Check Ahmedinejad's "World Without Zionism" speach. In fact, just type "Ahedinejad Israel" in Google and learn. You've really got nerve defending this guy.
Paranoid and delusional. LOL.
I do not and did not defend Ahmadinejad. I disabused you of a couple of urban legends and exaggerations about him. There are plenty of valid criticisms of both him and the Iranian government. But you're not presenting any of them, because you insist on couching the discussion in terms of the abiding malice of Islam, rather than the specific, tangible political conflicts that occasion objectionable behaviour.
That being said, the only really damning quotes you've linked to are a few from late 2005 and early '06 in support of holocaust denial. These have a very specific origin as a response to the cartoon jihad. And while using holocaust denial to make a cheap (and misguided) political point about European hypocrisy vis-a-vis freedom of speech is outrageous, it is somewhat less outrageous than holocaust denial just for the sake of it.
Oh, and it seems like he's a 9/11 troofer. Which is of course ridiculous, but fairly harmless.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Now you're lying again.
No, Mr. Sierra, I can't accept. It would appear that the one who is lying again is you.
Just a couple of comments above, you wrote:
Actually, Ahmedinejad has never called for the destruction of Israel, as anybody who follows Middle East politics even casually knows perfectly well. Unless, of course, they're relying on the American propaganda press for their information. - Jake
Ahmedinejad explicitly called for Israel's destruction in 2005, and this call has been relayed by the international press - not just the American press.
Here's an RFI link in French: http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/070/article_39445.asp
And this ranting didn't stop in 2005 - as you seem to imply, but continues to this very day.
Here's a Belgian link of one of his speeches in February 2010 where he says that "Israel has no reason to exist".
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/po/pour-m-ahmadinejad-israel-na-plus-de-raison-detre-192386
Just you keep finding excuses for Mr. Ahmedinejad & all will be well.
Ahmedinejad explicitly called for Israel's destruction in 2005
You insist on repeating this urban legend as if it were true. It's not. Note that Juan Cole, unlike Wolf Blitzer, actually understands Farsi...
Did the DDR have any reason to exist? More to the point, would it be honest to construe a call for the DDR to cease to exist (in, say, 1987) as a call for the extermination of a third of the German people?
