We don't know it now, living as we do with the daily news of death and destruction in Iraq, but the day is coming when a vastly more destructive event will transfigure the Middle East. The mullahcracy of Iran will be severely crippled in what Harry Truman once called "a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth." Because this is what too many Iranians invite.
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's new president has repeated a remark from a former ayatollah that Israel should be "wiped out from the map," insisting that a new series of attacks will destroy the Jewish state, and lashing out at Muslim countries and leaders that acknowledge Israel.These are quiet and peaceful days we are seeing in the Middle East, my friend, compared to what must come. The Jewish people will not permit themselves to be threatened like this. And we Americans will have nothing to say about it when they make their move against Iran.
The remarks by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- reported by Islamic Republic News Agency -- coincide with a month-long protest against Israel called "World without Zionism" and with the approach of Jerusalem Day.
World without Zionism is a nationwide event the planners intend to hold annually, and Ahmadinejad made the remarks during a meeting with protesting students at the Interior Ministry.
Ahmadinejad quoted a remark from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution, who said that Israel "must be wiped out from the map of the world."
The president then said: "And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism," according to a quote published by IRNA.
I don't make this observation lightly or to wax dramatic. I say it with absolute certainty: the Israeli people will some day use nuclear weapons against Iran. And, when they do, it will rewrite their history amongst the Muslim world.