The Ron Paul Institute aka Libertarian Freak Show rolls on.
Via Free Beacon:
The Ron Paul Institute published a column on Friday arguing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “played the Holocaust card” in an effort to manipulate the U.S. government into starting a war with Iran.
The column, written by Gareth Porter, also claimed that the Israeli Prime Minister’s recent address to congress greatly exaggerated the threat of a nuclear Iran and “served Netanyahu’s political interest in manipulating the policy of the US government and other other world powers.”
In conjuring the spectre of Iranian genocide against Israelis, Netanyahu was playing two political games simultaneously. He was exploiting the fears of the Israeli population associated with the Holocaust to boost his electoral prospects while at the same time exploiting the readiness of most members of US Congress to support whatever Netanyahu orders on Iran policy. […]
Netanyahu was taking advantage of what former Israeli deputy national security adviser Chuck Freilich calls the “Holocaust Syndrome” or “Masada complex” that is woven into the fabric of Israeli politics. His ranting about an Iran intending to wipe out the entire country has appealed especially to his Likud constituency and other Israelis who believe that the outside world is“permanently hostile” to the Jewish people.