Iranian Prez Dropped Holocaust Denial From UN Speech

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Ahmadinejad has made so many ridiculous statements (at least in the way they were translated) that no one takes him seriously any more or even listens to what he has to say. Unfortunately many of his statements about how Israel has oppressed and miis-treated Palestinians with the support of the US, point to an issue which is real and which must be dealt with. Can anyone say the US has had a balanced foreign policy in the Middle East ? Can anyone say that the recent Israeli military response to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip was even handed and appropriate when 1300 Gazan Palestinians were killed and 20,000 left homeless while 14 Israeli's died, 10 of them soldiers in the military action itself ? This must stop. The US must make it clear that this is unacceptable and press hard for a timeline to a two state solution. Can anyone say that restricted imports of food while Palestinians go hungry is right ? Can anyone say that restricting movement of Palestinians within the Palestinian territory is right ?...that a man has to pass through checkpoints to go to work every day in his own territory and if soldiers don't feel like letting him through he doesn't get to work that day. Wouldn't you get supremely pissed after years of being treated as subhuman ? I do not support the radical side of Hamas and their tactics but the Palestinian people do have an axe to grind. Reply

Dropping a rather large hindrance signals the desire for negotiations. Reply

Woody: I wholeheartedly agree with many of the points you've made, but you neglect to mention the reasons why Israel has taken the measures that they have. For years Palestinian suicide bombers have made their way into Jerusalem and other cities in Israel and have killed hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians. There is no argument against the statistics of pre-roadblock suicide bombings versus post-roadblock suicide bombings, the numbers are stunning. By this I am implying that the number of fatal suicide bombings has been cut to a small fraction since the roadblocks were instituted. As far as the recent military strikes are concerned, it has been a long time coming. Innocent Israeli civilians are targeted purposely by Hamas terrorist firing QASSAM and other rockets into southern civilian Israeli towns. How would the United States react if Mexico started firing qassams into Texas or Arizona? Unfortunately the military strike was only temporarily effective if effective at all, in truth the strike was simply the Israelis' way of saying: "We are tired of living in fear!" It is true that the violence only intensifies the hatred and is detrimental to peace negotiations, but you also must realize that radical Palestinians are not interested in a road to peace, they aren't interested in a two-state solution. They are interested in eliminating the state of Israel and the Jewish people as a whole. Please do not misunderstand my statement, I acknowledge that not all Palestinians seek the death of Jews, but unfortunately some do. Mr. Idiot face, mentioned here in this article is the personification of this radical ideology observed by some, until this ideology is eliminated there is no hope for peace because there is no mutual trust. I welcome a response... Reply