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When Iranian President Ahmadinejad ascended the podium to speak on the rule of law at the UN today, Israeli UN envoy Ron Prosor rose from his seat and walked out while the U.S. envoys remained, according to Fox News. Update: Raw video from the UN confirms that U.S. representatives attended the entire speech.
Ahmadinejad alluded to what he sees as Israel's illegitimate nuclear arsenal, and criticized members who haven't stopped Israel from acquiring it: "Some members of the Security Council with veto rights have chosen silence with regard to the nuclear warheads of a fake regime, while at the same time [impeding]...the scientific progress of other nations."
He also bore down on those who have revolted at Holocaust revisionism. He did this by calling attention to those who "infringe upon other's freedom and allow sacrilege to people's beliefs and sanctities, while they criticize posing questions or investigating into historical issues."
Throughout all of this, the U.S. envoy remained seated.
Outside the hall where Ahmadinejad was speaking, the Israeli envoy referred to Ahmadinejad as, "the leader of an outlaw country that is a serial violator of the fundamental principles of the rule of law." He added, "It is a shame and a disgrace to give someone like him the opportunity to speak on such an important topic."
Originally posted by gentledissident
That is awesome. Will America finally mature?
Originally posted by Juggernog
That is the absolute only thing I respect about Obama, he refuses to be bullied around by those pigs in Israel.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by Ben81
No, not really because the nukes given to Israel werent given to them under Obamas admin.
Originally posted by randomname
reply to post by Ben81
because it shows weakness if your enemy can make you scurry like cockroaches to the exit with words.
it makes you look cowardly.
you sit and stare at your enemy in the face. that is how you gain respect.
it looks horrible around the middle east when their leader talks and you run away. that is how it is perceived there.
"iran makes usa run away." "maybe the truth hurts" etc. are the headlines and talking head points.
i never understood why they did that, i was always embarrassed for the u.s. or canada when they did that. that my supposed "leaders" ran away in the face of the enemy.
they must chuckle and laugh at their weakness that they got under their skin.
obama understands this. he is a great foreign policy leader.
Originally posted by VariableConstant
Well, that certainly is an improvement over the way the U.S. delegation has acted in the past. Kudos to them for not acting like children this time around and walking out.
Have the Israelis further isolated themselves by being the only ones to walk out? Time will tell, but recent events would seem to indicate a shift.