Editing Great Satan (section)

=== Great Satan (United States) ===
Khomeini is quoted as saying on November 5, 1979, "[America is] the great Satan, the wounded snake."<ref>Christopher Buck, ''Religious myths and visions of America: how minority faiths redefined America's world role'', page 136 [https://books.google.com/books?id=E8Cd5sfApM4C&pg=PA136]</ref> The term was used extensively during and after the [[Islamic Revolution]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011119140521/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/1509.pdf Iran & the Great Satan]</ref> and it continues to be used in some Iranian political circles. Use of the term at rallies is often accompanied by shouts of "Marg bar Amrika!" ("Death to America"). It is used in academic journals.<ref>{{cite journal|title=America's foreign policy: Manifest Destiny or Great Satan?|journal=Contemporary Politics}}</ref>