No, Ahmadinejad didn’t say that. It was his buddy Hugo Chavez, who seems all too ready to make common cause with the global jihadists: “Chavez Says U.S. Empire Will Soon Fall, Calls Bush ‘Devil,'” from AP, with thanks to Rob:
UNITED NATIONS “” The United States will soon lose its place as leader of the world, and the United Nations is a broken organization that is beyond repair, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday.
“The United States empire is on its way down and it will be finished in the near future, inshallah,” Chavez told reporters, ending the statement with the Arabic phrase for “God willing.”
Not only Muslims, but also many Arabic-speaking Christians use this phrase, but in context, it is unlikely that Chavez was intending to reach out to Christians.