Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Is that so?


President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University this week. He answered questions on topics from the holocaust to the killing of homosexuals in Iran. He said there was "not one" homosexual in Iran. He claimed they did not have that phenomenon. Ahmadinejad said the holocaust should be treated as a theory and be further researched.
Ahmadinejad, possibly the worlds leading terrorist supporter, accused the Americans of being supporters of terrorist groups.
During the speech Ahmadinejad made multiple contradictory remarks. One of those remarks was on the subject of Israel. At one point he said that he could not recognize Israel as a country because it threatens its neighbors and is based on ethnic discrimination, occupation, and usurpation. When he was asked later on about Israel he said he loves all people, they are friends, and there are many Jews living peacefully in Iran.
The President of Columbia, Lee Bollinger, told
Ahmadinejad that he "exhibited all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator" and that he doubted that he would "have the intellectual courage to answer these questions." After answering a question Ahmadinejad added that he would like ot visited ground zero, but the police denied his request




http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/world/middleeast/25iran.html?ref=world
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=209042d27fafd29f57de207a287287f1d77ccc83
http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/CARI.Ahmadinejad.gif

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