Let's take this piecemeal...
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Originally Posted by Kloef
A president publicly denying the holocaust
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My response is "who cares?". So President Ahmadinejad is wrong about the holocaust. There is no uncertanity about it. There is ample evidence that he is, pure and simple, wrong. Clearly I would never hire Dr. Ahmadinejad to teach history. So what? How does the holocaust which happened 1943-1945 affect policy towards Israel when the First Aliya becan in 1881? Do not think for a moment that Israeli history in the region began in 1948.
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and publicly treatens Isreal to 'wipe it of the face of the Earth'
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Not exactly what he said. There is a very nice discussion about his speech at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud...22_translation
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...should not be trusted with this technology, inspections or not.
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President Ahmadinejad really has nothing to do with it. After the 1989 revision of the Iranian Constitution, President Ahmadinejad has zero control over the military. He can no more order an attack on Israel then Senator McCain can order the Bomb Bomb Bombing of Iran.
As for Iran (as a country) wanting to destroy Israel, I would highly recommend two books
Treacherous Alliane: The secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi
The Iran Agenda by Reese Erlich
Both do a pretty good job of describing the history of the relationship between Israel and Iran. Like many international relationships, what is publicly said is different from what happens in reality.
soundbyte answer: Iran needs Israel and Iran's national agenda would not be served by attacking Israel (even if Iran thought it could defeat Israel).
A most complicated and complex relationship indeed.