...the U.S. State Department denounced Ahmadinejad as himself little more than a terrorist. Critics have also cited his statements about the Holocaust or his hopes that the Israeli state will collapse. He has been depicted as a Hitler figure intent on killing Israeli Jews, even though he is not commander in chief of the Iranian armed forces, has never invaded any other country, denies he is an anti-Semite, has never called for any Israeli civilians to be killed, and allows Iran's 20,000 Jews to have representation in Parliament.
Sorry, Mr. Cole, but it requires a big fat suspension of disbelief to assume that MA isn't anti-Semitic. Yes, there's allegedly room for scads of Jews in the Parliament. Um, so what? There's just one, for one thing; but, anyway, Henry Ford, of all people, employed 3,000 Jews in his factories, and I'd bet the ADL won't light a yahrzeit candle for him anytime soon. Also, yes, MA says he isn't, but since when is a verbal assurance enough -- especially in the face of evidence that suggests otherwise? (It's hard to read Holocaust denial any other way.)
Cole has overreached here and, in doing so, has undercut his premise.
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