2007-09-25 08:07:29 · 14 answers · asked by Mohamed 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Haven't seen all of it, but he just seemed to be all smiles and little substance.
2007-09-25 08:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was not lacking in substance as some here state. Ahamadinejad delivered a message of conciliation peppered with pride. I don;t particularly like him, but he is not my president and he has not committed any crimes against humanity that i am aware of.
He did not say anything new. Anyone who bothers to read the news would know that. (not corporate news, those are mostly peddling White supremacist propaganda).
There were only three things which stood out. 1. the man got standing ovations for his criticism of the US empire. 2. the man got booed for his comment on gays in Iran. 3. The US showed itself to be unworthy of holding the UN HQ's. Columbia's president insulted a guest and therefore proved he is unworthy of any important position in anywhere and the people of NY paraded in utmost foolishness against a foreign leader.
WHO PROTESTS A FOREIGN LEADER? Go to Iran and join a pro-democracy group if you feel strongly about the matter, or come out and reveal your agenda. In this case, I suspect the real agenda is showing the world just how xenophobic Americans are.
edit: notice how Wilder Scope speaks as though he knew about what he was talking about but cannot differentiate Iran from Iraq and has a hard time understanding that in a speech, it is pretty hard to "get a beating". You are thinking of debates, kiddo. The ovations Ahdmadinejad got, he deserved. (he pointed out the hypocrisy involved in the only country who has ever used nuclear weapons to kill hundreds of thousands (in fact, the only country to use such weaopns) telling a law abiding nation it cannot fulfill its rights as established in a treaty... (applause)
2007-09-25 08:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by Washington Irving 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched it live on MSNBC and I found it to be laced with radical ideology and latent condemnation of anyone not indoctrinated by that same ideology.
As far as what I have seen, the Iraqi media did not report the gist of his visit to Cambridge accurately.
Ahmadinejad took a heavy beating on nearly all facets of his foreign and domestic policies and those were the minutes that drew the loudest, most robust rounds of applause.
I don't believe the Iranian media mentioned the hordes of demonstrators outside either. Nor, did they mention Ahmadinejad's assertion that there are NO gays in Iraq.
To his credit, Ahmadinejad, in my opinion, showed himself to be a highly intelligent man, but it was just as obvious that his intelligence is lost amid his psychopathic personality. He needs to get a grasp upon the fact that this is not the 14th century. Otherwise, he is going to be sending many of his countrymen to their graves - not by his hand.
2007-09-25 08:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by wider scope 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I found nothing about him or what he said to mean anything at all. He is just a Terrorist that proved he can come to the US, try to brain- wash the students, without being taken into custody and held for threats against USA, like Bin Laden did. Who knows maybe that was just a cover up to visit with his friend Bin Laden in NY.
2007-09-25 08:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by lilly4 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I didn't watch it, but why wasn't there an attempt on his life? If GWB where to walk the streets in Iran, and visit a University there, you can be damn sure that there would have been an attempt on his life. Come on cons, you want him dead, and you had your chance, why didn't anyone take it. It's not like you didn't know his schedule.
2007-09-25 08:32:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think Columbia just gifted Mahmoud with the greatest political tool he's ever had.
A mistake to allow him a patina of legitimacy.
2007-09-25 08:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by Kubla Con 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Predictable.
2007-09-25 08:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by gone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found it on the news. Hee heee.
Actually I was not impressed. He is just a despot spouting off for the folks back home. I don't give him much credence.
2007-09-25 08:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
This was a prime opportunity for the USA to set out the grounding of a decent relationship with the middle east. But all they did was show there ignorance and embarrassed themselves and the west. I'm under no illusions that this man may have his own agenda, but history tells us that problems are solved by discussion and not the use of military power. Time and time again America shows itself up and I feel sorry for them all!!! It would be interesting to see how he would be received in the UK, probably with more of a welcome.
2007-09-25 08:17:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
By looking on the internet.
2007-09-25 08:15:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