What The Times Doesn't Understand about Ahmadinejad

This is from the early write-up of Moody's speech, by Sarah Wheaton, under the absurd headline, "A More Conciliatory Ahmadinejad at the U.N.":

Mr. Ahmadinejad called Israel's attack on Gaza in November "barbaric" and said the economic blockade of Palestinians amounts to "genocide." But he did not call for the complete destruction of the country, as he has in the past. Instead, he called for "a referendum and free elections in Palestine in order to prepare a conducive environment for all Palestinians, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, to live together in peace and harmony."

How unsophisticated can you be? A "referendum" for "all Palestinians," including "Jews," means one thing and one thing only in the minds of eliminationists like Ahmadinejad, and in actual fact: The destruction of the Jewish state of Israel. It's not even code, and only slightly euphemistic.

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