IRAN: Der Spiegel interviews Mad-mood Am-in-need-ofajob

UPDATE (5/31/2006 9:20am): The interview is back up.

UPDATE (5/31/2006 7:00am): Der Spiegel has taken down the interview - sorry; check Technorati, someone must have the whole thing up.

This little Iranian Cretan is frightening; if I've ever seen a candidate for "the man of lawlessness" this mad-Muslim is that candidate. [2 Thessalonians 2:3]

And regardless of his physical limitations, he is no pigmy when it comes to intelligence. Der Spiegel's interview will give you a look into the mind of this Dr. Strangelove character better than anything I've heard or read.

A few examples ...

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.

This guy is clever like a fox, a rabid fox.

SPIEGEL: Mr. President, with all due respect, the Holocaust occurred, there were concentration camps, there are dossiers on the extermination of the Jews, there has been a great deal of research, and there is neither the slightest doubt about the Holocaust nor about the fact - we greatly regret this - that the Germans are responsible for it. If we may now add one remark: the fate of the Palestinians is an entirely different issue, and this brings us into the present.

Ahmadinejad: No, no, the roots of the Palestinian conflict must be sought in history. The Holocaust and Palestine are directly connected with one another. And if the Holocaust actually occurred, then you should permit impartial groups from the whole world to research this. Why do you restrict the research to a certain group? Of course, I don't mean you, but rather the European governments.

SPIEGEL: Are you still saying that the Holocaust is just "a myth?"

Ahmadinejad: I will only accept something as truth if I am actually convinced of it.

Unbelievable! The man is obviously very intelligent and very powerful in his own land, so how can he demonstrate such historical double-speak?

SPIEGEL: Well, we are conducting this historical debate with you for a very timely purpose. Are you questioning Israel's right to exist?

Ahmadinejad: Look here, my views are quite clear. We are saying that if the Holocaust occurred, then Europe must draw the consequences and that it is not Palestine that should pay the price for it. If it did not occur, then the Jews have to go back to where they came from.

Enough! Go read it for yourself. They finally get around to the bomb on page two.

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