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Article: A world without Jews: the Nazi goal was a Europe without Jews. The militant Islamist goal is a Middle East without Jews. Is it really so far-fetched to perceive similarities?(OPINION)
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- May 1, 2009
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The Holocaust was not a childhood disease. Having experienced it gives the Jewish people no immunity. And it requires extraordinary optimism to believe that the worst crimes against humanity are behind us, rather than still to come.
Many people dismiss comparisons between Nazis and militant Islamists. The Nazi goal was a Europe without Jews. The militant Islamist goal is a Middle East without Jews. Is it really so far-fetched to perceive similarities? True, the Nazi project largely achieved its goals whereas the Islamist project looks forward to accomplishing its mission over the decades ahead. But does that justify complacency?
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