On 8/15/06, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "You still have not answered the question. You still have not answered > the question. Israel must be wiped off the map. Why?" > > "Well, don't be hasty sir," the president said. "I'm going to get to > that. I think that the Israeli government is a fabricated government." > > "Fabricated" following the Holocaust, which he's said may also have > been fabricated. > > Last December, Ahmadinejad said the Europeans had created a myth of > the Holocaust. > > "What I did say was, if this is a reality, if this is real, where did > it take place?" Ahmadinejad replied. > > "In Germany," Wallace said. > > "Who — who caused this in Europe?" Ahmadinejad asked. > > "In Europe. If I may … so …what you're suggesting — one moment — what > you're suggesting then, that Israel should be over in Germany because > that's where the holocaust took place?" Wallace asked. > > "I'm not saying that, mind you," the president replied. > > But he has said Israel could be moved to Europe, or even to the United > States but it shouldn't be in Palestine. > > "Well, if an atrocity was committed in Germany or Europe for that > matter, why should the Palestinians answer for this?" the president > asked. "They had no role to play in this. Why on the pretext of the > Holocaust they have occupied Palestine? Millions of people have been > made refugees. Thousands of people to-date have been killed, sir. > Thousands of people have been put in prison. Well, at the very moment, > a great war is raging because of that." > > "Look if you could — if you could keep your answers concise. Concise. > I beg you. We'll get more questions in," Wallace requested. . ... A classic example of what I had stated previously... Quantity (not quality), size (not viability), more (and more & more & more). The Western Industrialized Nations Disease. (WIND)
I watched the interview on CBS, and then I watched it again on C-Span, as C-Span's came with a call-in segment after the interview. Judging by the callers' remarks (though it must be said that the only people who watch things like this on C-Span are likely to be studious liberals and leftists), the President of Iran did well: a majority of callers said that Mike Wallace was being condescending, disrespectful, too confrontational, and so on and/or that America should seek more opportunities for dialogues like this with the leaders of Iran and other nations of the Middle East, with only a tiny minority saying that Wallace didn't ask tough questions. I wish the voice of ordinary Americans counted for something -- then, there would be neither sanctions nor wars on Iran. But those good-hearted Americans who want dialogues rather than more wars do not yet know how to stop their rulers. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
