The AP doesn’t seem to think that Interpol’s definition of a terrorist should affect its calling an Iranian candidate for president, wanted in the bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish community center that murdered 87 an injured over 100, a “moderate conservative“—whatever that’s supposed to mean. And hey, he wants to talk to the U.S., so who gives a damn if he’s a terrorist, right?
An Iranian presidential candidate who is wanted by Interpol in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina said Sunday he is willing to cooperate with the U.S. on regional security matters if elected.
And look: He doesn’t literally deny the Holocaust, so he must not be a Holocaust denier!
Conservative candidate Mohsen Rezaei, speaking to reporters in Iran’s capital, also criticized hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his handling of the faltering economy and said his questioning of the Holocaust has “no benefit.” He made no mention, however, of the Argentine bombing case, which he has never spoken about publicly.
Say, you think maybe he’s just saying its counterproductive at this moment to deny the Holocaust, because so many countries actually believe it? Because that’s how I’m parsing his words. But I’m not an AP editor.
Really, could this story get any weirder? Why yes. Yes it could.
He is not considered a strong challenger to Ahmadinejad in the June 12 vote. But if elected, Iran would have a leader who could be shunned by other nations and whose travel would likely be limited due to Interpol’s decision to add him to its most wanted list.
Still, Rezaei, a moderate conservative, is positioning himself as a candidate aiming to reverse what he calls Ahmadinejad’s harmful foreign policy.
You see? He’s not a hard-liner, because he doesn’t technically deny the Holocaust, and he’s willing to “reverse” Iran’s foreign policy. And how will he do that?
“We are ready to have interactions with foreign countries on preserving security, peace and tranquility in the region,” he said.
Whoa! Stop the presses! He’s going to talk to other nations. Yep, he’s a moderate all right.
Thus the AP continues its efforts to whitewash terrorists and rogue regimes, while demonizing Israel and the U.S. And this is an important thing to point out, because it feeds the fantasies of the one-world government idiots, and the ones who think that Iran wants only peaceful nuclear power, not a bomb with which to threaten the world.
And remember, every time the AP mentions Avigdor Lieberman, he is an “ultra-nationalist.” But a man wanted by Interpol in a suicide bombing that murdered scores—well, he’s just a “moderate conservative.”
The word “moderate” has been sadly devalued. Here, our press talks about the “moderate Arab states,” conveniently forgetting that in one, it is a crime for women to drive or for anyone to practice any religion other than Islam; in the second, a law stipulating increased punishment for honor-killing was scuttled on the grounds of “tradition”; and girls are still mutilated in the third.