All those in favor of bestowing nuclear responsibilities on Iran say 'aye'

A snippet of a sermon by Iranian ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, via Andrew Sullivan:

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Western culture and civilization - and especially criminal America - are heading towards a serious collapse.

Crowd: Allah Akbar.

Allah Akbar.

Allah Akbar.

Khamenei is the leader.

Death to those who reject the rule of the Jurisprudent.

Death to America.

Death to England.

Death to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e Khalq] and Saddam.

Death to Israel.

Christianity sucks. I never got to hear such riveting speeches in church when I was a kid. When I read this stuff in western newspapers, it tends to be a satirical piece in The Onion. Speaking of which, it seems the crowd could use some Onion schooling in divinity:

(By the way, I will post more on the Hofstad group verdict later on. Several politicians have commented on the verdict, which is a direct violation of the trias politica. Moreover, any comments at this time are hugely premature, since the full verdicts have not been made available to the general public yet; only a summary has. And as they say: 'Death of a Salesman' is summarized by its title.)

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