Monday, March 3, 2014

Iran's President Tells His Generals To 'Shut-Up'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lauded the country’s Armed Forces for their preparedness to confront any possible attacks by the enemies. Fars News Agency

Rouhani Tells Iran Generals To Cut Hostile Rhetoric -- Gulf News/Reuters

‘It is very important to formulate speeches in a way that is not construed as threat,’ he says

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani urged Iran’s military leaders on Saturday to let diplomacy prevail in dealing with potential foreign threats, in a clear reference to efforts to end the nuclear dispute and decades of hostile relations with the West.

“It is very important to formulate one’s sentences and speeches in a way that is not construed as threat, intention to strike a blow,” Rouhani said in a meeting with Iran’s top military echelon.

“We must be very careful in our calculations. Launching missiles and staging military exercises to scare off the other side is not good deterrence, although a necessity in its proper place,” the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.

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My Comment: I have to laugh at this report. Iranian generals are indoctrinated on day one that America is the Great Satan, Israel must be destroyed, and the Middle East is Iran's sphere of influence. They cannot change their "DNA" over night.

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