Jay already commented on one aspect of this story, but I did want to note that the Thug-In-Chief is apparently working on a timetable.
By Dudi Cohen for Ynet News:
The countdown to Israel’s destruction has begun, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech commemorating the death of Iranian revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Sunday.
“The arrogant superpowers and the Zionist regime invested all their efforts during the 33-day war, but after 60 years, their pride has been trampled and the countdown to the destruction of this regime has been started by Hizbullah fighters,” the president was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency Mehr.
Ahmadinejad added that “with the help of all the Lebanese and Palestinian fighters, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future“¦ Anyone who works for God and believes in the power of the people will prevail.”…
He pointed out the Palestinians as an example of a people who draw encouragement from the ways of the Iranian people. “The Palestinian people have begun their movement out of oppression and the world’s nations and the Zionist regime will be forced to bow down to the Palestinians and officially acknowledge this people.”
Another illustration of jihadist mendacity (as if we needed another): Israel has recognized the Palestinians again and again. What has never happened, and never will happen, is recognition of Israel by Hamas and Hizballah.
Not commenting on the nuclear problem directly, the president hinted that “Khomeini believed that when a nation reaches a point where it makes a decision, no power can tackle it and this is the road Iran is taking.”
Ahmadinejaed ended his speech by urging the nations of the world to believe in God, saying, “The final victory, the power of the people, and the destruction of tryants is near.”
Striking a John Lennonish tone there at the end. Power to the people, right on, Mahmoud.