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IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Hossein Salami said in an address that aired on Ofogh TV (Iran) on August 24, 2019 that by saying that American leaders lack wisdom, the U.S. itself has admitted to being "all brawn and no brains." He said that the Americans act only with force and according to a philosophy of injustice, and he said that their lack of spiritual leadership, wisdom, and "charisma-based leadership" will lead to the erosion of America's power, to its gradual decline, and to its eventual extinction. General Salami also said that the Yemenis have been showing mercy to Saudi Arabia by not attacking Saudi cities, and he said that the Red Sea, the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Bahrain have become a "scene for the halting and dismantling of the enemy." In addition, General Salami said that Iran's enemies have tried to undo Iran's influence by waging proxy and takfiri wars, but that Iran's influence instead expanded to the point that Iran itself cannot undo the influence of the Islamic Revolution.
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General Hossein Salami: We are facing an enemy that is all brawn and no brains. It is not me saying this. Our enemies say it themselves. Using the Latin phrase, they say that the greatest fault of the American leaders is their "lack of wisdom." They act only with force. Their logic is the logic of power. They rely on force. Their philosophy is one of injustice. They enslave the people of the world in order to build America's stature. Such a philosophy, when it lacks wisdom, leads to erosion of power, to a gradual decline, and to extinction. I would like to quote our enemies on another issue. They say that America's most significant weakness is its lack of spiritual leadership – a "lack of charisma-based leadership."
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The Yemenis are merciful. They operate humanely. They do not attack the cities. If they decide to shift the war to the cities, the crisis of displacement from cities to the desert would undoubtedly force the Saudi regime to deal with an irreversible challenge. This is [just] one front. From the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern Mediterranean, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Bahrain, all these places have become a scene for the halting and dismantling of the enemy.
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By conspiring [to wage] widespread proxy and takfiri wars, they were hoping to break the ring of the resistance and to undo our influence. However, they created an opportunity [for us] to expand our influence. Today, even if we wanted to diminish our influence and the influence of the Revolution, we would be unable to do so.
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