Hamas PM and soon-to-be US aid beneficiary Ismail Haniyeh is pretty psyched about this whole global financial meltdown thing:

"We are witnessing the collapse of the American Empire," Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister in the Gaza Strip, told worshippers during Friday prayers. "What's going on in America is a result of the violation of the rights of people in Palestine, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Muslims around the world."... Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a high level Iranian cleric, was blunter when he addressed worshippers on Oct. 3, describing the situation as God's punishment. "We are happy that the U.S. economy is in anarchy and the anarchy is reaching Europe," said Jannati. "They are seeing the result of their own ugly doings and God is punishing them."

Schadenfreude from the people who danced in the streets and handed out candy on 9/11? The hell you say. And for the record: the American era is not actually over yet. Although we're about to get two years of economic management by the progressive geniuses who bragged about creating the housing bubble. So who knows?

References:
* Abbas Working Overtime To Reconcile With Hamas, Coordinate With Syria [MR]
* Mideast Muslims: U.S. financial crisis is divine punishment [Ha'aretz]
* Is this the end of the American era? [Paul Kennedy]
* The quotes that explain the entire financial meltdown [Hot Air]

Previously:
* Obama Shill Tells Jews To Get Over Their "Obama Paranoia"
* Iran: Of Course Sunnis And Shiites Cooperate, Iran Will Never Abandon Hamas
* Israeli Military Intel: Iran "Halfway" Toward Nuclear Weapon (Plus: Syria, Hezbollah, And Hamas All The Way Toward Every Other Kind Of Weapon)