Ah, ss, think carefully here.
1) "wiped off the map" is an English-language colloquialism. How could Ahmadinejad have said it in Persian? There's no way to do so! It's a hasty mistranslation that the press has refused to own up to. Proof here, among many places.

2) The Pentagon has yet to come up with any serious evidence that Iran is sending weapons into Iraq. Sure there are Iranian weapons there, but there is no evidence of government complicity. Last time the Pentagon invited the Media to see the stash, the press conference completely fell apart,...

Ah, ss, think carefully here.
1) "wiped off the map" is an English-language colloquialism. How could Ahmadinejad have said it in Persian? There's no way to do so! It's a hasty mistranslation that the press has refused to own up to. Proof here, among many places.

2) The Pentagon has yet to come up with any serious evidence that Iran is sending weapons into Iraq. Sure there are Iranian weapons there, but there is no evidence of government complicity. Last time the Pentagon invited the Media to see the stash, the press conference completely fell apart, the evidence was once again false, and the Iraqis backed away from the claim altogether.

3)

We have been working to foster democracy behind the scenes in that country for years

It's ironic you would say this. Iran was the first democracy to exist in that part of the world, and the CIA took the democracy down in 1953, replacing it with a dictator and secret police, entirely over oil. You can see it here, or find it in an encyclopedia.

4) Ahmadinejad doesn't control foreign policy. He can say what he likes, but he can't take the country to war - the Iranian president is not the Commander-in-Chief; he's not at the top of the food chain. Further, it appears that resistance to him is growing, and he may not survive the next election. That he is very foolish, I certainly agree with you. But what he says represents Iranian foreign policy about as much as Tom Tancredo could be said to represent US policy when he advocates threatening to bomb Mecca. Again, here.

Best wishes, Monte