It seems that good old Ahmadinejad has overstepped the mark again. Why does he keep doing this?, is it just demagoguery or something truly stupid?.
Is the president of Iran really a twoofer or is he playing games with the western media and its propensity for hysterics?. Methinks this is a dangerous game for him to play - but aren't all high stakes games dangerous - what can he gain from this?.
Dear Reverend,
Your post is blatantly presumptuous. What on earth are you even talking about, as you do not say? Rather, you appear to want us to assume something about President Ahmadinejad that doesn't even require mentioning.
Here is what I can add, having been in NYC on 9/23/10:
It might come as a surprise to you based on what you may have seen written in US mainstream media, but, for those who were in NYC on 9/23/10 to hear both President Obama and President Ahmadinejad, I have news for you:
1--President Obama was greeted with tepid applause and with a palpable sense of disgust by many who were present.
2--President Ahmadinejad was greeted with an air of anticipation, respect, again by many who were present, and was warmly applauded despite the pompous, predictable and stupid walk-out drama staged by the US.
Facts Matter: What happened on 9/11/01 has not ever been properly determined and President Ahmadinejad is quite correct in calling worldwide attention to that fact; and, worldwide attention is focusing on the incongruites and absurd claims mandated by the common storyline of 9/11 that are blatantly false, on their face.
President Ahmadinejad is, therefore, quite correct in questioning the common storyline of the events of 9/11/01.
Let's look at this from an international perspective. It is to be recalled that right after 9/11, Osama binLaden issued a statement specifically denying involvment in 9/11.
Here is what Osama binLaden actually said. Note, in quoting binLaden, I am not endorsing what he said, merely accurately stating what he said, and not relying on doctored, phony video claims about what he said:
“I was not involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States nor did I have knowledge of the attacks. There exists a government within a government within the United States. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself, to the people who want to make the present century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks… The American system is totally in control of the Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States.”
While it is true that a simple denial by Osama binLaden is insufficient, standing alone, to prove he had nothing to do with 9/11, there was, nonetheless, an obligation of the US to prove what happened.
Again, let's look at this from an international perspective.
Right after 9/11, then Secretary of State, Colin Powell, said that a "White Paper" would be prepared within a month or so in order to prove what happened on 9/11. The term "white paper" is a common expression used in diplomatic circles to stand for an official governmental response that is supposed to be true and accurate.
But, guess what, no such "White Paper" that was to have shown the proof of what happened on 9/11, as promised by then US Secretary of State Colin Powell, was ever prepared, let alone delivered, let alone relied on, from that time to and including the present.
In fact, there simply does not exist any definitive determination of what happened on 9/11 that is true, reliable or properly prepared.
All who are in the least bit reasonable will readily acknowledge that what happened on 9/11 has not ever been reliably proven. Many people, of course, simply do not require proof of what happened on 9/11. I am not addressing the issue of what people believe. This post is limited to a declaration that is true and based on the factual record, not on the emotional level of what people believe.
The fact is, there has not ever been a reliable determination of what happened on 9/11, starting, perhaps, with the failure of the US government to deliver a promised "White Paper."
A partial listing of the inconclusive determinations of what happened on 9/11 includes, but is not limited to the following:
1--The rigged Congressional inquiry in 2002-3;
2--The incompetent, incongruent and incomplete so-called 9/11 Commission Report;
3--The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) report prepared in 2005 (NCSTAR 1), that failed to establish what destroyed the World Trade Center;
4--The so-called "evidence" compiled for the "trial" of Zacharias Moussaoui which "evidence" was deemed to be acceptable solely because Zacharias Moussaoui agreed with it by signing his name to a "stipulation" thus making Zacharias Moussaoui the source for the claim of validation of evidence! That so-called "evidence" does not prove what happened and is merely a hodge-podge, grab bag of innuendo and phony items.
In short, those who seek to label President Ahmadinejad for calling attention to the truth that there has not ever been a proper determination of what happened on 9/11 and that, therefore, there are those who contend it was orchestrated by elements within the US government, is a completely valid assertion, easily satisfied by a review of the publicly available information on the subject.
Any attempt to label Iran's president is, therefore, an exercise in blatant propaganda, consistent with a desire to cover-up the facts as they are.
The presidential motorcade caused some delay in getting to the UN yesterday, according to sources...
