You had to figure we’d hear from the Thug-in-Chief on Egypt at some point. Indeed, jihadists are salivating at the prospects the Egyptian uprising has created for another chance to obliterate the State of Israel. One of the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders in Egypt, Mohamed Ghanem, has already said the Egyptian army should prepare for war with Israel.
Israel is only first in line for what the jihadists would inflict on the rest of us. “US, Israel will soon exit Middle East: Ahmadinejad,” from Agence France-Presse, February 11 (thanks to all who sent this in):
AFP – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that a new Middle East is being created which would be free of the United States and Israel, as he backed the Arab uprisings but warned Egyptians to be watchful of America’s “friendly face.”
Massive crowds of Iranians, waving flags and chanting “Death to Mubarak!” and “Death to America!” descended on Tehran’s Azadi Square (Freedom Square) to listen to the hardliner who lashed out at the West and Israel in a speech marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
“We will soon see a new Middle East materialising without America and the Zionist regime and there will be no room for world arrogance (the West) in it,” Ahmadinejad told the cheering crowds who gathered despite the cold and cloudy weather.
In a speech directed in good part at the Arab uprisings, Ahmadinejad said Egyptians need to be careful of the United States.
“They (the United States) have adopted a friendly face and saying ‘we are friends of people of North Africa and Arab countries’, but be watchful and united. You will be victorious,” he said.
“Iranian nation is your friend and it is your right to freely choose your path. Iranian nation backs this right of yours.”
Iran, which has no diplomatic ties with Egypt, has expressed its support to the uprising there, with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for installing an Islamic regime in the world’s most populous Arab nation.
And for Ahmadinejad, This Could Be the Start of Something Big:
In his fiery style, Ahmadinejad, showed his messianic beliefs on Friday, saying the world was witnessing a revolution managed by Imam Mehdi, the 12 Shiite imam who disappeared as a five-year-old in the 10th century and who Shiites believe would return on the judgement day.
“The final move has begun. We are in the middle of a world revolution managed by this dear (12th Imam). A great awakening is unfolding. One can witness the hand of Imam in managing it,” said Ahmadinejad, wearing his trademark jacket.