James Dobson Envokes Malclom X
James Dobson of Focus on the Family met with President Bush to talk about how Christian conservatives can help Bush with his Iraq message.
On his radio show, Dobson decided to make his case:
"Whatever's necessary?" Like "by any means necessary?" Comparing Ahmedinejad to Hitler is expected (if you want to make someone look bad, who else would you compare them to?) but I'm surprised Dobson paraphrased a militant Muslim activist (and to a lessor extent, a play).
Of course, let's be clear here: Malcolm X was referring to race relations and civil rights, while Dobson is referring to the borderline genocide of a culture he doesn't understand.
On his radio show, Dobson decided to make his case:
Later in his broadcast, during a discussion about Iran with author and self-proclaimed “prophecy expert” Joel Rosenberg, Dobson drew a parallel between current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Adolf Hitler.
“The world looked at Hitler and just didn't believe him and tried to appease him the way we're hearing in Washington today,” Dobson remarked. “You know, the President seems to me does understand this, as I told you from that meeting I had with him the other day, but even there it feels like somebody ought to be standing up and saying, ‘We are being threatened and we are going to meet this with force -- whatever's necessary.’”
Dobson continued, “Some of our listeners might not like that but I tell you, if we didn't stand up to Hitler, we'd be speaking German today.”
"Whatever's necessary?" Like "by any means necessary?" Comparing Ahmedinejad to Hitler is expected (if you want to make someone look bad, who else would you compare them to?) but I'm surprised Dobson paraphrased a militant Muslim activist (and to a lessor extent, a play).
Of course, let's be clear here: Malcolm X was referring to race relations and civil rights, while Dobson is referring to the borderline genocide of a culture he doesn't understand.
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