Reply #41: Iran's dangerous delusion - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

[Coastie for Truth]

IF HE WASN'T president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's views about Israel could be dismissed as the rantings of a bigoted or ignorant man. As the leader of a Mideast nation that is trying to develop a nuclear program, his contention that Israel should be "wiped off the map" is dangerous and must be taken seriously by the civilized world.

On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad escalated his anti-Israel rhetoric by claiming the Holocaust was "a myth" created by Europeans. He suggested that it was unfair to make Palestinians bear the burden of this "myth." If the Holocaust really happened, he said, then "give a part of your own land in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to them so that the Jews can establish their country."

Ahmadinejad is leaving no doubt that the regime in Tehran is not only hostile to Israel, but it is detached also from reality.

Ahmadinejad's comments about Israel and the Holocaust are being condemned by leaders of just about every responsible nation, and properly so, but words must be accompanied by actions. Iran has been negotiating with the Europeans about obtaining uranium to enrich for its first nuclear reactor. Let there be no doubt that Iran, with its volatile and delusionary leadership, cannot be trusted to handle materials that could be used for nuclear warheads.

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