains have fallen out.

Let's invite Hitler in and let him legitimize himself and give a political speech. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is all I can say.

Many thanks to you and yours serving. You guys see the media, and I know it sucks. There are a whole lot of people over here who appreciate you, and are thankful. A round for the lot of you!

86 SeafoodGumbo  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:10:18am

Check out the weird pic at #316 in that slideshow.

87 undhimmicratic  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:14:12am

Abulafia and Iraqihere: Thank you.

No surprise, unfortunately, but it's important to know what's really being said. It is also interesting that they are afraid to write 'Death to America' in English in the hours before their fearless leader heads for NYC. What do you suppose they are afraid of?

88 Shaky Louie  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:14:56am

re: #75 perkypauly

He should be permitted to view Ground Zero from a helicopter 1500 feet above and than thrown out to see if he can fly.


"But I swear, I thought turkeys could fly!"
Les Nessman WKRP

89 missouri boy  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:15:28am

The B-2 s just flew over .....Columbia ,Mo....MU football stadium,...awsome!

90 ctrlL  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:20:46am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 3rd left, and other dignitaries watch as military jeeps of the Iran Revolutionary Guards carry anti U.S. and anti Israel slogans during large-scale military parades ... on Saturday Sept. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Since when do they use ENGLISH to print signs ?

/just askin'

91 Maximu§  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:25:37am

Well, well well......Death to America once more eh?

Im wondering why the Bush administartion is allowing this little Nazi into America? If President Bush has a good reason, he should explain it to his base and also publically condemn Columbia U for their TREASON.

Maximu§
3/11 ACR

92 rw in san diego  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:26:15am

re: #35 Shug

When does he meet with Bono ?

Sonny?

/ducks

93 new2thezoo  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:26:45am

It will be really interesting to see what the 'little man' has to say at the UN. I wonder if he will glow this time and have madhivisions? Maybe he and Chavez will have a duo hate screed, their head will explode and off they will dissolve in a puff of smoke. (Just imagining)

You can imagine all the creme puff questions that will be put to him at Columbia by all those 'regressive' students. "Oh, your excellency, could you please grace us with your comparisons of GWB to Hitler?"

BTW, why isn't this being broadcast over every TV and radio station like the OJ sting? Just dang.

94 abulafia  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:28:23am

re: #87 undhimmicratic


The Iranian regime is nuts, but I don't think they are altogether indifferent to foreign public opinion. They throw enough (clumsy) sops out there that someone who wants badly to fool themselves can do so. I am sure that AP knew exactly what the signs said. And anyone who has seen one of the Friday sermons given by the regime leaders knows that at the end, after Allah Akbar, they all shout "marg beh Amrika" - death to America. Nice tradition, huh?

95 undhimmicratic  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:33:21am

Interesting. So is "marg beh Israel" the other optional alternative to "Amen"?

96 bikermailman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:33:45am

re: #93 new2thezoo

It will be really interesting to see what the 'little man' has to say at the UN. I wonder if he will glow this time and have madhivisions? Maybe he and Chavez will have a duo hate screed, their head will explode and off they will dissolve in a puff of smoke. (Just imagining)

You can imagine all the creme puff questions that will be put to him at Columbia by all those 'regressive' students. "Oh, your excellency, could you please grace us with your comparisons of GWB to Hitler?"

BTW, why isn't this being broadcast over every TV and radio station like the OJ sting? Just dang.

I like your term 'regressive'. From now on, there is no more 'progressive' when used for the leftists, it's 'regressive'. Goodonya!

97 abulafia  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:36:49am

re: #95 undhimmicratic

Heh - actually in Farsi it comes out "Esrail" - just like they wrote on the sign in English. Guess they never heard of spellcheck.

98 Attaboid  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:41:14am

...[deleted]

99 Carol Herman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:45:41am

Well, let's see?

Israel's not a nation of "victims."

Most Americans laugh at the Code Pinker's, and all that goes with name changing from "liberal" to "progressive." Hasn't turned most Americans into a nation of appeasers. OR victims!

That's just the way it is.

While I do notice, as Israel removed Assad's testicles, BOTH OF THEM. Each one taken off in one-day "events." July 23rd. And, September 6th.

