News and Politics | September 25, 2007 | Comment on this video (3)

Ahmadinejad at Columbia

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech at Columbia University to an audience of students and the press. In a question and answer period following his speech Ahmadinejad talks about the issue of homosexuality and women’s rights in his country of Iran.
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  • Nathan_Coombs
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      Nathan_Coombs  

    • Interesting how out of the entire speech the only focus on Current is on his remarks about homosexuality.

      Suddenly the Western liberal commentariat is also so concerned with women's rights in Iran, although when Iran had a more pro-Western president this was never an issue. In fact, when Iran has a 'reforming ' president the press were keen to emphasise how irrelevant the position of president is Iran.

      Since Ahmadinejab's election, Iran is now portrayed a s a country of absolutist rule by dictator-in-chief.

      All this is part of a subtle ideological war to paint Iran as uniquely irrational and evil, therefore ripe for bombing and de-democratisation.

    • 4 years ago
  • jyeh
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      jyeh  
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    • The TIME article mentions Ahmadinejad as both noteworthy and effective. What are YOUR opinions on his presidency, and the lives of women in Iran?

    • 4 years ago
  • saskia
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      saskia  

    • let's keep mahmoud in town for awhile and have a sweet old jewish lesbian peacnik mamma feed him tons of yummy new york food and give him copious amounts of hugs til he mellows out a bit, eh?

      he looks starved for love, to me.

    • 4 years ago
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