Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's latest statements about Israel are a real mouthful:

In yet another verbal attack against Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Jewish state a "filthy bacteria" whose sole purpose was to oppress the other nations of the region.

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"The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast," the Iranian president told supporters at a rally in southern Iran.

Of course, as political rhetoric goes, connecting people you don't like to filthy diseases is nothing new. Hitler's propaganda machine excelled at spewing similar nonsense.

I don't know where the Democrats get the idea that dialogue will be effective with such people.

I mean, what's to discuss?