Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez have formed a mutual admiration society in Tehran, bonding over their hatred for Israel and America. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Fortunately, my dear brother Mr. Chavez holds revolutionary and lofty points of view. In this we are in complete agreement. We consider the economies of our countries to be complementary, rather than competing economies. […]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: Why don’t they [Israel] look for an army, and confront it like a real army? If you want war, look for a real army to fight. If they want war, because of the demons inside them, why don’t they behave like a soldier? I am a soldier. Come up against us soldiers. But what cowardice, to bomb a shelter with women and children, who don’t even have a stone with which to defend themselves. How valiant the Israeli pilots must feel when they act this way. I tell you, from here, from Tehran, 1,000 times: Assassins, cowards. But, in all honesty, they are totally condemned. From the depths of the soul of the peoples, a force will emerge that will put an end to imperialism and all its lackeys. […]

Chavez: This brings to mind something said by Bolivar, our liberating father. When they assassinated [General] Sucre, one of the great liberators of South America, Bolivar said: “They have killed the Abel of Columbia.” Abel…Cain and Abel… He said a sentence directed at God. Bolivar said that day: “God, if there is any justice, send a bolt of lightning from Your hands upon the monsters.” I say today, “God, if there is any justice, send bolts of lightning from Your hands upon the monsters.” Allah willing.

Ahmadinejad: Allah willing. [applause] […]

Ahmadinejad: We, along with all the peoples and free human beings, condemn this cowardly and despicable behavior. We believe that those primarily responsible for these crimes are the ones who established this corrupt regime, and who use it to control the peoples. We believe that these crimes are bringing this corrupt regime and its supporters quickly to their end. America and England must answer for these crimes. This has been registered in the memory and history of the peoples. Allah willing, the hand of divine power will emerge from the sleeve of the peoples and will avenge the blood that has been unjustly shed. It has become clear once again that all the slogans of human rights, peace, and democracy are nothing but a lie. The rule of hegemony is making a huge error if it thinks that through these crimes and bloodshed it can tighten its rule over the peoples of the region. They are badly mistaken. They should know that they are nearing the last days of their lives. These crimes have disturbed the conscience of mankind. We too repeat the prayer of Simon Bolivar. We ask God to give the free peoples such power that will enable them to erase the rule of hegemony from the face of the earth. That day is near. Allah willing. […]