Genocidal aspirations? “We”re not going to express any preferences.”
“US Has “˜No Preference” Whether Ahmadinejad Wins or Loses,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, June 11 (thanks to Tzv):
The United States is not taking sides in Friday’s presidential elections in Iran even though incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for eliminating Israel.
After State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters at the daily press briefing, “We”re not going to express any preferences,” a journalist asked, “Wouldn’t the United States prefer that Iran had a president who doesn’t say that Israel should be wiped off the face of the planet?”
Kelley repeated, “We”re not going to express any preferences.”
Pressed again that “you have no problem with a president of Iran wanting Israel to be wiped off the face of the map?” Kelly said that American statements “vis-Ã -vis Israel are clear.”…
Really?