Ahmadinejad: 9/11 'Mysterious'

In his address to the UN General Assembly, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad echoed much of what the Leftists have been saying for years.

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gone on the warpath against the West at the United Nations again, sparking a mass walkout by outraged US and European delegations.

The Iranian leader accused the US of using the "mysterious" September 11 attacks as a "pretext" to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.

He also repeated comments casting doubt on the origins of the Holocaust and criticised the United States for killing Osama bin Laden rather than bringing him to trial.

European countries use the Holocaust as an excuse to pay "ransom to the Zionists", he said. The "diabolical" aims of the West are the cause of wars and the financial crisis, Ahmadinejad stormed.

In a repeat of walkouts at the United Nations and other international events in recent years, a US diplomat monitoring the speech in the UN General Assembly left halfway through the 20 minute discourse on Thursday.

The 27 European Union nations then followed in a coordinated protest move.

"Mr Ahmadinejad had a chance to address his own people's aspirations for freedom and dignity, but instead he again turned to abhorrent anti-Semitic slurs and despicable conspiracy theories," said US mission spokesman Mark Kornblau.

The German delegation said in a statement that it was protesting over the "crude, anti-American, anti-Israeli and anti-West tirade by the Iranian president".

And a French spokesman called Ahmadinejad's attacks "unacceptable".

Can you tell the difference between Michael Moore and Ahmadinejad?

Jimmy Carter and Ahmadinejad?

Tony Bennett and Ahmadinejad?

So some UN delegations walked out on Ahmadinejad's speech. Big deal.

I don't see the UN taking any significant action against this loon.

Walking out was nothing.

I'm sure Ahmadinejad took it as a sign he was doing something right.