It's nothing new----it got a name way back in 1967 when the minions of
the BAATHIST NAZI NASSER justified the aggressive rhetoric that led to
the war------it is ARABIC HYPERBOLE. I was young back then---the only
HYPERBOLE I knew was on a CARTESIAN PLANE---(geometry)----but it does
describe ARAB THEATRICS too. Later on I did learn all about the HYSTERICAL personality