Giuliani's Madmen

Published Jan 02 2008, 10:07 PM by David S. Bernstein

Rudy Giuliani has a new ad up, warning that the world is going rapidly to hell in a handbasket. Here's the text (emphasis mine):

An enemy without borders. Hate without boundaries. A people perverted. A religion betrayed. A nuclear power in chaos. Madmen bent on creating it. Leaders assassinated. Democracy attacked. And Osama bin Laden still making threats. In a world where the next crisis is a moment away, America needs a leader who’s ready.

Maybe I'm slow, but I can't figure out what that sentence I've bolded is supposed to mean. In the ad, Iranian prez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's bloviating face comes on screen with the word "madmen," followed by a scene of vaguely Middle Eastern fist-pumping, screaming men during "bent on creating it." (The whole ad is pretty much a montage of vaguely Middle Eastern people chanting, shooting guns, blowing things up, etc.) Can someone help me?