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In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discusses the Holocaust, the future of the state of Israel, mistakes made by the United States in Iraq and Tehran's nuclear conflict with the West.
SPIEGEL: Denying the Holocaust is punishable in Germany. Are you indifferent when confronted with so much outrage?
Ahmadinejad: I know that DER SPIEGEL is a respected magazine. But I don't know whether it is possible for you to publish the truth about the Holocaust. Are you permitted to write everything about it?
SPIEGEL: Of course we are entitled to write about the findings of the past 60 years' historical research. In our view there is no doubt that the Germans -- unfortunately -- bear the guilt for the murder of 6 million Jews.
Ahmadinejad: Well, then we have stirred up a very concrete discussion. We are posing two very clear questions. The first is: Did the Holocaust actually take place? You answer this question in the affirmative. So, the second question is: Whose fault was it? The answer to that has to be found in Europe and not in Palestine. It is perfectly clear: If the Holocaust took place in Europe, one also has to find the answer to it in Europe.
On the other hand, if the Holocaust didn't take place, why then did this regime of occupation ...
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Johnmac, you were going good there until you went for your shallow opinion.
Obviously it affected you when you saw it. THAT WAS THE POINT. Dork. -
I toured Germany and one of the concentration camps (as a museum) years ago--I was sickened because the Holocaust survivors drew sketches of the torture and death before being killed. The allied forces should have burned and bulldozed the places down, so no one learns by example.
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When a world leader is certifiably nuts, shouldn't the UN be allowed to send him into his corner? How do such people get to these positions? Is it that they simply don't care who they kill off, or don't care at all about their own self esteem, or is it that they are really mentally imbalanced? Let's ask King George.
5/31/06 11:06 AM
http://service.spiegel.de/cac