IMPOSTER AT THE UN

IMPOSTER AT THE UN

Provocative, offensive and outrageous are only some of the descriptions for Ahmadinejad’s speeches particularly on the international platforms. After more than three months of political turmoil inside the country, Ahmadinejad will make another rhetorical speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday 23rd of September. The intention is not only to show the leaders of the world that the political unrest at home has not weakened him but he has a full package of resolutions for global problems. He has even declared his readiness for a televised debate with Obama at the UN in order to address the roots of today’s global dilemmas; similar requests were rejected before by the White House as propaganda.

In his latest press conference, Ahmadinejad admitted that he was proud to stoke international outrage with his remarks denying the Holocaust. Interestingly, the main purpose of this Ahmadinejad’s style of speech is twofold:

a) Delivering controversial and outrageous speeches give an opportunity to Ahamdinjad to overshadow far more important domestic and international issues about Iran. By calling the Holocaust a myth, he can divert the eyes of the world from breaching human rights in Iran as well as the nuclear dossier. Otherwise, he would have to answer the international press at the UN about what happened in the secret detention centers to the young political dissidents. The detainees who were accused of acting against national security when they just questioned the credibility of the presidential election. He definitely has more to say about the right of Palestinian to live in the free society than Iranians who claim their right to choose their own president

b) Ironically, making foreign enemies is another pleasant dream for the one who gives these kinds of speeches. Having created these “foreign enemies” Ahmadinejad and his team can easily blame Iranian political opponents for being the “enemies” fifth column. This fabricated association paves the way to implicate political opponents in an inexcusable act of treason for which they should and will be punished.

Although this Wednesday the world once again has to listen to Ahmadinejad’s speech; a vague litany of platitudes with no concrete reasoning, his position as a president is no longer tenable. He is not representing Iran at the UN, he is in fact representing small minority of narrow minded and dogmatic politicians who are willing to sacrifice the national interest of the country just to hold on to power. The willingness to negotiate with the United States at this particular time is another pathetic strategy from a conning self-deluded politician.

Shahin M