Ahmadinebert

There are quite a few celebrities I could see bending over backwards to defend Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I didn't think the guy who created "Dilbert" would be among them, though:

I hate Ahmadinejad for all the same reasons you do. For one thing, he said he wants to "wipe Israel off the map." Scholars tell us the correct translation is more along the lines of wanting a change in Israel's government toward something more democratic, with less gerrymandering. What an ass-muncher!

Ahmadinejad also called the holocaust a "myth." Fuck him! A myth is
something a society uses to frame their understanding of their world, and act accordingly. It's not as if the world created a whole new country because of holocaust guilt and gives it a free pass no matter what it does. That's Iranian crazy talk. Ahmadinejad can blow me.

Most insulting is the fact that "myth" implies the holocaust didn't
happen. Fuck him for saying that! He also says he won't dispute the
historical claims of European scientists. That is obviously the opposite of saying the holocaust didn't happen, which I assume is his way of confusing me. God-damned fucker.

I can think of plenty of "European scientists" whose claims Ahmadinejad will accept. David Irving, Robert Faurisson...

Adams backpedals a little in this post, in which he says he's somewhat skeptical of the accusations against Ahmadinejad because of accusations against Saddam Hussein which didn't pan out. (Specifically, the WMDs.) Fair enough. But then he offers his thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

I also support Israel’s actions in pursuit of its self-interest. I’d be a hypocrite to do otherwise, since I also support the United States, despite what it did to the Native Americans a few hundred years ago. At some point you have to release on the past and accept the present realities. Israel won. It isn’t going anywhere.

If Israel had an enemy that it could make peace with, then I might feel different. But it doesn’t, so Israel’s best interests dictate keeping the neighbors too economically weak to purchase expensive weapons, and to control as much territory as possible. I don’t begrudge any country that makes rational decisions in support of its own safety. I don’t even begrudge Israel’s influence on American foreign policy. I respect them for how well they do it.

Still, the bulk of my sympathies are with whatever group suffers the most, regardless of how much of the problem is their own damned fault. To feel otherwise would be inhuman. Sometimes it feels as if the Palestinians are only one Gandhi away from fixing their problems. But he’d need to be bulletproof. [emphasis added]

Yeah, Syria would be the new Singapore if it wasn't for these pesky Zionists keeping them poor. And Israel's need to control as much territory as possible explains why they gave the Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt. Reverse psychology, you see.

As for a Palestinian "Gandhi," I'd like to think Adams is saying he's come under fire from Hamas or the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. But I have my doubts.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at September 23, 2007 07:38 PM