Re: [Marxism] "Iran's Ahmadinejad says Holocaust a myth"

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff wrote:
> He is, of course, incorrect, and his words are, of course, highly
> offensive. But even more importantly, the man is a fucking moron. How
> stupid do you have to be to make these claims? Good god, does he WANT the
> entire world to hate him? I can perhaps go so far as to forgive him for
> his mistake in disbelieving the holocaust (something which the vast
> majority of people would hate me for) but the man is doing irreparable
> damage to Iran and it's people by being dumb enough to state this aloud.
> This is truly a very unfortunate event.

These was his original statement:

"Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of
innocent Jews in furnaces and they insist on it to the extent that if
anyone proves something contrary to that they condemn that person and throw
them in jail," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

"Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true, our
question for the Europeans is: is the killing of innocent Jewish people by
Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?" he said.

"If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in
Europe -- like in Germany, Austria or other countries -- to the Zionists
and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of
Europe and we will support it."

You'll note that he said that "we don't accept this claim".

His latest statement, posted by Jeff, states that "They have fabricated a
legend under the name 'Massacre of the Jews', and they hold it higher than
God himself, religion itself and the prophets themselves." This hardly
amounts to stating that genocide did not take place. Rather it seems to be
a poorly formulated version of Norman Finkelstein's "holocaust industry."

Finally, SWP leader George Novack used to say that Zionism would have been
progressive it had struggled to create a homeland for the Jews out of the
bowels of a defeated Germany. That is who should have paid for the
genocide--capitalist Germany--not disenfranchised Palestinians.


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