Ahmadinejad Promises To Destroy Israel

How many code words for "I'm gonna nuke the Jews" can you fit into one speech? Ask the President of Iran:

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.
"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."
....He did not say how this would be achieved, but insisted to the audience of at least 900 people: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon."
"The existence of this (Israeli) regime is a permanent threat" to the Middle East, he added. "Its existence has harmed the dignity of Islamic nations."

CNN, desperate to aid and abett terrorism worldwide, comes up with this spin:

But the tone of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to a conference on the Palestinian issue was slightly more moderate than fiery rhetoric last year, when Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted him as telling a conference: "Israel must be wiped off the map."
"The existence of the Zionist regime is tantamount to an imposition of an unending and unrestrained threat so that none of the nations and Islamic countries of the region and beyond can feel secure from its threat," Ahmadinejad said on Friday.

More moderate? I don't think so; how stupid do you think the English-speaking public is? Or maybe the UN is writing for CNN these days; after all, on the same day Iran announced it has enriched uranium (and performed a dark song and dance to celebrate) -

(the) United Nations Commission on Disarmament on Tuesday elected Iran as deputy for Asian nations. The UN Commission opened its annual meeting on Monday which will work until April 28. The UN Commission on Disarmament which is subsidiary organ of the General Assembly will review disarmament and international security.

Of course, within five minutes they were calling on Israel to disarm...will this evil sideshow continue until the mushroom clouds start rising? Via LGF, Caroline Glick sounds a warning:

This week Teheran threw down the gauntlet. The greatest battle of this war - the battle to prevent the world’s most dangerous regime from attaining the most dangerous weapons known to man - has begun. The moment has arrived for President George W. Bush to make clear if he is, in the final analysis, the leader of the free world or its undertaker.

No, Caroline, no, no...you see, it is George Bush's fault; Iran is peaceful, all they want is clean nuclear energy - it is our American president who is keeping us in a "state of fear". Just lie back, close your eyes, and stick your head in the cool, soft sand...