Iran Has Taken 6 of 8 Steps on Path to Genocide -Mitch Ginsburg
- Genocide is predictable and preventable, as long as you
recognize the universal signs. And Iran, in its language and
action, has taken six of the eight steps on the path to
genocide, according to Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder and director
of Genocide Watch. - Talk of genocide, Stanton said - of
removing a cancer or crushing a cockroach - is never just talk.
"One of the best predictors of genocide is incitement to
genocide," he said, "and I believe that is exactly what Iran is
doing today." - Encouraging genocide is a crime. The UN
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, signed
in 1948, states that incitement "with intent to destroy, in
whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious
group" is illegal. Canada severed its ties with Iran on
precisely those grounds. - Recognizing the early signs,
spotlighting them and prosecuting those encouraging the killings
are some of the ways to prevent a genocide. Ignoring them, di