Ahmadinejad goes off the deep end.

[Spion]

I wonder if Ahmadinejad really believes what he says, or is he just saying it for effect.

I expect he's really sincere. Most politicians are, especially in faction-ridden regimes

 

[frogwoman]

You use exactly the same tactic of the Zionists. You accuse me of anti-semitism (ok, you inferred it.) When I pointed out the truth in Ahmedinadjads claim that the holocaust was and is used as an excuse for the effective ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. This smear tactic is a classic zionist propaganda trick used to smear any critic of Israel. If the hat fits mate.

A stopped clock is still right once a day. And in case you noticed anti-semitic rants are the least of ahmedinejad's crimes ...

 

[Spion]

A stopped clock is still right once a day.

Twice actually

 

[purplex]

Link

Seems to have it all. The holocaust was a zionist plot, they engineered the British mandate post WWI, he apparently blames them for the European empires and yep the holocaust is a myth is in there as well.






His mates will have a job defending him of this one. Unless there has been one god awful job on the translation.

Here is the quote from the Iran government website

http://www.president.ir/en/?ArtID=17832

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday that the Holocaust black box should be opened.
Addressing Tehrani Friday prayers worshipers as pre-sermon lecturer, President Ahmadinejad said, “Our call over the past four years has been if the Holocaust claimed by the Zionist regime and its allies is true, why they (Zionists and westerners) do not allow any research on it?”

President Ahmadinejad said research on everything is free but Holocaust is the key to a sealed fact and black box.

He went on questioning, “When the event is so much important for which a land is occupied, such a war is waged, millions of people are killed, injured and made homeless, thousands of families are ruined and the Middle East is kept under the shadow of insecurity, why the black box should not be decoded so that facts and realities are revealed to all?”

He said Palestine is still the most important issue of the world of Islam. “We do believe that if war is waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is because of Zionists’ provocation. If Sudan is suppressed it is because of Zionists’ temptations. Zionists are behind all the conspiracies of the arrogance and colonialism. They do not allow the main factor of excuses for Palestine occupation be examined and surveyed.”

He added, "The pretext for establishing the Zionist regime is a lie; a lie which relies on an unreliable claim, a mythical claim, and the occupation of Palestine has nothing to do with the Holocaust."

The Iranian Chief Executive said Iranian nation once again announced today that are standing firm in defense of Islamic Revolution aspirations and of the late Imam Khomeini.

He said Iranian nation will never lay down the flag of dignity, pride and freedom loving.

He then noted that the World Quds Day marks unity of Iranian nation and the world Muslims.

President Ahmadinejad said the World Quds Day is the day of unity of the community of human beings against the corrupt and tyrannical powers.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

The Presidency of the Republic of Iran website is run by Zionists, as any fule know.

 

[Teaboy]

I wonder if Ahmadinejad really believes what he says, or is he just saying it for effect. In all likelihood it's just for effect, but he'd really like to believe it.

I have a good friend who lives in Syria, the whole holocaust never happened thing (or at the least was nowhere near as bad) is an opinion she encounters on a nearly daily basis.

As it happens people who purport this view often have zero knowledge of any european history let alone wwII history.

Does Ahmadinejad believe it? I don't know but many in the middle east appear to.

 

[frogwoman]

He added, "The pretext for establishing the Zionist regime is a lie; a lie which relies on an unreliable claim, a mythical claim, and the occupation of Palestine has nothing to do with the Holocaust."

thing is this quote, taken out of its vile context, is totally true - but i think ahmadinejad is confused as to what the "lie" actually is.