It was never going to be easy.\u00a0 Before it had begun important participants, like the US, had already turned up their noses.\u00a0 The UN conference on racism had a patchy history and was bound to raise hackles.<\/p>\n
It is unfortunate that “diplomats” walked out of a speech by a President, even if they have difficulty listening to his language.\u00a0 It is obvious from the comments circulating that th views of Ahmadinejad are not unique, but are in fact held by millions of people.\u00a0 And eit is preferable to discuss them with words than with guns, which is usually the case.\u00a0 It would be a step in the right direction if the US and Europe would engage in the discussion.\u00a0 Walking out just makes angry people, with guns, angrier.<\/p>\n
The comments on this news report<\/a> (and there were many) present a more balanced range of perspectives than the diplomats that were supposed to engage in discussion.<\/p>\n BBC report: Walkout at Iran leader’s speech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was never going to be easy.\u00a0 Before it had begun important participants, like the US, had already turned up their noses.\u00a0 The UN conference on racism had a patchy history and was bound to raise hackles. It is unfortunate that “diplomats” walked out of a speech by a President, even if they have difficulty …
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