Ahmadinejad represents Satan
Hmmm...there's a point at which rallying your base becomes counter-productive at the international level.
This I can buy, actually, though the "madman" bit isn't going to open too many doors:
History knew how to denounce madmen and those who wave their sword, and all those who acted this way ended their careers accordingly
Of course, history doesn't show that we did such a good job with madmen like Stalin and Hitler given that they killed millions of their countrymen, but hey, who's counting?
Of course, when you're dealing with a guy who doesn't believe in history - or pretends he doesn't to rally his base - then maybe it's not really the issue.
In October [Ahmadinejad] said that Israel "must be wiped off the map" and in December called the Holocaust a "myth."
Looks like summitry is out of the question.
Posted by binky at April 15, 2006 08:48 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs | Pure Unadulterated SnarkShimon Peres has a base to rally?
Huh - well given his inability to win elections during the last 20 years, well, maybe he should have played the Satan card earlier, since NOTHING else has worked for him for decades. ;)
Posted by: Armand at April 16, 2006 09:16 AM | PERMALINKI don't know that I have one.
It does strike me that given the subject matter (the Holocaust, wiping Israel off the Earth), an Israeli leader who's as old as Peres might see that in unusually apocalyptic terms and respond on that scale (invoking Satan).
If he's trying to rally any base I'd think he's trying to rally a US base (to what end I'm not sure) more than an Israeli base.
Posted by: Armand at April 16, 2006 09:36 AM | PERMALINK