Comments on: Portrait Of A Holocaust Denier http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-38612 Mark Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:09:39 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-38612 van, with all due respect, if you read that interview and don't come away feeling Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, then your cognition skills are impaired. I don't deny the Palestinians have frequently come off on the bad end of the stick...that doesn't justify Ahmadinejad's frequent Holocaust denial... van, with all due respect, if you read that interview and don’t come away feeling Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, then your cognition skills are impaired.

I don’t deny the Palestinians have frequently come off on the bad end of the stick…that doesn’t justify Ahmadinejad’s frequent Holocaust denial…

]]> By: van http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-38587 van Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:22:49 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-38587 Please, read the interview again. Carefully. Ahmadinejad plays brilliant political soccer as he leads the western interviewer from one atrocity and its acceptance, to denial of another atrocity, where gross culpability exists and another historical confession is obviously due. He does not deny the Holocaust. He works to enable the acknowledgement of the occupation of Palestine and its dreadful consequences. Please, read the interview again. Carefully.

Ahmadinejad plays brilliant political soccer as he leads the western interviewer from one atrocity and its acceptance, to denial of another atrocity, where gross culpability exists and another historical confession is obviously due.

He does not deny the Holocaust. He works to enable the acknowledgement of the occupation of Palestine and its dreadful consequences.

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37725 dmac Wed, 31 May 2006 18:08:49 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37725 Now, that's really creepy. Now, that’s really creepy.

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37723 peter Wed, 31 May 2006 17:53:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37723 Absolutely true -- after all, they speak Farsi and not Arabic -- I have friends and co-workers from Iran (there is a large Iranian population in LA and SF) -- apparently the government keeps databases even on expatriates, as I worked with someone who went home to visit his sister and the Iranian government knew which US company he worked for and where he lived -- Absolutely true — after all, they speak Farsi and not Arabic — I have friends and co-workers from Iran (there is a large Iranian population in LA and SF) — apparently the government keeps databases even on expatriates, as I worked with someone who went home to visit his sister and the Iranian government knew which US company he worked for and where he lived –

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37714 dmac Wed, 31 May 2006 17:01:32 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37714 They've also taken great pains to point out that Iranians have never considered themselves as Arabs, nor Arabic in nature. Call them Persians always, and do not confuse what Iran wants with what the "Arab world" wants - there is no relationship there. They’ve also taken great pains to point out that Iranians have never considered themselves as Arabs, nor Arabic in nature. Call them Persians always, and do not confuse what Iran wants with what the “Arab world” wants – there is no relationship there.

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37713 dmac Wed, 31 May 2006 16:58:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37713 Yes, it's a fairly objective site, as are the others. They're definitely not shills for the Bush administration, and are not shy about criticizing our country's policies. For example, when some pundits not too long ago suggested that the Iranian people really wanted our forces to invade and get rid of the mullahs, these sites basically said that was a dangerous notion, owing to their people's basic pride and confidence in their ability to take care of their own business, thank you very much. Yes, it’s a fairly objective site, as are the others. They’re definitely not shills for the Bush administration, and are not shy about criticizing our country’s policies. For example, when some pundits not too long ago suggested that the Iranian people really wanted our forces to invade and get rid of the mullahs, these sites basically said that was a dangerous notion, owing to their people’s basic pride and confidence in their ability to take care of their own business, thank you very much.

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37702 peter Wed, 31 May 2006 16:17:34 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37702 Brave people who put these out. Here is something of interest from iran.org: "The State Department says it will spend $85 million to promote democracy in Iran. But will that money actually go to people and organizations who will work toward that goal? An estimated $50 million of the money has already been earmarked to expand Persian-language broadcasting into Iran - by the U.S. government, not by Iranians who know their country best. And some of the remaining money appears to have been mis-spent as well, given to supporters of "reformist" clerics in Iran, not to groups and political parties who seek to put an end to absolute clerical rule." Brave people who put these out. Here is something of interest from iran.org:

“The State Department says it will spend $85 million to promote democracy in Iran. But will that money actually go to people and organizations who will work toward that goal? An estimated $50 million of the money has already been earmarked to expand Persian-language broadcasting into Iran – by the U.S. government, not by Iranians who know their country best. And some of the remaining money appears to have been mis-spent as well, given to supporters of “reformist” clerics in Iran, not to groups and political parties who seek to put an end to absolute clerical rule.”

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37700 dmac Wed, 31 May 2006 16:13:51 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37700 This was one of the main ones, but they shut it down last year - but you can still access their archives (no Farsi required): http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/086169.php Here's are two decent ones that are still operating: http://www.iran.org/ http://iranfocus.com/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=0&start=1950 This was one of the main ones, but they shut it down last year – but you can still access their archives (no Farsi required):

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/086169.php

Here’s are two decent ones that are still operating:

http://www.iran.org/

http://iranfocus.com/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=0&start=1950

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37676 peter Wed, 31 May 2006 15:00:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37676 Well, my Farsi isn't that good, so I'll have to take your word for it -- Well, my Farsi isn’t that good, so I’ll have to take your word for it –

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/comment-page-1/#comment-37649 dmac Wed, 31 May 2006 14:16:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/05/30/portrait-of-a-holocaust-denier/#comment-37649 "The Iranian people can correctly perceive us to be inflexible, unyielding, and militaristic..." If you take a good look at the oppostion web sites that are currently being run out of that country (in spite of daily threats and jailings for their founders), you would well conclude that this is not a viewpoint than many of them will ever hold. “The Iranian people can correctly perceive us to be inflexible, unyielding, and militaristic…”

If you take a good look at the oppostion web sites that are currently being run out of that country (in spite of daily threats and jailings for their founders), you would well conclude that this is not a viewpoint than many of them will ever hold.

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