A Nation of Holocaust Deniers?

That's the title of an article Azadeh Moaveni wrote for Time magazine:

It's pretty vile having a Holocaust denier as a president. I feel partly responsible, because I didn't vote in the election that brought President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. Who knew the man stood any chance of winning? Who knew the man unlikely to win would use his presidency to challenge historical fact? Once he started up the whole business, I consoled myself and others by arguing this view did not represent that of most Iranians. Turns out, I was wrong.

Moaveni writes about 2 types of Holocaust deniers: Ahmadinejad, and then the kind of Iranians with whom Moaveni discussed their doubts about the Holocaust before

the conversation quickly skipped from the Holocaust to how Israel is Iran's natural ally in the region, and what a shame it is that the two countries can't band together and lord it over the Arabs.

At a time when there is an argument whether you can be anti-Israel without be Anti-semitic, is it really possible to believe the Holocaust is a lie yet believe that Israel is an ally?

Technorati Tag: Israel and Holocaust and Iran and Ahmadinejad.