Without any facial expressions! It could be called "amazing." But not by me. There's too much Botox out there, to even expect "facial changes" from diplomatic-pants-dancers.

HOWEVER! It seems iran has one business going: TURN-AROUND TIME FOR SIGN PAINTERS! Must be the only way left, over there, to earn a living and feed your families.

Plus? Notice, they ADD English! Not enough, now, to send those signs out onto the parade grounds, without ENGLISH!

Who knows? Maybe, iranians are learning to read English?

Wouldn't be a bad outcome.

Sign painters, like buglers, and little boy drummers, never won wars. They weren't equipped with the ammunition.

The other stuff? Really. WE. ARE. NOT. VICTIMS!

Most Americans, though, laugh at these shenanigans. Sure. Goes unreported on the much slower MSM.

But don't knock the Internet's power. It's faster! And, yes. It has "audience."

How much audience? Ask Charles. He's got a media site counter; then multiply it by how many sites ya visit in a day.

Good catch, abulafia, at #97. From Farsi. To misspelled English. Gotta love those attempts.

100 vagabond trader  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:53:23am

re: #90 ctrlL

Since this entire fiasco is geared toward their western/progressive American admiration club, most of whom presumably do not read Farsi or Arabic.

101 abulafia  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 12:03:16pm

re: #82 iraqihere

Hi Iraqihere, if you're still checking in on this thread - any thoughts on the coalition crisis in Iraq? I admit, I have trouble making heads or tails of Iraqi politics.

102 Don Miguel  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 12:46:36pm
Several Arabic-speaking readers have emailed to let me know that the slogan in Arabic above “Down with USA/Esrail” actually says “DEATH to USA/Israel.”

Wouldn't that be in Farsi (which is written in Arabic script), not Arabic?

103 Carol Herman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 12:48:21pm

re: #101 abulafia

re: #82 iraqihere

Hi Iraqihere, if you're still checking in on this thread - any
thoughts on the coalition crisis in Iraq? I admit, I have trouble
making heads or tails of Iraqi politics.


Time to go to Iraq The Model.

If Maliki has coalition troubles, then his troubles have begun. (I thought so. I thought going after a headline that said Ambassador Crocker was dead in a convoy accident, was about as dumb a move as what's up with Assad. In syria.) Serious. For their side.

I suspected Maliki is just out there, twisting slowly in the wind.

104 Joe Mama  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 1:20:07pm

Several Arabic-speaking readers have emailed to let me know that the slogan in Arabic above “Down with USA/Esrail” actually says “DEATH to USA/Israel.”

Don't Persians speak Farsi?

In a sane world it should be interpreted more prophetically (ahem) as:

“DEATH to from USA/Israel.”

105 Throbert McGee  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:19:16pm
Several Arabic-speaking readers have emailed to let me know that the slogan in Arabic script, above ''Down with USA/Esrail,'' actually says ''DEATH to USA/Israel.''

That in itself doesn't necessarily mean anything. Consider that although "to hate" literally refers to an intensely negative and often violent emotional response, it's perfectly commonplace in English to say "I hate pistachio ice cream." The actual meaning, in that example, is much milder than a literal analysis would suggest. (Consider, also, that "fuck you" never means "go and have some enjoyable sex!")

So the question I would ask any Farsi or Arabic speakers is, would a normal person ever say "Marg bar pistachio ice cream" or "Al mout li pistachio ice cream," despite the fact that both expressions literally mean "death to"?

In other words, can the expressions signify mild, non-violent disapproval of trivial things? Or is the "death" part, in general, meant literally?

106 laxmatt1984  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:20:44pm

Arabic?

Are you sure it's not Farsi?

107 Spiny Norman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:22:12pm

re: #105 Throbert McGee

Several Arabic-speaking readers have emailed to let me know that the slogan in Arabic script, above ''Down with USA/Esrail,'' actually says ''DEATH to USA/Israel.''

That in itself doesn't necessarily mean anything. Consider that although "to hate" literally refers to an intensely negative and often violent emotional response, it's perfectly commonplace in English to say "I hate pistachio ice cream." The actual meaning, in that example, is much milder than a literal analysis would suggest. (Consider, also, that "fuck you" never means "go and have some enjoyable sex!")

