Ahmadinejad compares rivals to Hitler

I believe the only appropriate word for this is "chutzpah": Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused his election rivals of adopting smear tactics used by Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler and said they could face jail for insulting him.  […] "No one has the right to insult the president, and they did it. And this ...

I believe the only appropriate word for this is "chutzpah":

I believe the only appropriate word for this is "chutzpah":

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused his election rivals of adopting smear tactics used by Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler and said they could face jail for insulting him.  […]

"No one has the right to insult the president, and they did it. And this is a crime. The person who insulted the president should be punished, and the punishment is jail," he told supporters outside Tehran’s Sharif University.

"Such insults and accusations against the government are a return to Hitler’s methods, to repeat lies and accusations … until everyone believes those lies," Ahmadinejad said.

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