By Ryan Jones
Jul 21, 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently believes that all Germany needs is a little nudge to revert to its Nazi ways and hatred of the Jews, and so has asked Berlin to help him deal with Jewish state.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is a favorite in the Muslim world (his Mein Kampf is a perennial best-seller), and has been invoked by Ahmadinejad on several occasions as he called for the destruction of Israel.
In a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel this week, Ahmadinejad came worryingly close to asking the German leader to emulate the Fuhrer.
A German official who has seen the letter spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity:
"It's all related to Germany and how we have to find a solution to the Palestinian problems and Zionism and so on. It?s rather weird."
"There are a lot of propaganda phrases about Israel and the Jews inside."
Ahmadinejad has openly stated his desire to see Israel "wiped off the map," and has warned the West that if it does not eliminate the Israeli "cancer" by absorbing the nation's six million Jews, the Muslim world will deal with the problem in its own manner.