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"Communism was not the only monstrous phenomenon determined to destroy free and open societies," said Lantos in 2007. Lantos, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had fought against Nazism and communism, and "it is now my privilege to fight against Islamic terrorism determined to take us back 13 centuries."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201125.html Omar Fekeiki, "The Toll of Communism," ''Washington Post'' June 13, 2007]</ref>
"Communism was not the only monstrous phenomenon determined to destroy free and open societies," said Lantos in 2007. Lantos, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had fought against Nazism and communism, and "it is now my privilege to fight against Islamic terrorism determined to take us back 13 centuries."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201125.html Omar Fekeiki, "The Toll of Communism," ''Washington Post'' June 13, 2007]</ref>
Lantos often grabbed headlines for his outspoken comments. He blasted former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and former French President Jacques Chirac for their failure to fight "Islamofascism" and their ingratitude to America for World War II. "I am so glad that the era of Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder in Germany is now gone," he said. He ridiculed Schroeder as a "political prostitute, now that he's taking big checks from Putin" (Schroeder took a consulting job with a Russian oil firm shortly after leaving office), and then quipped that "the sex workers in my district objected so I will no longer use that phrase."
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.theotherrussia.org/2007/06/18/lantos-on-communism-and-putin/ "Lantos on Communism and Putin, June 18th, 2007"]
* [http://www.theotherrussia.org/2007/06/18/lantos-on-communism-and-putin/ "Lantos on Communism and Putin, June 18th, 2007"]