December 13, 2006 -- "The Bush administration - joined by the Vatican, Britain, Germany and other outraged countries - yesterday deplored an international rant fest hosted by Iran to cast doubt on the Holocaust.
"The gathering of Holocaust deniers in Tehran is an affront to the entire civilized world, as well as to the traditional Iranian values of tolerance and mutual respect," the White House said.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called the gathering "shocking beyond belief" - and a good reason why opening talks with Tehran would be pointless.
"What further evidence do you need that this regime is extreme?" he asked.
But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the end of the two-day "conference" as a soapbox to declare that Israel's days are numbered.
"Just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out," he added."
Memo #2 to the Iraq Study Group: Get help.
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