Iran's leader sparks walkout at U.N. meeting

[Orko]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30304767

[6644kp]

poor ahmedinejad
it shows you cannot criticize Israel. or your immediatly a racist

[Erik]

Western leaders are pathetic, instead of confronting Iran in debate they walk away because they are scared to loose the argument, how childish

it shows you cannot criticize Israel. or your immediatly a racist

It's worst than that:

Israel recalls ambassador
Israel recalled its ambassador to Switzerland earlier Monday to protest Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz's meeting with Ahmadinejad late Sunday during which Merz pressed the case of a jailed American journalist in Tehran.

Damn evil Swiss!! wanting to let a journalist go free?? how date they! everyone known journalism is the same as anti-Semitism.

[Phier]

Damn evil Swiss!! wanting to let a journalist go free?? how date they! everyone known journalism is the same as anti-Semitism.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-1287404.html

[Erik]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-1287404.html

Look! a link.

But I have no idea what it's about because Phier didn't supply any information with it, so I'm not even going to bother reading it.

[Phier]

Look! a link.

But I have no idea what it's about because Phier didn't supply any information with it, so I'm not even going to bother reading it.

You wouldn't get it anyways, so dont' worry, I'd hate to chip into your world view.

[Chlodwig I.]

So the worlds greatest antisemit is calling Israel a racist regime

[bigfootedfred]

Western leaders are pathetic, instead of confronting Iran in debate they walk away because they are scared to loose the argument, how childish

from the bbc

French Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Mattei said: "As soon as he started to address the question of the Jewish people and Israel, we had no reason to stay in the room,"

talking about israel in any other way than how 'wonderful and just they are' or how they always 'have a right to blow the out of people to win elections' is not allowed.

Western diplomats are totally pathetic.

Israel is an utterly racist country. But they refuse to even discuss it at the anti racism convention.
What an utter farce.

[Norge]

The conference is an utter joke. It's supposedly against racism, but reeks of anti-western and anti-semitic sentiments.

[StarDreamer]

The conference is an utter joke. It's supposedly against racism, but reeks of anti-western and anti-semitic sentiments.

Yup it is just there to breed racism not fight it.

[AqD]

Western leaders are pathetic, instead of confronting Iran in debate they walk away because they are scared to loose the argument, how childish

agreed!

[Orko]

poor ahmedinejad
it shows you cannot criticize Israel. or your immediatly a racist

calling Israel the most racist and oppressive country in the world, saying that Jews only care about money and that's why they started the Iraq war and denying the holocaust is hardly "criticizing Israel". people should really learn the difference between one sided racist hypocritical thinking and "criticism".
but, coming from you, I wouldn't expect any thing too major as you have already stated how nazi Germany was, in your own words "awesome".

[Erik]

I dunno, perhaps Europeans are still touchy about the subject - after all, not less than a century ago, they were sending Jews into camps from where they only came out as smoke from the chimneys so there's definitely some guilt there...

Nah, Europeans don't care about Israel of the Jews, they just want to be best friends with America and making idle political gestures like this is a cheap way of achieving that.

calling Israel the most racist and oppressive country in the world, saying that Jews only care about money and that's why they started the Iraq war and denying the holocaust is hardly "criticizing Israel". people should really learn the difference between one sided racist hypocritical thinking and "criticism".

Did he say "Jews only care about money" and did he deny the holocaust at THIS UN speech?
Do you have a transcript of the speech?

The OP is vague, but from what I understand the European leaders left because of criticism of Israel's apartheid regime, not because of any (real) anti-Semitic talks.

My guess is: they had decided to leave LONG before Ahmadinejad's speech even started.

[Panzerbear]

My guess is: they had decided to leave LONG before Ahmadinejad's speech even started.

and this is why the West hates Ahmadinejad - they simply cant withstand his charisma. they'd much rather kill him and bomb Iran into oblivion .

[Last Roman]

and this is why the West hates Ahmadinejad - they simply cant withstand his charisma. they'd much rather kill him and bomb Iran into oblivion .

charisma? crazy babbling does not equal charisma.

that said, I cannot believe that diplomats actually just walked out.

[Babur]

and this is why the West hates Ahmadinejad - they simply cant withstand his charisma. they'd much rather kill him and bomb Iran into oblivion .

he is not charismatic, he is just bloody incompetent, ask any Iranian on this forum and they will tell you the same.

Jews Russians are hollier than thou and are untouchable by definition, as they are so precious to us all.

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[antaeus]

My guess is: they had decided to leave LONG before Ahmadinejad's speech even started.

of course they had, already the united states boycotted the meeting, as did germany, australia and other states...

i wonder how many people know that there is a large jewish population in iran... there's also a fatwa protecting jews in iran from persecution... they also have a seat in the iranian parliament

the jewish community in iran is comfortable enough that they themselves have addressed ahmedinejads holocaust denial in open letters to him and the parliament...

the fact that iran has a healthy jewish community says to me that despite all the bluster from ahmedinejad, iran's position is not one of anti semitism or hating jews... its one of hating israel and the prejudicial policies of its government..

i think the fact that so many nations knew that israel would be heavily criticised at this forum and acted pre-emptively speaks volumes about how bad israels policy is... and how most western nations are still to hung up with ww2 to be able to deal with it.

[Viking Prince]

the fact that iran has a healthy jewish community says to me that despite all the bluster from ahmedinejad, iran's position is not one of anti semitism or hating jews... its one of hating israel and the prejudicial policies of its government..

Which still has no place in a keynote speech at this conference. The man is an embarassment to the very principles of discussion that the UN is founded on.

[danzig]

of course they had, already the united states boycotted the meeting, as did germany, australia and other states...

i wonder how many people know that there is a large jewish population in iran... there's also a fatwa protecting jews in iran from persecution... they also have a seat in the iranian parliament

the jewish community in iran is comfortable enough that they themselves have addressed ahmedinejads holocaust denial in open letters to him and the parliament...

the fact that iran has a healthy jewish community says to me that despite all the bluster from ahmedinejad, iran's position is not one of anti semitism or hating jews... its one of hating israel and the prejudicial policies of its government..

i think the fact that so many nations knew that israel would be heavily criticised at this forum and acted pre-emptively speaks volumes about how bad israels policy is... and how most western nations are still to hung up with ww2 to be able to deal with it.

The little tidbid you leave out here is that before the Islamic revolution there were 100k+ Jews in Iran, in the years after less than 40k as most left the country. There are far more arabs living in Israel then there are jews in Iran so not sure what a token, powerless number of minorities in Iran mean anything. For Ahmedinejad to take issues with the jews in Iran would be like one of us taking issues with a single ant.

As far as nations knowing, well what do you expect Ahmedinejad was going to speak and he rarely says anything without going on and on about Israel so of course they knew he'd insert his foot in his mouth and he didnt disappoint.

[PointOfViewGun]

calling Israel the most racist and oppressive country in the world, saying that Jews only care about money and that's why they started the Iraq war and denying the holocaust is hardly "criticizing Israel". people should really learn the difference between one sided racist hypocritical thinking and "criticism".

He didn't deny the Holocaust.