INSUFFERABLE IRANIAN: A'JAD HARMS HIS OWN CAUSE

NY Post ^ | April 24, 2009 | Amir Taheri

[Scanian]

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have shot himself in the foot. Ahmadinejad gave a vitriolic anti-American and anti-Israeli speech at the "Durban II" anti-racism conference in Geneva April 20 as part of an effort to launch his re-election campaign with a big bang and to bolster the claim that he is the global standard-bearer of anti-Western movements. The speech was designed to shock and provoke, and it did that -- but it also highlighted the Islamic Republic's increasing diplomatic isolation.

Ban Ki Moon, who briefly pulled off his earpiece so as not to hear the translation of Ahmadinejad's incendiary claims, later took an unprecedented step for a United Nations secretary-general by singling out the Khomeinist leader for sharp criticism.

"I deplore the use of this platform by the Iranian president to accuse, divide and even incite. We must all turn away from such a message in both form and substance," Ban said.

Protesters interrupted Ahmadinejad's speech on several occasions, while the representatives of European Union nations walked out after a few minutes. (The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Holland stayed away from the beginning.)

Ahmadinejad had hoped that his Geneva sortie would generate momentum to carry him to victory in the June 12 presidential election. But his scheme began to unravel even before he flew back to Tehran.

[Cindy]

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

[supremedoctrine]

When even the UN turns against you, you know you have become a Global Persona Non Grata. The word “insufferable”
has always been one that came to mind when I thought of Ahmadinejad, not “the next Hitler”, “Lunatic who wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map”, “Madman”, though admittedly he can be seen to be all of those things.
If he keeps sabre-rattling, Israel may have to do what it needs to to keep its peace of mind. I am not sure the UN would even censure it. What the UN collectively may be trying to do with this “move” is to send a message to Ahma nutcase to TONE IT DOWN, WE WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO PROVOKE ISRAEL AND THE WORLD. YOU WILL GET WHAT’S COMING TO YOU. I may be idealizing it, but things do change, and they evolve slowly, and there is way too much on the global plate for too many nations to abide this , yes, “insufferable” fool and brigand.

[Vinnie]

Sounds like he’s in for a really nasty letter from the UN.

Bet he’s very concerned. /s

[Moltke]

(The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Holland stayed away from the beginning.)

As did Germany. Guess the NY Post cannot count beyond five.