Washington shall never abandon its 'chimera' of waging war against Iran but must beware of our crushing response, says Iran's president.

Addressing high-ranking Iranian military commanders on Friday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that like all other American presidents, George W. Bush will take his dreams of attacking Iran with him when he leaves office.

"Whenever Bush entertains his chimerical thoughts, his military commanders paint him a lucid but terrifying picture of the consequences of striking Iran," added President Ahmadinejad.

He then claimed that the US has never emerged victorious from any war it has waged and warned the Bush administration not to forget that Iranian forces 'will not only respond to any attack, but will also cut the hands of aggressors'.

"Some countries have recently begun to acknowledge the Islamic Republic of Iran as a key regional power and say Iran's role must be considered in all equations, but the truth is that Iran has become an influential world power," President Ahmadinejad concluded.

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