I agree with Farseer. Why to invite him to speak and then call the guy names? It does not make any sense to me. Whether those names are true or not, is irrelevant. If the guy is a guest, should not be insulted! And this is coming from me who I cannot stand the Iranian President.
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IRAN'S LEADER SLAMS 'ARROGANT' POWERS IN U.N. ADDRESS
The nuclear issue in Iran is "now closed," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an address Tuesday loaded with broadsides against "selfish and incompetent" powers that have "obedience to Satan."
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/un.iran/index.html
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Statements (Hover)
From the L.A. Times (editorial)
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Ahmadinejad walks away with a win Stephen Chernin / Associated Press Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia. His Columbia engagement gives him what he wants -- legitimacy -- and his hosts look rude to Islamic eyes. By Tim Rutten September 29, 2007 One of the world's truly dangerous men, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left New York a clear winner this week, and he can thank the arrogance of the American academy and most of the U.S. news media's studied indifference for his victory. If the blood-drenched history of the century just past had taught American academics one thing, it should have been that the totalitarian impulse knows no accommodation with reason. You cannot change the totalitarian mind through dialogue or conversation, because totalitarianism -- however ingenious the superstructure of faux ideas with which it surrounds itself -- is a creature of the will and not the mind. ....Bollinger clearly had an American audience in mind when he denounced the Iranian leader to his face as a "cruel" and "petty dictator" and described his Holocaust denial as designed to "fool the illiterate and the ignorant." Bollinger's remarks may have taken him off the hook with his domestic critics, but when it came to the international media audience that really counted, Ahmadinejad already had carried the day. The invitation to speak at Columbia already had given him something totalitarian demagogues -- who are as image-conscious as Hollywood stars -- always crave: legitimacy. Bollinger's denunciation was icing on the cake, because the constituency the Iranian leader cares about is scattered across an Islamic world that values hospitality and its courtesies as core social virtues. To that audience, Bollinger looked stunningly ill-mannered; Ahmadinejad dignified and restrained. Back in Tehran, Mohsen Mirdamadi, a leading Iranian reformer and Ahmadinejad opponent, said Bollinger's blistering remarks "only strengthened" the president back home and "made his radical supporters more determined," According to an Associated Press report, "Many Iranians found the comments insulting, particularly because in Iranian traditions of hospitality, a host should be polite to a guest, no matter what he thinks of him. To many, Ahmadinejad looked like the victim, and hard-liners praised the president's calm demeanor during the event, saying Bollinger was spouting a 'Zionist' line." |
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He is proposing that Israel maybe moved to Europe or Alaska.
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Millions of Iranians attended nationwide rallies Friday in support of the Palestinians, while the country's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel's continued existence was an "insult to human dignity." "The creation, continued existence and unlimited (Western) support for this regime is an insult to human dignity," Ahmadinejad said. "The occupation of Palestine is not limited to one land. The Zionist issue is now a global issue." Ahmadinejad's remarks came as millions of Iranians held rallies across Iran to protest Israel's continued control of Jerusalem. The demonstrations for "Al-Quds Day" - Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem - also spilled over into anti-American protests because of US support for Israel. In the capital Teheran, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets as they chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." Some protesters also burned American and Israeli flags. State television reported similar large rallies in all other provincial capitals and smaller towns across Iran. The Iranian president once again said Palestinians should not pay any price because Europeans committed crimes against Jews in World War II. He said they could give a part of their own land in Europe or Alaska so that the Jews can establish their country. "I ask European governments supporting Zionists and the American people that will you allow occupation of part of your land under a pretext and then talk about a two-state solution?," Ahmadinejad said after the rallies.... |
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"An insult to human dignity"? That's incredible. Truly, I do not understand the depth of hatred that Arabs in general have for Israel. (Perhaps that's something I need to research.)
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In the capital Teheran, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets as they chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." Some protesters also burned American and Israeli flags. |
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IRANIAN STUDENTS PROTEST PRESIDENT
About 100 students staged a rare protest Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator" as he gave a speech at Tehran University marking the beginning of the academic year.
Refr. https://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/09/...t.ap/index.html
Tehran paper attacks Ahmadinejad
A hardline Iranian newspaper attacks President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying his behaviour is dangerous.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/m...ast/7106335.stm
The latest issue with this guy are his dogs. Yes, his dogs. He purchased some dogs that cost a lot of money and people are upset because the locals are not allowed to take their dog pets in the streets because Islam consider dogs to be impure.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to acquire four German guard dogs has come under scrutiny from religious leaders, Adnkronos International reported Tuesday. Ayatollahs in Qom, Iran, are upset that the leader can have the dogs, brought to Tehran at a cost of approximately $161,040 each, when ordinary citizens are barred from taking their own domestic pets on the streets because Islam considers dogs to be impure, Adnkronos International reported.... |
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