Iran has been calling the shots now for a few weeks. The comments about WW2, the whole nine yards, is designed to highlight differences between the two sides. They are firming up support. The cartoons were just the gift they were looking for.
"...gift they were looking for." I don't think you get it. If not the cartoons it would be something else just as irrelevant to islam-o-nazis. Like rap music.
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