So the question I would ask any Farsi or Arabic speakers is, would a normal person ever say "Marg bar pistachio ice cream" or "Al mout li pistachio ice cream," despite the fact that both expressions literally mean "death to"?

In other words, can the expressions signify mild, non-violent disapproval of trivial things? Or is the "death" part, in general, meant literally?

Considering they've used the same chant since 1979, I think we can be fairly certain it is meant literally.

108 Spiny Norman  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:24:20pm

re: #90 ctrlL

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 3rd left, and other dignitaries watch as military jeeps of the Iran Revolutionary Guards carry anti U.S. and anti Israel slogans during large-scale military parades ... on Saturday Sept. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Since when do they use ENGLISH to print signs ?

/just askin'

When they're putting on a show for the US Democrat Network News.

109 big L  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:39:42pm

Intersting that Kurt Waldheim gets blocked from coming to the uSA, even as UN sec gen, due to his SS officer past. AND SO the same rule does not apply to ahmadinejad. IT is the state dept that should have said, "off to Geneva with you for your speech"

110 big L  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 2:42:54pm

92-Rw in San diego...Uh Sonny bono is dead.
/Oh yeah, I get it.

111 uradumone  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 3:04:55pm

In Saudi Arabia they have a huge sign leading to Mecca that reads "muslims only". I think we should have a sign at Ground Zero with just the opposite written on it.

112 Cheese Eating Victory Monkey  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 3:12:36pm

I wonder if the law allows for the forced commitment of someone with diplomatic papers? His illusions of grandeur and all his ranting and raving must be described somewhere in the DSM-IV.

Assuming this loophole in the diplomatic law exists, it would be great to see the "men in white coats" escorting Dinnerjacket to a closed ward for observation. Maybe he can have one of those Saddam-style oral cavity checks in front of the media while they're at it...

113 Ward Cleaver  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 3:20:18pm

Our government: Schmucks.

114 winston06  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 4:16:37pm

Yep, the persian script also has the same BS.

%u0645%u0631%u06AF %u0628%u0631 %u0627%u0645%u0631%u06CC%u06A9%u0627: down with America

%u0645%u0631%u06AF %u0628%u0631 %u0627%u0633%u0631%u0627%u0626%u06CC%u0644: Down with Israel

Terrible... I am ashamed of being an Iranian :-(

115 winston06  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 4:17:19pm

Oops, i think my above comment (i wrote stuff in persian) was not supported by the LGF site. Sorry!

116 cadetwithchips2  Sat, Sep 22, 2007 6:27:38pm

Just out of morbid curiosity....

Why are the Iranians displaying a sign in Arabic?

117 Revka  Mon, Sep 24, 2007 4:26:04am

I think that may be a burning WTC on that sign? Has anyone noticed that?

Does anyone feel like the person who just murdered your family is coming back to spit on your face and hang out in your house while a few liberals have tied you to a chair?

It is these leftist nut jobs who are going to aid our enemies in bringing 'death to America'. They need to be dealt with. This is treasonous and we can't just allow the leftists to allow Hitlers' in our country who are fighting a proxy war against us spilling the blood of our sons and daughters in Iraq.

I guarantee you if Ann Coulter, Bush or Cheney were speaking there, there would be no respect, no peaceful dialog by the left.. I know, I have been at one of Ann's speaking engagements and the leftist students wouldn't even allow dialog with Ann. When she allowed them to ask a question, they started a big scene and would rudely yell out while she was speaking. It was disgusting behavior. They do the same with Cheney and Rumsfeld.

I guarantee you the left will show Ahmadinejad the utmost respect and they will buy into everything he lies about regardless of the pictures that are shown on this website. Regardless of the truth, the leftists will walk away changed in their thinking of him, and he will not change in his thinking about America. These students think they are really tough and that they can influence him by their 'tough' questions. NOW THAT is incredibly dumb and naive.

118 Revka  Mon, Sep 24, 2007 4:30:20am

Maybe they will arrest him the minute he steps on our soil? We have plenty against him for war crimes. We have solid evidence of Iranian bombs being used to kill our men in Iraq.

Maybe we will be shocked and awed when he is arrested and taken to Gitmo?


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