When Hitler was totally enraged, the story goes, he would throw fits and bite the carpet. Whether it's true or not, Tehran's mullahs look like they are biting a Persian rug. There are some Mad Mullahs in Tehran today.

According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) someone named Mohsen Rezai just declared in an interview with the Iranian News Channel that:

1. There will be chaos in Tel Aviv "if Hezbollah's patience runs out."

"There are atomic and chemical arsenals right between Haifa and Tel Aviv, and there might be problems there. An unexpected situation might develop."

... Interviewer: "So if they push Hizbullah to the Litani (River), Haifa may still get hit?"

Mohsen Rezai: "Haifa goes without saying..."

Interviewer: "Tel Aviv as well?"

Mohsen Rezai: "Hizbullah has trump cards, but Israel has exploited Hizbullah's humanitarianism. (Sic).""

But that's not enough.

2. "Condoleezza Rice should be tried as the first female war criminal."

"In my opinion, it would be best if the legal experts of the Islamic world prepare some kind of legal action against Ms. Rice. I think this lady is the first ever female war criminal, and she should be brought to trial. She has explicitly declared — and I think this was a political mistake by her — that she is giving Israel a free hand to attack Lebanon. This in itself is enough to prepare a case against her as a war criminal."

Psychiatrists will recognize these fantasies as classic expressions of malevolent, narcissistic rage. This is what certain people do when they are thwarted.

Who is Mohsen Rezai? He is the Secretary of the Expediency Council of Iran, the most powerful body of mullahs which really runs the country. He is also a former Commander of the Iran Revolutionary Guards, which created, trained, supplied, indoctrinated, and has directed Hezbollah for the last twenty years.

Is he dangerous? You bet. Can he and his ilk be stopped? It's happening right now. That's how we can tell that Israel's attack on Hezbollah is succeeding.

Kudos to Condi Rice, President Bush, and the IDF.

James Lewis   7 27 06