Iran’s madman president is sure he can count on the Democrats to keep Iran safe: Iran says ‘wise’ Americans will bar any attack.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he did not expect a U.S. attack on Iran because there were plenty of “wise people” in the United States who would not let it happen.

Iran and the United States are at loggerheads over Tehran’s nuclear program, which Washington says is a cover for making bombs, and over Iraq, where U.S. officials say Iran is fuelling sectarian violence. Tehran denies both charges.

Washington says it wants to solve the nuclear standoff by diplomacy but has not ruled out strikes if that fails.

“They are not in a position to carry out that measure although they may like to … because there are many wise people in America who will not let this happen,” the president said in an interview on Iranian television.

And our Iran-friendly wire services aren’t reporting it, but today Ahmadinejad also said Israel and the US will soon die.

Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria’s foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.

“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives,” the Iranian president was quoted as saying.

UPDATE at 1/23/07 5:01:42 pm:

The MEMRI Blog reports a disturbing statement from an Iranian “Expediency Council” official:

The Iranian news agency Mehr reported that in light of the increasing U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf, and the continuing Iranian nuclear crisis, Iranian Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai has said that “the Iranian nation will strike 10 slaps to the face of America, in such a way that it will no longer be able to get up on the stage.”