Fascinated with Ahmadinejad
On my way to the U.N.’s blessedly cheap cafeteria, I saw a crowd gathering around a television set in the first-floor hallway. “What’s going on?” I asked someone, wondering if there had been some kind of huge news elsewhere in the world. A violent crackdown on peacefully protesting monks in Burma? A terrorist attack in ...
On my way to the U.N.'s blessedly cheap cafeteria, I saw a crowd gathering around a television set in the first-floor hallway. "What's going on?" I asked someone, wondering if there had been some kind of huge news elsewhere in the world. A violent crackdown on peacefully protesting monks in Burma? A terrorist attack in Iraq's Green Zone? Britney Spears having a wardrobe malfunction? What could be so riveting that would take these busy international diplomats and journalists away from their lunches?
On my way to the U.N.’s blessedly cheap cafeteria, I saw a crowd gathering around a television set in the first-floor hallway. “What’s going on?” I asked someone, wondering if there had been some kind of huge news elsewhere in the world. A violent crackdown on peacefully protesting monks in Burma? A terrorist attack in Iraq’s Green Zone? Britney Spears having a wardrobe malfunction? What could be so riveting that would take these busy international diplomats and journalists away from their lunches?
It was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at Columbia. Photo below:
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