>>>>>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342489,00.html
>>>>>According to Mahmoud Ahamdinejad and the Islamic Republic News Agency:
>>>>>http://www.irna.com/en/news/view/line-203/0612204702132142.htm
>>>>
>>>>Ahamdinejad doesn't seem to understand that if he didn't act all crazy and anti-semetic, then people probably wouldn't really care all that much.
>>>
>>>I think he understands very well.
>>
>>Everyone that has played the anti-american, wacko card, is eventually taken out, contained or somehow sidelined.
>
>I agree but I hope it is containment and sidelined, not "taken out" because that just leads to more fanatics and mad men martyrs. Interesting poll results in Iran.

One counter-example. Taking out Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito seemed to work. Europe and Japan didn't have a backlash of facists.