IRAN...AGAIN

It is the view of the Renaissance Man that the President of Iran may be certifiable.

Today, he has recapitulated the two of his most outrageous contentions (though it is difficult to rank all of them). He has called the Holocaust a "fairy tale" and has, again, called for the removal of Israel.

The Holocaust denial establishes that he is continues to live in a fantasy world, albeit a fantasy world that normal humans would regard as a nightmare.

As for the removal of Israel, this is, once again, a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. The Renaissance Man asks when with the Iranian State be held to account for its continous violation of Article 4 of the Charter. There are options...see my 11 Jan 2006 entry simply entitled "Iran" for available options at International Law, together with precedents.

Attached below is the news coverage of the relevant bits of the speech, as well as a link to the entire piece.

Ahmadinejad: Israel 'will be removed'Tehran (dpa) - Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Palestinians and "other nations"
will eventually remove Israel from the region. Addressing a mass demonstration
in Tehran - one of many organized throughout Iran to commemorate the 27th
anniversary of the Islamic revolution - he once again questioned the Holocaust
"fairy tale". "We ask the West to remove what they created sixty years ago and
if they do not listen to our recommendations, then the Palestinian nation and
other nations will eventually do this for them," Ahmadinejad said in a ceremony
marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. "Do the removal of
Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional
nations," the ultra-conservative president said. He once again called the
Holocaust a "fairy tale" and said Europeans have become hostages of "Zionists"
in Israel. He also accused Europeans for not allowing "neutral scholars" to
investigate in Europe and make a scientific report on "the truth about the fairy
tale of Holocaust." "How comes that insulting the prophet of Muslims worldwide
is justified within the framework of press freedom, but investigating about the
fairy tale Holocaust is not?" Ahmadinejad said. "The real Holocaust is what is
happening in Palestine where the Zionists avail themselves of the fairy tale of
Holocaust as blackmail and justification for killing children and women and
making innocent people homeless," Ahmadinejad said.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=78985