No, the evil are not possessing of such a mindset. There’s a reason why Jesus said those with a bent to take over the world will lose their own soul. When the Leninists came out and said that only with “hate” they could “conquer the universe”, they did not care about keeping their conquests intact; even Marx thought he would “stride through the wreckage (of the world) a creator”, in his utter insanity.
Even the evil are smart enough to realize where their interests lie and their desires to take over the world won't mean much if Obama reduces it to a smoking ruin …
I think you have provided a pretty good description of President Obama and many members of his administration.
But even the Iranian's have rational motives for their seemingly crazy actions such as acting crazy and making wild threats to spook commodity speculators into paying a war premium for oil based on specialty than Iran could disrupt oil production in the region at any given moment in time