It pains me to say this but I thought Ahmadinejads' controversial comment that Israel was a "cruel & repressive racist regime" over the Palestinians was a statement of FACT! His further comments that Israel was created by the US and Europe on the "pretext of Jewish suffering" from the Second War, is also nothing if not accurate.
WHY ALL THE FUSS?
It's a shame all the western governments up in arms over this weren't so worked up in anger around New Year when Israel was bombing the crap out of Gaza with phosphorus!
I've not heard or read the full transcript(assuming a translation could be relied on anyway?) of Ahmadinejads' speech but if the above quotes reported in the British press are the worst of it then it appears to have been a relatively reasoned and measured address.
This makes the mass walkout of western diplomats,not to mention the other nations who boycotted the event, look ridiculous quite frankly.I suspect they were all "primed" to walk even before they heard the words of the speech.Has Mossad got compromising polaroids of all western leaders or something?
I don't intend to be an Ahmadinejad apologist.I've little time for his odious regime.I'm also in no way against the state of Israel,it exists and I wish it a viable,peaceful future........alongside a viable Palestinian state.
That the debate has been so skewed towards the RIGHT WING position of Israels current government is tragic.This does no one any favours,least of all Israel which,without compromise and peace with it's neighbours, finds itself on a path towards it's likely eventual destruction.Surely true Zionists with a sense of self preservation should pursue a more moderate position.
And as for the West........no wonder the Muslim world hates us!
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