It gets worse. Not enough media attention was paid to the peroration of Ahmadinejad's UN speech, which reiterated his belief – also expressed at the UN last September – in the imminent return of the Hidden Twelfth Imam, a paragon of virtue who Shi'ite Muslims believe will cleanse the earth of evil shortly before the End of Days. Get this: "I emphatically declare that today's world … longs for the perfect righteous human being and the real saviour who has been promised to all peoples and who will establish justice, peace and brotherhood on the planet. O, Almighty God … bestow upon humanity … the perfect human being promised to all by You, and make us among his followers and among those who strive for his return and his cause."
What does all that mean for you and me? It means that the old mutually assured destruction (MAD) deterrent won't work on him. In fact, he means to hasten the End of Days to hasten the coming of the Hidden Twelfth Imam. Ponder that for a while.
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