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Mark Kirk: I praise Chairman Hyde and Ranking Member Lantos for bringing this resolution so quickly to the floor. Adolf Hitler said…

On the recordOctober 28, 2005
I praise Chairman Hyde and Ranking Member Lantos for bringing this resolution so quickly to the floor. Adolf Hitler said when genocide was committed against the Armenians, No one will remember. But we remember. When ``Mein Kampf'' was written, the dictator said he planned genocide against the Jewish people, but the international community ignored his plan and 6 million died in the death camp ovens. {time} 1030 Now, the leader of Iran delivered his ``Mein Kampf'' speech committing Iran to a policy of genocide against Israel. He told us that he seeks to kill another 6 million Jews in Israel, but if Iran builds nuclear weapons and missiles, he will not only commit a second Jewish Holocaust, he will also kill 1 million Arabs that live in Israel. He would kill them, too. The fallout from his attack would also deposit poison on Jordan, and he would kill them, too. The President of Iran's speech was not religious. It was genocidal. The President of Iran's speech was not for the Muslim faithful. It is going to lead to the death of Muslims living in Israel and Jordan. If the failure of the League of Nations against Hitler teaches us anything, it is that the international community must listen to the warnings of would-be leaders of genocide and stop them. The United Nations, formed out of the ashes of Germany, committed itself to stopping men of this kind who plan to commit genocide against other Nations.…
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