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Originally Posted by Skybird
English:
Revealing is a quote of Ayatollah Rafsanjani four years ago, who is regarded as a "moderate" (quote is given by Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute): "If one day the Islamic world also possesses these weapons like Israel, then the strategy of the imperialists will come to a standstill, becasue even the power of only one such weapon would destroy all and everything there (in Israel). IT IS NOT IRRATIONAL TO TAKE SUCH A POSSEBILITY INTO ACCOUNT."
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Where is he intending to aim that nuke to "destroy all and everyone" in Israel? Jerusalem?
Somehow I find it unlikely that a Muslim country would nuke Islam's third holiest city and probably damage or destroy the Dome of the Rock. I can't deny the possibility, but it sounds a tad odd.
(PS. It would be most prudent to add "(emphasis mine)" to that translation.)