Well, I gotta give it to this meathead - he's got a helluva writer.
"...The flame of the fury of the regional states will set them ablaze!"
That's right up there with this one: " We will pluck out their eyes. We will burn the soil under their feet!"
Guess who said that? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Saddam Hussein during the run up to the Gulf War.
Arabic is just naturally bombastic. Wasn't some Maliki type talking not too long ago to Americans saying such pearls as, "We have seen the flower of your friendship, the lion of your courage ........"
I know. He sounds like a ham actor in a "sword and sandal" B movie. They all sound that way.