There is a funhouse quality of absurdity to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his appearance at a UN Conference on Anti-Racism to denounce Israel. Besides Iran, the major sponsors include Cuba, Venezuela and Libya. How did they leave out Zimbabwe and North Korea?
The conference raises the question, if you were alive in, say, 1936 or '37 , and yet knew what you did today of the Nazis, what would you do? The thing is, we are alive now and yet find it hard to focus on a powerful latter-day Nazi, Ahmadinejad, who is getting a lot more play from the UN than Hitler ever got from the old League of Nations.
"Nazi" is a frequently and regrettably abused term. Fairly speaking, it should apply only to a vehement anti-Semite who not only wants to discriminate against Jews, but also wants to destroy them as a people--AND is prepared to use violent force to do so. Unfortunatley, Ahmadinejad meets the definitional criteria.
This is not a matter of poor taste at the United Nations. It is an urgent scandal.
Urgent because Iran is acquiring nuclear weapons.
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