Thursday, September 23, 2010

Walk-out at the UN?!

Oh dear, old Mahmoud's done it again... Less than an hour ago, CNN reported that US delegates to the UN, along with other delegates, staged a walkout during the Iranian president's speech. Although wild claims and statements that are so wacky, they cannot be lampooned usually flow from the spigot of lunacy, his statements about the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, are nothing short of downright offensive:

"Some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack..." [T]he attacks were aimed at reversing "the declining American economy and its scripts on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime. The majority of the American people, as well as most nations and politicians around the world, agree with this view."

Delegates from the United States, UK, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Uruguay and Spain walked out in response to these allegations. Barack Obama had long since left the grounds of the UN, and numerous European delegates had stated they intended to walkout for what was said. The US permanent mission stated, "[r]ather than representing the aspirations and goodwill of the Iranian people, Mr. Ahmadinejad has yet again chosen to spout vile conspiracy theories..."

The Iranian president ended his speech by discussing a statement issued to the IAEA regarding its nuclear program. It makes me wonder if Iran is truly a danger to the Western World, or if its "mouthpiece" just needs a new way to get his jollies.

-Caleb B. Ray

1 comment:

Rima said...

Of course, this is completely necessary. I'm more worried about 100 some odd countries that did not walk out.