We sincerely hope the Iranian leadership has a healthy mental health plan in its insurance coverage, given this one:
Just when you thought the Iranian leadership could stoop no further: A top advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed in an interview with Iranian website Baztab that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s parents were both Jewish and that Hitler himself was one of the founders of the State of Israel.In the interview, translated by MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) Mohammad-Ali Ramin, a chief aide to Ahmadinejad, told Baztab that Hitler’s paternal grandmother was a Jewish prostitute and his father even kept his Jewish name until finally changing it to Hitler when he was 40.
So when was Adolf’s bar mitzvah? AND:
Ramin also claimed that the reason Hitler developed such an aversion to Judaism was because his Jewish mother was a promiscuous woman. Hitler therefore, says Ramin, tried to escape his religion.Ramin cites a 1974 book by Hennecke Kardel titled ‘Adolf Hitler: Founder of Israel’, which alleges that Hitler strived to create a Jewish state as a result of being influenced by his Jewish relatives and his cooperation with Britain – which also wanted to drive the Jews out of Europe.
Ramin claims in the interview that Hitler both identified with his Judaism and was disgusted by it. It is these ambivalent feelings, said Ramin, that formed the basis for his treatment of Jews.
Oh.
Aside from what it says about the perspective of some key members of the Iranian leadership and how this will confirm a reportedly-growing and solidifying belief in Tel Aviv that Iran is a threat that needs to be dealt with before Israel gets a Chanuka present of a mushroom cloud, it will now leave open a search for confirmation that Hitler was Jewish. Some things could help such as:
–A photo of Hitler’s bris.
–A photo of Hitler wearing a yarmulke.
–Proof that Hitler loved Chinese food.
We’re waiting for a revelation in the next interview, that Yassir Arafat was actually a rabbi from the Bronx.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.