Washington's Holocaust Deniers

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http://www.counterpunch.org/cooney10122007.html

Washington's Holocaust Deniers
By BRENDAN COONEY

In light of President Bush's opposition to a resolution that would acknowledge the Armenian genocide, the question must be considered as to whether he is a madman who cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons.

Should Armenian allies adopt a preemptive approach and bomb strategic North American sites?

U.S. press reports of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denying the Nazi genocide have been a flashpoint of the popular perception here that he is either insane or a beast. In either case, he is someone who must be attacked before he can obtain nuclear weapons.

When Ahmadinejad is asked these days whether the Nazi holocaust occurred, he says historians need to conduct more research. It is an answer that bears an uncanny resemblance to that of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when asked about the Armenian holocaust.



In this clip, when Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asks Rice if there is any doubt in her mind that the murder of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923 constitutes a genocide, she says, "I think that the historical circumstances require a very detailed and sober look from historians, and what we've encouraged the Turks and the Armenians to do is to have joint historical commissions that can look at this, to have efforts to examine their past, and in examining their past to get over their past."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x61450


This is akin to saying the Jews and Germans should get together and study this question of atrocities, and then for them both to get over it. "Lots of people are coming to terms with their history," Rice adds.

[MrCoffee]

1. did anyone write this regarding Clinton's opposition to the same resolution?

[seemslikeadream]

3. That was of course before we started calling "someone" else names

[liberalhistorian]

4. I don't know, but I can guaran-damn-tee you that, if

someone did, the all-or-nothing Hillary people would be spinning all over it like white on rice, and screaming about "bashing" their precious, perfect, beautiful, wonderful candidate who can do no wrong, etc., etc., etc. Bleh.

[Zywiec]

5. LOL n/t

:rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

6. then again maybe they should have

:shrug:

[MrCoffee]

7. that is a damn good point

one of my two grievances with the Big Dog is NAFTA and his piss-poor record on genocide.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. President Clinton's greatest mistakes...

were his inability to use the word "genocide" when he should have.

[MrCoffee]

9. damn right

[EFerrari]

2. Think of all the people that would be alive today if Condi Rice

had become a concert pianist.

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10. This is a holocaust-denying nation that is considerably further along in its development of nuclear

It is a holocaust-denying nation that is considerably further along in its development of nuclear weapons than even Iran and more than anyone else has demonstrated a willingness to use them.

http://www.counterpunch.org/cooney10122007.html

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11. Aasif Mandi on Comedy Central "What we can do about your past"

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml

You help us on the war on terror we'll see what we can do about your past

When Spain joined the coalition the Spanish Inquisition was downgraded into a Casual Q and A

Britain has done enough to turn into Britain Boston Misunderstanding, uh it was Boston Massacre - not as long as the British are in Basra


Germany not in the Coalition that's a shame we could have turned the Holocaust into a Halkacaust


Native Americans
does 10 extra points for college admission or casinos count for anything?