Mais pour signaler ce qui s'est passé hier à l'Université de Columbia où le Président Ahmadinejad avait été invité pour une conférence publique, ce qui en soi est déjà critiquable.
Au moins, cela aura permis de confirmer une chose. Cet homme est dangereux!
Tout d'abords, les propos introductifs du Président de l'Université de Columbia :
[...]Le Washington Post a publié l'intégralité des débats lors desquels il était possible de poser des questions par Internet, questions qui ont été posées par un modérateur.
Let’s, then, be clear at the beginning, Mr. President you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator.
And so I ask you:
Why have women, members of the Baha’i faith, homosexuals and so many of our academic colleagues become targets of persecution in your country?
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Let me close with this comment. Frankly, and in all candor, Mr. President, I doubt that you will have the intellectual courage to answer these questions. But your avoiding them will in itself be meaningful to us. I do expect you to exhibit the fanatical mindset that characterizes so much of what you say and do.
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Mais l'introduction du débat par le Président Ahmadinejad est impressionnante, car prise seule, elle peut laisser croire à quelqu'un d'entièrement sain d'esprit. Le reste contredit pourtant largement cette première impression. L'intégralité est intéressante:
Je vous ai laissé son introduction, remarquable de manipulation...et quelques moments autres que la mention des baha'is, si seulement il n'y avait pas tout le reste...l'ensemble en vaut la peine!
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful...Si quelqu'un a vu Bernard Kouchner retirer ce qu'il a dit, qu'il me le signale? Il a peut-être précisé, mais n'a jamais démenti et a même été confirmé par Nicolas Sarkozy.
TRANSLATOR: The president is reciting verses from the holy Koran in Arabic.
When we take a look around us, we are not happy with what we see. Indeed, it is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Insecurity, discrimination and threats of war and security concerns have affected everyone. Continuous wars have, in fact, hurt the human spirit.
I believe if we look at the root cause of some of these problems, we will be able to think of how to build a better future, a more prosperous future, based on peace and security for all humanity.
I believe we all believe strongly that it is possible to create a better world for humanity. And to realize this sublime and beautiful goal, we need to take a look and revise how we view the world around us.
In looking for the root causes of the world problems today, we first confront deviations on how mankind is viewed and how the world is viewed through the prism and point of view, in fact, of some politicians and statesmen, I would say.
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): We believe in the sublime value of humanity. The almighty God has replaced his position with man's position on Earth as his representative. He gave dignity to him and respect, and called on mankind to make every effort to move toward a prosperous life and to walk on the sublime path that will help achieve it.
God placed man on Earth as his representative. And to guide him, he sent his prophets. God placed the world in man's hand and helped man control it, gave man talents, with the ability to grow those talents, and placed no limits on man's progress in that respect.
God created man above material being and placed that material being into man's hands for his possession.
What this means is that God placed man on a high status and respected him. So, to God, man is the unified truth beyond geographical borders, colors or ethnicity.
God and all his prophets have addressed all human beings from all segments of life. The greatest harm to mankind is to prevent him from pursuing education, to prevent him from moving on the sublime divine path.
The nature of mankind is imbued with God's spirit. God's spirit helps man pursue science and wisdom and love and beauty and kindness and to render service to other mankind. That's what it invites man to do, so no one should prevent a pursuit of science and knowledge by man.
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Lies are incompatible with the truth of mankind and with the objectives that the divine lord has given us for humanity. Lies are an incorrect reflection of the reality and a reflection of those behavior of the liars and the way they think.
Lies have nothing to do with the divine spirit of mankind. Lies deviate thoughts and lead to judgments that weaken the truth and deviate man's path.
Therefore, lies and deceits are in fact a form of oppressing mankind.
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MODERATOR: We have many questions regarding the Baha'i religious minority in Iran. Many of our questioners say that the Baha'i minority has been deprived of their human rights. What would your response be to that?
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In our constitution, Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Zoroastrianism are recognized as the official religions.
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): When we speak of religion, we refer to divine religions. In our country, we follow that law; a law that is based on the majority vote of the people.
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MODERATOR: Bernard Kouchner, the new French foreign minister, recently said that the world should prepare for war with Iran if negotiations fail. Is Iran willing to go to war with the West to protect the Iranian nuclear program?
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): First of all, he took back what he said and revised it.
And secondly, the United States and France are not the world -- don't speak for the world. And fundamentally, I think the way -- this way of talking and looking at things is wrong. It's really bad whenever a man fails logic -- when logic fails, basically, to engage in military threats.
We are working under the inspection of the IAEA system and our activities are legal and for peaceful purposes. We have -- we don't want any...
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