For Iran, the Turkish Invasion of Syria Is a Mixed Blessing
Hassan Rouhani’s condemnation may be mere lip service.
October 28, 2019
The Shoah did not target “human beings.” It targeted Jews.
In a recent essay titled “The Vanity of Guilt,” the conservative German journalist Andreas Lombard criticized the attitude toward the Holocaust, and Holocaust guilt, in his country, and particularly the ways in which the Shoah has been used to justify Angela Merkel’s immigration policies. Michel Gurfinkiel, calling the essay simultaneously “close to the truth” and “manifestly erroneous,” responds:
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Login or SubscribeHassan Rouhani’s condemnation may be mere lip service.
Compromising with Netanyahu would be preferable to a third election.
The Shoah did not target “human beings.” It targeted Jews.
A lesson from Jeremiah.
Like Milton’s Satan, it need only convince moderates of moral equivalence between the forces of good and evil.