Haaretz Service and The Associated Press: Netanyahu: We won't let Holocaust deniers repeat genocide against Jews
Talkback
Title:Shot in the foot - again?
Name:Dreamer
City: ManchesterState: UK
I am sorry to upset the apple cart but if you think about it (objectively), Ahmadinejad has actually raised a point regarding racism that is of real concern to many. You don`t have to agree with him but as a leader he is entitled to give his opinion.

However he appears to have once again `shot himself in the foot` so to speak. He uses a very direct approach which translates into a somewhat blunt and undiplomatic and personal `opinion` being offered to an audience used to very sophisticated and subtle argument. As the President of a country he can not afford to give personal opinions in this way, and by failing to speak the `diplomatic language` of the West, he plays straight into the hands of the `war mongers` who will use his words against him.

Watch the headlines over the next few days - his `opinion` will be made to look like a declaration of war..........