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Wolf: Mr. Duke, thanks very much for coming in. What do you say to those who say â who charge, and there are many, that youâre there in Tehran at this Holocaust conference simply because you hate Jews?
David: Well, first off, Mr. Blitzer, I resent the introduction you made of me. You mentioned the Ku Klux Klan 11 times. That was over 30 â well, 30 years ago in my life, and since that time I got elected to the House of Representatives, I became â and I received a full doctorate, I have been a teacher, I have one of the best selling books in the world.
And you interview many former communists in governments all over the world and you donât introduce them by saying former communist and certainly not 11 times. I think youâre biased because youâre a former lobbyist for AIPAC. Youâre a Jewish extremist, supporter of Israel, so you want to bias anyone who criticizes Zionism.
Wolf: Well, do you hate Jews?
David: No, I donât. Do you hate people who donât want to be controlled? Do you hate Americans who donât want the Israeli lobby to have Americans fight and die and thousands maimed because Israel wants it in the Middle East? We have a war in Iraq because Israel wanted that war, not for American interests.
They lied to us about weapons of mass destruction, and now theyâre trying to get America into war against Iran, and I think it would be a tragedy for this country, a tragedy for the world. And you donât like what I say against Zionism so you want to talk about the Ku Klux Klan rather than the issues facing the worldâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦..
Wolf: Do youâ¦
David: ⦠the terrorism of the Israel state for instance.
Wolf: Do you believe, Mr. Duke, that there was a Holocaust?
David: Iâm sorry? I believe, sir, that the only way we can know whether there was a Holocaust or the nature of it is freedom of speech. I donât think we should be locking people in prison in Europe, even elderly people in their 80s, because they dare to have a different opinion about an historical event.
The American government shouldnât be saying that the Iran conference â the Iran conference was a conference for freedom of speech. I heard many mainstream Holocaust speakers at this conference, many. This conference allowed freedom of speech on the issue.
The American government and Tony Blair and George Bush should be saying its a disgrace that David Irving, a worldwide historian with books in almost every library in the world, is in prison right now in Austria because he said something the Zionists donât like about the Second World War.
Wolf: Do believe in a two state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, a new state of Palestine living side by side with the state of Israel?
David: I think thatâs probably the best solution. I think you have to ask the people who live there, of both Israel and the Arab countries. But I know one thing. You canât impose a solution from the Zionistâs domination of American foreign policy.
Pearl and people like Wolfowitz, Feith, Wurmser, Kristol, Abrams â we can go on and on. It sounds like a Jewish wedding. They have set American policy and they have hurt American interests in the Middle East. Just as I have said for years, as Walt and Mearsheimer of Harvard have said, itâs a fact. And we are dying right now in Iraq because weâre there for Israelâs interests. Weâve gotten no oil out of this war. I said â I went around the world, around the country before this war, and said there were no weapons of mass destruction.
Wolf: Well, let me interrupt for a moment, Mr. Duke. As far as I know, the president of the United States, who is the commander in chief, is not Jewish. The vice president of the United States is not Jewish. The secretary of defense is not Jewish. The national security advisor to the president, not Jewish. The director of the CIA, not Jewish. Are these people simply tools of the Zionist conspiracy?
David: Theyâre not tools of a conspiracy, but they are definitely tools of the Zionist media and political power. Even the âWashington Postâ said that 60 percent of the contributions for the Republican Party come from Jewish sources. Plus, if any politician in America dares to criticize Israel, millions will go to his opponents and he will be attacked in the media where Zionists have incredible power.
Even the âJewish Chronicle,â the âJewish Los Angeles Timesâ â excuse me, not the âLos Angeles Times,â the âJewish Times of Los Angelesâ stated that four of the five conglomerates of â the largest media conglomerates are owned by Jews, and the fifth is even more pro- Israel than some of those conglomerates. We have a controlled media in the United States, and thatâs why weâre not hearing the truth about this conference.
This conference is about the fact that there must be freedom of speech. And this is insane that people are being criticized. This conference is being criticized when there are people in prison right now for freedom of their conscience.
Wolf: If thereâs a controlledâ¦
David: Now, if you think that David Irving should be in prison right now in Austria â Iâm asking you a question, sir.
Wolf: Well, Iâm the one who asks the questions in these interviewsâ¦
David: Do you think David Irving should be in prison in Austria for voicing an opinion?
Wolf: ⦠and we invited you on. And the question isâ¦
David: Exactly.
Wolf: ⦠if we invited you on, why is there a Zionist conspiracy if weâre letting you on television right now? How do you explain that?
David: How do I explain that? I think that you canât affect the news. Youâve got â I think you have to put some spin on whatâs happening in Iran.
Wolf: But we didnât have to invite you on CNN.
David: And you want to â itâs an attack mode, always an attack mode when people like myself come on there. But you thought you could handle me with your 11 connotations of the Ku Klux Klan.
Wolf: All right, let meâ¦
David: But you know something? You canât handle me, and you canât handle the truth, and the fact is, you are an agent of Zionism. You work for AIPACâ¦
Wolf: Listen â all right. Listen.
David: ⦠the lobby in this country that controls Israeli policy.
Wolf: Listen, Mr. Dukeâ¦
David: Youâre not an honest broken on television.
Wolf: ⦠I am going to read to you what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has saidâ¦
David: Youâre an Israeli agent.
Wolf: All right. Iâm going to read to you what Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has said and then you can respond if you agree of disagree with him. âIsrael must be wiped off the map and, God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.â
Thatâs what he said on October 28th, 2005, according to Al- Jazeera.
David: All right, first off, thatâs a complete misquote. He never said wipe off the map, and he was talking about the Zionist control of the United States. In fact, I heard his last speech, and I read articles all over the world where he said Israel will be wiped off the map.
He said Israel would have a change in government just as the Soviet Union changed. Obviously, the Russian people werenât killed. Israel wasnât wiped out, and this was to garner hatred against Iran to support the Holocaust and maybe the nuclear strike against Iran.
Wolf: Well, what about when he says we âshall experience a worldâ â when he says we should âsoon experience a world without the United Statesâ?
David: Iâm sorry, sir. I couldnât hear you.
Wolf: When he says we should âsoon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.â
David: I know what the translation was. He was referring to the control â Israel uses the United States as its proxy. They use the â at Mahaper (ph) said from Malaysia, Israel is able to dominate our policy through their money, through their media control, and theyâre leading us to disaster.
Richard Pearl and Paul Wolfowitz he were the formulators of the Iraq war. Pearl, Wurmser and Feith wrote a paper for Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel calling for war against Iraq, Iran, and Syria. And thatâs exactly what we did. They made up the lice of weapons of mass destruction because Americans were not willing to die in thousands and spend billions of dollars for Israelâs strategic objectives. Thatâs the reality.
Wolf: David Duke, we have to leave it there.
David: And there are so many lies that are going on right now.
Wolf: The satellite is about to go down. So we have to leave it right there. But youâre in Tehran.
David: Well, people can find information at DavidDuke.com â DavidDuke.com.
Wolf: Iâm sure theyâll have plenty of opportunities to hear what you have to say. Thatâs it. David Duke joining us from Iran.
