On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote: > There is no reason to apologise. I pointed out that: > 1. the Nazis wanted a place for their own people; > 2. the Israelis want a place for their own people to live; > 3. their goals are therefore identical.
The problem with the comparison is that the Nazi version of Lebensraum included a mandate to exterminate all non-Aryan people, most notably Jews, to accomplish that goal. The comparison therefore implies Israel has resolved as a founding principle to exterminate all non-Jews in the Holy Land. That's how language works, whatever your actual intent. Marvin Long Austin, Texas
