There's a word for this. Hubris.
The same kind of hubris that made Admiral Yamamoto vow that he'd dictate peace terms in the White House........right before his disaster at Midway.
Posted on 05/02/2008 3:25:31 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
A top cleric on Friday vowed that Iran would deal a knock-out blow to what he called maniacs in the United States and Israel if they ever attacked the Islamic republic.
"If maniacs in Washington or Tel Aviv seek to take action, the Iranian nation will slap them so hard they will not get off the floor," hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami said in a Friday prayer sermon carried live on state radio.
The Pentagon on Wednesday denied reports of new plans for military options against Iran, which is accused by the United States of seeking nuclear weapons, sponsoring terrorism and meddling in Iraq.
Iran vehemently denies all the charges.
However, Washington has never ruled out a military option in a bid to thwart Iran's nuclear drive, which Tehran insists is solely aimed at peaceful energy production.
The cleric said the fact that the United States had not yet attacked Iran was because it "has not been possible, not that it did not want to."
"Death be upon" Israel for "celebrating the killing of innocent people" in the Gaza Strip, Khatami also said. Iran does not recognise Israel, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the annihilation of the Jewish State.
"Israel should know that these pressures will pave the way for another Intifada which will turn the Israelis' day into night," Khatami said.
Israel, the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear po "Shame on you that your presidents should be weak-willed servants of Israel," he said. wer, accuses Iran of seeking atomic weapons and has urged tougher punitive measures against Tehran, which is already under three sets of UN Security Council sanctions for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
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"Shame on you that your presidents should be weak-willed servants of Israel," he said.
Better than being moronic,weak-willed sycophants of some murderous, whore-mongering, pedophile, jihadist sociopath.
Dude sounds like a pussycat compared to the Rev Wright.
Everyone has their Rev Wright
whore-mongering?
Yeah, mother of all battles...blah, blah, blah.
If McCain wins in November, the GWB is going to light you up Mullah-bulla!
“Dude sounds like a pussycat compared to the Rev Wright.”
Dude! It was Rev Wright.
LOL!!!!
(They sure have been actin’ nervous lately, eh?)
One of the 1st JDAMs or HELLFIRERs should have this guys name on it. He can give his “crushing” response from hell.
Yeah, a phrase I coined for that special ocassion that conveys the full brunt of my antipathy for Islamic fundamentalistism as characterized by Saudi Wahabbis, Iranian Shi’ites, Osama Bin Ladin and his ilk.
Is “cleric” another word for General?
Yea, yea, yea... Listen up blowhard, the last bigmouth who promised the US a mother-of-all battles, was pulled out of a spidy hole after hgiding like a little girl for months, had his head checked for lice on worldwide TV, and then swung from a gallows.
Slap! What’s he pretending to do, call the UN?
We should send them a full volley of Tomahawks from an Ohio class SSGN.
Yeah Yeah and Saddam promised us the Mother of all Battles. Problem is that is all these clowns can do. Talk smack and abuse their womenfolk.
I think it would be more like a whole bunch of innocent civilians murdered by the islamofascists versus “crushing” response.
That kind of verbal diahrrea might fly with these flat- earth moon-cult nutcase's beyatches, but they won't be slapping anything after they're converted into air pollution.
Jo Momma know you ain't home from skool today?
Shut up, 'top cleric' raghead.
I don't know what beaks's me more...Sand 'top clerics' flapping their lips or any media giving time to sand 'top clerics' flapping their lips.
Pray to Allah that you don't experience a "crushing response"....Mr. Top Cleric.
........... Yes, I feel better now.......
“If maniacs in Washington or Tel Aviv seek to take action, the Iranian nation will slap them so hard they will not get off the floor,” hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami said.....
Geez......
I’m so skeerd, That my kneez be knockin’ mah gut bees quiverin’, and I just soiled mah drawers.......
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be nice if we could attack Iran for sixty minutes using every weapon in our arsenal except nuclear weapons. Nothing shuts up a loudmouth weakling like a swift kick in the teeth.
I am curious as to who they will Intafada against since the Israelis left Garza over a year ago.
“Top cleric Vows Crushing Response if Iran Attacked”
How are you going to do that after we break all your stuff?
Personally, I prefer a little lower on the anatomy, if you catch my drift. :0
-Traveler
If we really were the bloody, imperialistic bastards the whiners on the left say we are, we would slap down this weasel and just take the damn oil.
Yeah... pot, meet kettle
They've got kind of a 1 vs. 100 - there's no money, but there's the mob.
You put a smile of victory on my face - thanks.
Well, now...if they FORCE us...we’ll just have no other choice, now will we? ;-)
What a crock.
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