Iran warns of missile strike

Jason Burke, chief Europe correspondent
Sunday January 29, 2006
The Observer

"Senior Iranian officials further raised tensions with the West yesterday, implicitly warning that Tehran would use missiles to strike Israel or Western forces stationed in the Gulf if attacked."

Sometimes I wonder about the sanity of the people who work for certain governments.

Why threaten a missle strike on a country that has not threatened you?

Israel is currently involved in a few issues of its own, a leadership vacuum combined with the fact that an Iranian backed terrorist group (Hamas) has achieved political power in Palestine.

However when you add to this mix, the volatile threats of the new Iranian President who announces just before the anniversary of the Holocaust that it did not exist and that Israel should be wiped from the face of the planet you have a situation that is just ripe for action.

I have not heard any threats from Israel towards Iran.

I have however heard threats from Iran against Israel.

Is there a sincere desire from the Iranian leadership to threaten other nations?

If so, then those nations would be foolish indeed if they were to wait until Iran acquired the capacity to place a nuclear warhead on the missles with which they now threaten them.

At what point is there a right to self defense?

After you have been assaulted?