Thank you, Professor. It's great to have you before the committee.
Some would see Ahmadinejad as the problem, I guess mostly because he's the one who gives the clear demonstration of hatred, but from my perspective and from the testimony we've heard here that the supreme leader holds very close to the same opinions, this is more systemic than simply pointing at one individual. I understand that the process would be that we would charge this individual, get a conviction, then put the nation on notice. I have to wonder how much of this, on the part of Iran, is to designate themselves as the visible leader in the Middle East. Of course, with that comes certain major concerns for Israel.
Would you agree, at least in part, that his disgusting statements are to focus his citizens, as well as the rest of the Middle Eastern countries—some of the ones, perhaps, that you saw cheering—on a common enemy? In doing so, Iran again would be a leader, and they fortify that position in the Middle East with the intention of nuclear weapons.
We have ourselves a significant problem. I wonder if you could comment on that.