First They Came For The Nazi Apologists…

If only the powers that be at msnbc.com understood that Adolph Hitler actually was a man of peace, they wouldn’t have acted so rashly in removing their site’s link to a Pat Buchanan column essentially blaming England for World War II.

But like the appeasers they are, they crumbled under the slightest pressure, in this case the understandable outrage of the National Jewish Democratic Council, whose president David Harris, condemned the right-wing commentator’s piece on Thursday as “deplorable” historical revisionism.

Buchanan’s latest column should be removed immediately from MSNBC.com, and no worthy news organization should employ a commentator who engages in such vile fiction.

The link to the column appears to have been removed by msnbc.com late Thursday night. Politico‘s Michael Calderone has more:

Harris, in a second statement, said that “MSNBC took the responsible action and removed Pat Buchanan’s column,” while adding that “no worthy news organization should employ and promote a commentator who engages in such vile fiction.”

An MSNBC spokesperson issued a statement to POLITICO: “An editorial decision was made to remove the column from msnbc.com. Pat is a contributor to MSNBC, his syndicated column does not speak for the network or represent the views of MSNBC.”

Well, that’s comforting. By the way, if you want to read Buchanan’s column (“Did Hitler Want War?”), written to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Poland, it’s here (screen shot below). Be ready, though: It truly is a litany of lunacy.

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