>
> The President of Iran is a more rational man than
> the President of the United States, and much of
> his criticism of the US government makes sense.
> But why did he, or his aids, have to mix that
> legitimate criticism with a Holocaust denial
> (again!) and a 9-11 conspiracy theory? Has Fidel
> not had the time to pull Ahmadinejad aside and
> tell him: "Yo, Mahmoud, only crackpots and
> dumbasses believe that shit. Here, read this
> [Marx's Capital] instead."
I suppose it is possible that Ahmadinajad actually believes such like rubbish, but keep in mind that Iran is (sort of) a democracy, so unlike Fidel, Ahmedinajad has to please his voters to stay in business. Imagine how some of the pig-stupid things our politicians feel obliged to say here in the U.S.A. strike the ears of listeners in civilized countries.
Note also that his repeated argument isn't that the Nazi Holocaust never happened, but that Europeans instead of Palestinians should be the ones who sacrifice their land and wealth to make reparations for the crimes they committed. That argument wouldn't make any sense at all if his position were that those crimes had never taken place.
Yours WDK - WKiernan at ij.net