New York Daily News - Rangel in 'Holocaust' firestorm

Senator Charles Rangel (D-NY) has done it again. He effectively said that the Iraq war was just like the Holocaust. Then he hastily said that he meant to say that the "silence" of the media (not true) about the Iraq war was like the silence of the media about the Holocaust.

Abraham Foxman of the Anti-defamation League is not satisfied:

It is so outrageous that I think he owes an apology not only to the families of the victims of the Shoah, but he also owes an apology to the soldiers who are fighting for freedom.

If the world had recognized the evil of Hitler early enough - just like we're confronting the evil of terrorism and fundamentalism now - then maybe the 6 million wouldn't have died.

I was wrong about you, Abe. After you let Bill Clinton's FBI crib from your notes on the then-pending Y2K problem, I didn't think you'd have it in you. You have certainly stood tall today--and your words of support for our troops are unmistakeable. Mazel Tov!

Back to Senator Rangel: An hour ago, he gave an interview to Sean Hannity--in which he not only refused to apologize, but also refused even to discuss the issue with Mr. Foxman. That ill befits a Senator--and I'm through granting to Democrats the excuse that "one can expect no better." If, as Senator Rangel says, his own Jewish constituents don't challenge his credentials on the subject of the Holocaust, or Shoah, then he ought to be mensch enough to repeat that to Mr. Foxman. I happen to doubt his word on that--but even if he's correct, he still makes himself look bad. Totally inappropriate--and unnecessary.