Netanyahu’s Holocaust analogy would have been a mere intellectual curiosity if he were not the person who would be responsible for taking the decision about whether to attack Iran’s nuclear installations and thus drive the Middle East into an apocalyptic confrontation. The career of his political mentor, Menachem Begin, demonstrated that distorted analogies between past and present can inspire irresponsible policies.
如果不是由他来负责作出是否袭击伊朗核设施的决策，并因此将中东拖入到一场世界末日的对抗之中的话，内塔尼亚胡的大屠杀比喻也可能只是一种新奇的学术言论。 内塔尼亚胡政治导师梅纳赫姆·贝京的经历表明，过去和现在的歪曲比较可能会产生出不负责任的政策。