In a story destined to elicit spit-takes from casual readers around the world, Iran – that last bastion of enlightened intellectuals – will host a conference on the Holocaust.
Yes, that Iran – the one whose president infamously declared the Holocaust "a myth". The same Iran that refuses to acknowledge Israel and makes killing Jews a higher national priority than, oh I don't know, literacy.
So what gives, anyway?
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a welcome address that the conference's goal was to "create an opportunity for thinkers who cannot express their views freely in Europe about the Holocaust."
Ah, now this is making more sense. What kind of Holocaust views can't be expressed freely in Europe? The denials, of course!
And from the too-easy-to-predict file, it seems that former KKK Imperial Wizard and Louisiana gubernatorial candidate, David Duke will be there as well. What? George Allen couldn't make it?
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