Posted on 09/19/2006 5:24:15 PM PDT by libs_kma
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler and made fun of his name on Tuesday during a congressional hearing on the U.S. strategy to end Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
"Ahmadinejad -- I call him Ahmad-in-a-head -- I think he's a Hitler type of person," Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
"He has made it clear that he wants to destroy Israel. He has made it clear he doesn't believe in the Holocaust. He's a, he's a -- we all know what he is," the senator added.
Ahmadinejad, who took office in August 2005, has issued threats to Israel, compared its offensive in Lebanon this summer to the behavior of Nazi Germany and called the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews died, a myth.
The United States accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, of supporting terrorism and of aiding the insurgency in Iraq. Iran says its nuclear program is to generate nuclear power.
"I don't believe that as long as he's there that we're ever going to solve Iraq," Voinovich said. "There seems to be a very deliberate, premeditated effort on their part to expand their influence in that area and this nuclear issue is just part of it."
Voinovich made his remarks shortly before President George W. Bush delivered a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in which he said the Iranian government was using the country's resources to fund terrorism and pursue nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad was to address the U.N. gathering later on Tuesday.
The 70-year-old senator has challenged Bush on a number of issues. His opposition to Bush's nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador last year forced the president to sidestep the congressional approval process and appoint Bolton directly.
Voinovich, who has been a U.S. senator since 1999 and was governor of Ohio from 1990 to 1998, changed his position in July and now supports Bolton's confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Squirt a few tears Vionovich, you're my favorite little girl.
Is the message finally sinking in? Or is it election speak?
What a candy-ass statement.
Voinovich talks tough about Yabbadabbadinijab,
but cries like a baby when confronted by John Bolton.
What a %*&$%^ HEAD he is
HEY! That's my "candy-ass" Senator!
He and DeWhiner are our RINO poster boys.....
Pretty controversial! What a gutty guy!
Let's see ... has he said, "God Bless President Bush, but I wish he'd do something about our borders!"?
What a hack!
Sen. George Voinovich (Bipolar - Ohio)
Typical stick the ole finger in the air politician.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Yeah, I just hope he is a solid (R) through the elections. After that, he can cry all he wants.
"Ahmadinejad -- I call him Ahmad-in-a-head -- I think he's a Hitler type of person," Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. "
Kind of low-rent for a Senator, IMO. He's an idiot.
Voinovich hit his head on something or did he get an injection of common snese?
Here's an Ohio story. And good for Voinovich, who at least hasn't become the Bob Taft of the Senate.
Better to be an idiot than a whackjob terrorist who thinks he is Saladin.
If Hitler were to turn over in his grave (if he had a grave) every time someone in the news evoked his name to denigrate someone else … he would be spinning non-stop as we speak! Using the name of Hitler (disgusting animal that he was) is loosing its impact via overuse in this day and age. There must be another name that we can toss around for a while to show our disgust with those we disagree with! Sheese!
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