Oh come on Honduras!
Blaming the Jews for the coup in Hondorus? That’s insane, but nothing new. Blaming the Jews has long been a political strategy to shift blame to a politically expedient other.
Wishing Hitler had finished killing all of us? That’s just evil.
David Romero, Executive Director Radio Globo, September 25, 2009
In a radio interview regarding his alleged investigation into the “involvement” of Israeli officials in the Honduran crisis Romero said:“I have asked myself, is there a Honduran, whether on military uniform or not, capable of doing what they are doing there – trying to poison the President of the Republic? I have realized that they cannot be accomplices. But when a Honduran finds someone to help him do evil, I believe he can do evil.
“There are times when I ask myself if Hitler was or not correct in finishing with that race with the famous Holocaust. If there are people that do damage in this country, they are Jewish, the Israelis. I want to name, this afternoon here in Radio Globo, by name and last name, who are the two officers of the Jewish army who are working with the Armed Forces of our country and who are in charge of carrying out all these conspiracy activities and undercover actions and everything else that is happening to the President of the Republic.
“After what I have learned, I ask myself why, why didn’t we let Hitler carry out his historic mission. Forgive me for the grotesque expression. But I ask myself after I have realized this and many other things. I believe it should have been fair and valid to let Hitler finish his historic vision…” (via ADL)
Luckily, others in Honduras have been quick to condemn such statements, but, as the old Talmudic teaching goes, you can’t take an arrow back once it has left the bow.
In reaction to the anti-Semitic rants on Radio Globo, [Adolfo] Facusse, a Honduran-Arab national, stated that “Jews are our cousins and we will not tolerate such language.”
