Dear HNers, I try my best not to submit political stories, but I just learned about Holocartoons, and wanted your reactions. I greatly value the HN community f

Dear HNers, I try my best not to submit political stories, but I just learned about Holocartoons, and wanted your reactions. I greatly value the HN community for its critical approach and sane debate practices on almost any issue, so I'd like to know what you think. Even though my father's side of the family is Jewish, I believe I'm objective enough to conclude that the Holocaust has been very well documented. I can understand the discussion about the implications and entitlements the Holocaust may or may not lead to (read: Israel), but it really boggles me that people may actually believe those events didn't take place. Which takes me to the next question. Do you buy that Ahmadinejad actually doesn't believe in the Holocaust? Or is it just politically profitable to take such position publicly on that side of the world? In find it more puzzling because in the seventh question of the 2006 Spiegel interview http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-418660,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-418... : SPIEGEL: Of course we are entitled to write about the findings of the past 60 years’ historical research. In our view there is no doubt that the Germans -- unfortunately -- bear the guilt for the murder of 6 million Jews. Ahmadinejad: Well, then we have stirred up a very concrete discussion. We are posing two very clear questions. The first is: Did the Holocaust actually take place? You answer this question in the affirmative. So, the second question is: Whose fault was it? The answer to that has to be found in Europe and not in Palestine. It is perfectly clear: If the Holocaust took place in Europe, one also has to find the answer to it in Europe. Wouldn't it make more sense, carry more political weight in the Middle East and the rest of the world, to drop the first question, the absurd suspicion regarding whether this atrocity took place at all, and instead reinforce the argument "Europe is guilty; let it pay (cede land)"? But hey, maybe Ahmadinejad does indeed believe the Holocaust is an invention... I'm really puzzled about this "revisionist" movement, let alone coming from a president. Thank you and cheers. PS: The page wouldn't load now. I saw some "cartoons" at http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1291537 http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1291537.