02/02/10
From CNS News
Iran's Leader: Feb. 11 To Be ‘Demise’ of
‘Capitalist System’
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Feb. 11 would
mark the demise of “the liberal capitalist system,” adding that its champion,
America, was on the decline and that Iran and its Islamic Revolution were on the
rise.
According to a Jan. 28 translation from BBC Monitoring Middle East, Ahmadinejad
spoke on official Iranian television, saying that this year’s “Ten Days of Dawn”
celebration, marking the anniversary of the country’s Islamic Revolution, would
see the “demise” of the American system.
“I believe that 22 Bahman [ February 11 in the Persian calendar] this year marks
the demise of the liberal capitalist system.” Ahmadinejad said.
The controversial Iranian president explained that, 30 years ago, Iran was
merely trying to consolidate its newly minted revolution. Today, however, the
country was quickly moving to overtake what he claimed was a declining United
States.
“Maybe in 1359-60 [1980-81] our presence was only an announcement of our
existence and strength,” he said. “It was to consolidate the revolution. Where
have we got now? We have got to a point that the hegemony of arrogance
[reference to the United States] has been undermined. Nations do not trust it
anymore. Its principles are under question. Its efficiency is close to zero. Its
power curve is dropping quickly.”
Ahmadinejad claimed that Iran was an “inspiring” and “justice-seeking” country,
which was just being “introduced to the world.”
“On the other hand, the Iranian nation is being introduced around the world as
an inspiring, idealistic, revolutionary, God-seeking, justice-seeking, pure and
humane nation.”
Ahmadinejad continued the narrative of America’s impending doom in a speech
Saturday, Jan. 30, claiming that the Iranian revolution was the final step in
God’s plan for the world.
“God created mankind … to reach a point that it could have control over the
world of creation and days and nights,” Ahmadinejad said. “It is clear to all of
us that the Islamic Revolution today is a giant stride toward the implementation
of this great goal. The Islamic Revolution is in the direction, and of the same
nature of, the great prophet’s move. It is guided by God.”
Ahmadinejad further said that the West, particularly the United States, had been
the “biggest historical impediment” to the Islamic Revolution.
“The arrogant and hegemonic powers, which mankind experienced in the past 300
years – and past 60 years in particular – have been the biggest historical
impediment in the face of fulfillment of this goal,” he said, according to the
BBC.
Ahmadinejad went on to declare that the “materialistic and hegemonic system” was
dead and “slogans” about “freedom,” “human rights,” and “democracy” had misled
the world.
“It is clear that the materialistic and hegemonic system has reached the end of
the road, both theoretically and practically,” he said. “Forty years ago when
someone mentioned the name of America, many would drool. In the minds of many,
America had a mythical and invincible power.”
“Slogans of freedom, human rights, democracy, and the right to decide your own
fate, were so attractive that [they] misled many,” he continued. “Today, they
have no thoughts or means other than the use of arms to prove themselves.”
The fiery Iranian leader predicted the “end” of American “civilization.”
“This means the end of a civilization, the end of a thought, and the end of a
system,” said Ahmadinejad.
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