'[In the situation] that we take one of theirs now that they've got one of ours — who should we consider to take out in the context of America?

'Think about it. Are we supposed to take out Spider-Man and SpongeBob?

'They don't have any heroes. We have a country in front of us with a large population and a large landmass, but it doesn't have any heroes.

'All of their heroes are cartoon characters — they're all fictional.'

-Iranian cleric Shahab Moradi after the assassination by way of drone strike of Qasem Soleimani