Once again I find myself saluting Iranian President Ahmadinejad, in full support of his words. No one could do better bringing to light European racial What we saw yesterday at the UN Anti Racism Forum was crude collective institutional Islamophobic racism in its making, a coordinated show of rabid western chauvinism. A bunch of European diplomats behaving as a herd of sheep, exhibiting complete denial of the notion of freedom of speech and the culture of debate.
Considering Israel being an apartheid state due to this institutionalised discrimination, one would expect that the Geneva anti-Racism Forum would primarily serve to deal with states such as Israel. But the truth of the matter is tragic, in current world affairs, Israel is the one and only racially orientated state. And as we could see yesterday, the ‘West’ failed once again to address the most obvious humanist call for action.
It was indeed Jewish suffering that bought about the formation of the Jewish state. It is true also that the Jewish state was founded at the expense of the Palestinian people who are in fact the last suffering victims of the Nazi era.
The crux of matter is very simple. European diplomats proved yesterday that they cannot take the truth when it is conveyed by a Muslim. Hence, it would be correct to argue that this flock of Western diplomats shouldn’t have been participating in an ‘anti-racism forum’ in the first place. The fact that they have behaved intolerantly proves that they and the governments behind them are the root cause of current racism, namely Islamophobia.
Those Europeans who cannot take the truth from the mouth of a Muslim, not to say a Muslim state leader, would be better advised to meet instead in a conference that celebrates Western supremacy. I'm sure that Tel Aviv and Jerusalem host a few of those every year.
On a final note, if the British government insists upon sending delegates to such a conference, it better make sure that those assigned to the task are capable of presenting an eloquent argument that can withstand intellectual scrutiny. Peter Gooderham, the UK ambassador to the UN in Geneva, is clearly not suited to the job. The Ambassador went on record saying "Such outrageous anti-Semitic remarks should have no place in a UN anti-racism forum."
President Ahmadinejad did not refer to a Jewish race, he did not refer to Judaism either. He did not refer to the Jewish people, if anything, he was referring to their suffering.
Ambassador Gooderham, in case you have managed to miss it all, while acting like a sheep in a herd, President Ahmadinejad was telling the truth referring to some universally accepted facts.
It would save some embarrassment in the future if British diplomats would be properly trained to understand the complexity of current world affairs and the ideologies that are involved in shaping those affairs. It would save us from watching the odd buffoon diplomats throwing around meaningless sound bites, which they themselves fail to fully comprehend.
Ahmadinejad's speech:
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tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the target of an assassination plot at the UN food summit in Rome earlier this month as well as during a trip to Iraq in March, an aide said yesterday.
Ahmadinejad last week revealed the purported Iraq murder plot - an announcement greeted with astonishment in some sections of the local press - but this is the first time a conspiracy has been linked to his Italy trip.
"The actions of the president over the three previous years have endangered the illegitimate interests of many people in Iran and outside," said Ali Zabihi, according to the Fars news agency.
"That is why some people have thought of eliminating or assassinating the president," added Zabihi, who was described as Ahmadinejad's adviser for human resources. "But the plots to assassinate the president in Iraq and at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) conference failed, thanks to God," he said.
Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that enemies had planned to kidnap and kill him in Iraq but the plot was foiled after the Iranian delegation changed their travel plans.
According to Zabihi, the plots were in line with the order given by (US President George W) Bush to kill Iranian leaders." He did not give further details.
He even compared the plots to the deadly attacks committed by the outlawed armed opposition against some of Iran's top officials in the early years after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"Like at the start of the revolution, some people inside and outside the country have been trying to create a poisoned atmosphere to prepare an action against him."
Iran and the United States have had no diplomatic relations for almost the past three decades and remain arch-enemies who are at loggerheads in a standoff over what the United states calls Tehran's nuclear drive.
Iran-President-Zionist
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in the
whole history nobody has witnessed crimes like
the ones committed by the Zionist regime
against the Palestinian.
Speaking in a ceremony dubbed as "
Appreciating the servants of the martyrs",
the president said, "The Zionist regime in the past
60 years has surrounded people in their houses and
has killed kids and adults in the name of fight against
terrorism."
All who want to impose themselves by force
have reached to their end and human beings
will not accept their logic, Ahmadinejad continued.