Quick, call Juan Cole! (again!)

Once again, Iran makes it explicitly clear that it wants to destroy Israel, despite the claims of its apologists.

Iran's Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar (R) stands under a banner as he takes part in an anti-Israel rally in Tehran in support of Palestinians in Gaza, December 29, 2008.

Maybe those words translate into Persian as "We love flowers and cute cuddly animals." You can't really be sure, can you?