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July 23, 2006
Persian Hitler
I think that Andrew Sullivan (Time) hits the nail on the head when he says that we are facing a Persian Hitler with Iranian President Ahmadinejad.
"I invite the faithful to wait for good news. We shall soon witness the elimination of the Zionist stain of shame," - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
I don't think there can be much doubt that Ahmadinejad's eschatology demands a second Holocaust for the Jews, and that is impossible to understand Hezbollah without seeing them as an instrument for this Persian Hitler to achieve his aims. That's why, despite the horrifying toll on Lebanon's infrastructure and civilians, the Israeli response does not seem to me to be disproportionate to the existential threat it faces - and would face even more starkly if Hezbollah became the emboldened tip of the Iranian spear.
So, does the international community recognize the obvious, or do they hide, like many did with Hitler by refusing to admit how horrible he was before it was too late and refusing to do nothing about it? And then what do they do?
Israel is not necessarily wrong to react strongly to a group, or groups whose reason for being is the destruction of the Jewish state. If someone was committed to killing me, and would do anything to do so, I imagine I would react vehemently against him or her, especially if no one was willing to protect me.
Posted by Chip Spear at July 23, 2006 7:52 PM