"Iran Can Also Be Wiped Off The Map."

Source: The Jerusalem Post

How does one Israeli respond with a goodwill gesture letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President George Bush seeking middle ground in the dispute between the two countries? By threats of a nuclear attack, of course.

I guess Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres was an outstanding graduate from the GW school of diplomacy.

Bravo.

Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Monday in an interview to Reuters that "the president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map," Army Radio reported.

According to Peres, "Teheran is making a mockery of the international community's efforts to solve the crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program."

"Iran presents a danger to the entire world, not just to us," Peres added.

Peres' vehement expressions came the same day that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wrote to US President George W. Bush proposing "new solutions" to their differences in the first letter from an Iranian leader to an American president in 27 years, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Monday.

The letter was sent via the Swiss Embassy in Teheran, which has a US interests section, Elham told a press conference.

In the letter, Ahmadinejad proposes "new solutions for getting out of international problems and current fragile situation of the world," Elham said.

With friends and diplomats like this, who needs enemies?

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