Daily Inspiration Quote by Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

“They are superpower of villains. They are superpower of Al Capone” is pure al-Sahaf: a blunt, theatrical attempt to drag geopolitics down to the level of street crime, where moral categories feel obvious and the audience doesn’t need a white paper to pick a side. By invoking Al Capone, he reaches for a globally recognizable shorthand for organized violence, corruption, and swaggering illegitimacy. It’s not a policy argument; it’s a character assassination dressed up as metaphor.

The intent is to delegitimize an opposing “superpower” claim by reframing it as gangster power: the kind that dominates through intimidation rather than consent. That matters because “superpower” usually carries an aura of inevitability, competence, even modernity. Al-Sahaf tries to strip that aura away and replace it with a sneer. The repetition (“They are superpower… They are superpower…”) works like a chant, a crude but memorable rhetorical hammer meant for broadcast clips, not diplomatic salons.

The subtext is defensive nationalism under siege. As a public servant speaking in a crisis atmosphere, he’s not only condemning an adversary; he’s trying to stabilize a home audience’s sense of dignity by insisting the enemy’s strength is morally tainted, therefore ultimately fragile. It’s also a preemptive alibi: if you lose, you didn’t lose to greatness, you lost to criminality.

Contextually, it lands as propaganda theater, but it also reveals something human: when institutions are cornered, they reach for the simplest story that still preserves pride.