Does the President of Iran have the right to question the historical facts surrounding the Holocaust?

Answer 1

Like the U.S. President, he came to power with little knowledge of history or international cultural understanding. He is clueless about how his bellicosity is viewed around the world and is primarily supported in Iran by the frustrated uneducated lower income level. He has little real power. One moment he says something reasonable and the next he asserts that there are no homosexuals in Iran. (Two teenage boys were hung last years for homosexuality) His position regarding the Holocaust probably is shared by many people in that part of the world. They believe there was a conspiracy on the part of the Jews to exaggerate their victimization in order to control public perception and get the world to support establishing Israel. In his mind, he imagines pursuading the world to believe these conspiracy theories and reverse the establishment of Israel. With any luck, he will only be in power for 2 more years and perhaps his behavior which is not well received by the majority of Iranians will help a moderate to be elected.

Answer 2

It isn't logical to question it. There are Holocaust survivors still living; they have the numbers tattooed on their arms, still.
There is also considerable photographic evidence. And of course, the accounts of the soldiers who helped liberate the concentration camps.

How can you question something that is fact? That has so much physical evidence?

If you question it, then what are you implying: that six million Jews and countless non Jews suddenly just vanished into thin air?

It's absurd.

And besides, the President of Iran doesn't merely 'question' the Holocaust, he denies it outright. He also has made some deeply spiteful remarks about Jewish people, not to mention threatening to destroy Israel. At present, Iran has six hundred missiles pointing straight at the Jewish state.

I really don't think we can be left in any doubt as to this man's hatred of Jewish people. What more does he have to say to convince those who still question THAT?

Answer 3

Hmm. As an individual, I'd say he can question the facts if he chooses. But as a president of a nation with an agenda, it's unbelievably stupid.

Having heard him repeat such remarks on camera recently, it sounds as though he's somewhat less sure of his position than he was, though. When he made the remarks he seemed to genuinely believe that the Holocaust was an evil sympathy-getting Zionist plot. I think he's a little better informed now, though he still doesn't trust the issue.

What worries me is that in the same conflict, the Russians lost 20 million lives - as combatants. How come no-one seems to consider them deserving of the same degree of sympathy?

CD

Answer 4

As an Atheist I question Christian biblical "facts" all the time, but they are events which are supposed to have occurred thousands of years ago and there is no physical evidence to back up 90% of the bible. So it is fair to say, most of it is myth and legend.

However we have hundreds of hours of movie film and photographic proof, not to mention survivors, that prove beyond any doubt that the Holocaust was a factual event.

Answer 5

History cannot be changed. It is a done deal. But opinions about history are constantly changing. Some opinions are easier to dismiss than others.

Does he have the right to question? Certainly.
Does he look like a fool to question? Certainly.

god bless

Answer 6

The president of Iran hates Israel just as all Arabs do. They will not stop their attacks until all of Israel is destroyed.

This man from Iran is a liar and his God is a liar. He awaits his messiah who is more commonly known as the antichrist.

In revelations, it talks about a bottomless pit.

Rev. 9: 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.


In Iran, they have a well that they believe their messiah will emerge from. This very well may be the antichrist.

Answer 7

Yes, everyone has a right to make foolish comments. You see it all the time here on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 8

Anyone has the right to question anything. Period.

Whether he's right or not is a completely different story, but does he have the right to question it? Absolutely.

Answer 9

Well it goes to show that George W. just may not be the stupidest President in the World.

Answer 10

Opinions are like anuses: Everyone has one, and most stink.

Remember Voltaire:

"I may disagree with what you say... But I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

We, in return, have every right to laugh at his stupidity. Oh, and also to bid him farewell, since the noose around his neck is more than evident everyday that passes by.