Ahmadinejad's Countdown to Armageddon

Once again, Iran's Ahmadinejad has issued threats against Israel's continuing existence. He also continues to threaten the West:

The countdown to Israel's destruction has begun, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech commemorating the death of Iranian revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Sunday.

"The arrogant superpowers and the Zionist regime invested all their efforts during the 33-day war, but after 60 years, their pride has been trampled and the countdown to the destruction of this regime has been started by Hizbullah fighters," the president was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency Mehr.

Ahmadinejad added that "with the help of all the Lebanese and Palestinian fighters, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future… Anyone who works for God and believes in the power of the people will prevail."

Israel is not the only nation about to collapse, according to the Iranian president. The other "corrupt" nations will also give in to the Islamic republic's strength and suffer the same fate.

Israel is arrogant only because it refuses to cease to exist. Iran continues to develop its nuclear program despite international pressure to make them cease and desist. The IAEA's El Baredi, who is charged nuclear non-proliferation thinks that the West is engaging in warmongering by threatening to take action against Iran if it continues. He, of course, ignores the near daily threats to wipe Israel off the map - threats that could only happen if Iran had nuclear weapons.

"We are already witnessing the repercussions of the surrender. The people of Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan and all over the world are joining this river that will soon be linked to the ocean of truth and justice," he said.

Discussing the resistance of suppressed nations, Ahmadinejad said that according to Khomeini's teachings, "no power can stand in the way of a people's will for independence."

Of course, Iran is acutely interested in expanding its own sphere of influence, and Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Israel are all part of the plan to spread its version of Islam across the region. Standing in its way is the US efforts in Iraq, a teetering Lebanese government, and Israel.