Iran Holds Holocaust Conference

Iran is currently holding a conference on the Holocaust which was described as "shocking beyond belief" by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The attendees are a variable who's who of white supremacists, Holocaust deniers, bigots and lowlifes.

For its part, Iran says they are just offering a forum for discussion of the Holocaust. In many European countries it is actually a crime to deny the existence of the Holocaust, so I can appreciate the freedom of speech aspect. However, when the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggests that the Holocaust is a myth perpetrated to justify the state of Israel and the oppression of Palestinians I have to be a bit skeptical of the intentions of the conference.