Iran Leader Breaks Bizarre "Sound Barrier" in UN Speech
United Nations--
In a bizarre and rambling rant before the sonorous UN General Assembly afternoon session, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broke the political sound barrier by raising a number of crackpot conspiracy theories concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks on America.
In what can only be described as a new level of political pornography from the Iranian leader, Ahmadinejad suggested the theory “that some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime.” He added “The majority of the American people as well as other nations and politicians agree with this view.”
Speaking before a hall that was perhaps only two-thirds full at the onset, Ahmadinejad’s comments then triggered an immediate walkout by over thirty delegations from the Assembly hall; the USA, Britain, Canada, most Europeans, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Costa Rica. Delegations from Venezuela and Angola, in clear view of your correspondent, stayed put.
In a speech mixing religiosity, radicalism and rant, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran equally predicted variously the “demise of capitalism,” described nuclear energy as a “cheap and heavenly gift,” and extolled “Nuclear energy for all, Nuclear weapons for none.” He stressed Iran remains ready for a dialogue on nuclear issues.
Ahmadinejad’s speech of 35 minutes was followed by tepid and restrained applause.
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