Canada to walk out on A-jad’s U.N. speech

By Michelle Malkin  •  September 23, 2009 08:58 AM

Where’s everyone else? Via the National Post:

Canada will boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying his outbursts about the Holocaust and Israel are “shameful.”

Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be at the world body to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, but officials signal he and other members of the Canadian delegation will vacate the Canadian seats when the Islamic republic’s President approaches the podium.

Walking out of the chamber is seen as a strong diplomatic show of disgust at the UN — and since the chamber is generally packed on the first day of the annual summit, Canada’s empty seats will not go unnoticed.

One of the first speakers of the day will be U.S. President Barack Obama, who is making his debut address before the assembly.

“President Ahmadinejad’s repeated denial of the Holocaust and his anti-Israel comments run counter to the values of the UN General Assembly, and they’re shameful,” said one Canadian official.

“He uses his public appearances to provoke the international community, and that is why Canada’s seats will be empty.”

A Joe Wilson-style calling out would also be welcome.

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  1. #1
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 am, Truesoldier said:

    It is pretty sad when the Canadians are showing more back bone than our own President.

  2. #2
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:05 am, happyscrapper said:

    Oh, Canada!! :smile:

  3. #3
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:10 am, b-cat said:

    Looks like Canada has taken up the mantle of leader of the free world, since our government is no longer interested.

    Shameful for us. Kudos to Canada.

    I have no doubt Obama will sit through Eichmanndidajob’s speech grinning like a hyena.

  4. #4
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:10 am, ThatSamIAm said:

    Can you blame them? He will spew the same hate toward Israel and the West that he always spews. Couldn’t they just play a tape of his last hate filled speech?

    Nothing worse than a midget terrorist.

  5. #5
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:15 am, TigerLady said:

    I like what Dennis Miller says about Ahmadinejad–he looks like a rat who has chewed through an electrical cord.

    thumbs up to Canada for having some backbone. The Won certainly doesn’t have one.

  6. #6
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:17 am, tre said:

    The whole country is racist! Just ask Jimmy Carter!

  7. #7
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    At least one North American UN delegation has a backbone.

  8. #8
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 am, zyzzyg said:

    Not sure of the rules of the UN, but pulling a Rep. Addison ‘Joe’ Wilson (R) SC may not be the way to go.

    Walking out is fine.

  9. #9
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 am, ErinF said:

    obama sucks

  10. #10
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am, limmo said:

    Oh Canada!

  11. #11
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:35 am, cabrerski said:

    Man, I love Canada…

    Hockey, Molson’s, Terrence and Phillip, Mounties, SCTV…

    And now the willingness to make the proper moral stand at the UN. Great stuff, my Canuck brothers.

    Now, if only you can keep Celine Dion on your side of the border…

  12. #12
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    zero will never be known for his courage, after all that’s too manly for him. when zero was asked about intestinal fortitude, he asked what’s that?, exactly.

  13. #13
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Good for Canada–too bad WE can’t walk out when President B. Hussein Obama is speaking. Wouldn’t it save most everybody heartache and trouble if they moved UN Headquarters to Havana or Tehran? Pyongyang? Eichmanndidajob could fiddle with Fidel and friends :wink:

    If and when we do walk out of the UN we need to keep going and stay out.

  14. #14
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 am, sonofdy said:

    Canada has more testicualar fortitude than obama. I wish I could say I am suprised.

  15. #15
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:45 am, RedDog said:

    I’ve got lots of family in Alberta, Canada. Good for them in opposing despots like Quaddaffi and A-jad. But I suspect it has little to do with the larger issue of resurgent self-serving central governments.

    It seems central governments around the world are all running amok, and trampling the liberties of their people at will. Obama is just another in a long Statist conga line. Time for patriots everywhere to rise up.

  16. #16
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 am, AlabamaMama said:

    Really? We’re going to be shown up by CANADA? Does the US delegation find this even just a little bit embarrassing? (Unfortunately, probably not…)

  17. #17
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 am, happyscrapper said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am, limmo said:
    Oh Canada!

    Ha! Did you read my comment #2? :wink:

  18. #18
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 am, MTNEER said:

    If you’re looking for a Joe Wilson moment at the UN, look no further than Nikita Khrushev taking off his shoe and pounding on his desk.

  19. #19
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:57 am, granite said:

    Agreed that it is a good thing, not a bad thing, that Canada is planning to walk out.

    But, why not just be quiet about it, and then get up and walk out when the evil muslim nutcase approaches the podium?
    Would that not have more of an effect?
    I hope that Canada’s actual walking out, now that they’ve given advance notice their plans, will not appear anticlimactic.

    It is not always necessary nor advantageous to tell people what one is planning to do.
    Sometimes, it’s better just to do it.

  20. #20
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 am, Savage24 said:

    Looks like the American delegation falls in the “medical wonder” category “no guts, no brains and no backbone”. Why we allow that useless organization on our soil is beyond me.

  21. #21
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 am, granite said:

    …advance notice of their plans,….

    Apologies.

  22. #22
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 am, kudafa said:

    Too bad Canada doesn’t start the day off by walking out first on the Revealed Bigot. Perhaps that will spark a few other strong willed & independent countries (are there any?) to do the same.

  23. #23
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 am, J S Ragman said:

    Canada. No flies on them, eh?

  24. #24
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am, Huntress said:

    Oh Canada. My Home And Native Land…..how truly proud I am of you!

  25. #25
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 am, Mister P said:

    I would walk out on Obama’s speech.

  26. #26
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    zyzzyg said:

    Not sure of the rules of the UN

    Rules?

    Of decorum?

    At the UN…?????

    I’ll get back to you with details when I stop laughing.

    ROTFL…..

  27. #27
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 am, MTNEER said:

    If you’re looking for a Joe Wilson moment at the UN, look no further than Nikita Khrushev taking off his shoe and pounding on his desk.

    Old Nicky did wear ugly shoes I’ll give you that. How can you possibly deal with a leader who wears ugly shoes? Chavez “smelling sulfur” was ugly but we did not see his shoes.

  28. #28
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am, vickisoup said:

    If they had real conviction, they’d walk out on Obama’s speech. Am I the only one watching right now?

  29. #29
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 am, vickisoup said:

    (sorry, Mister P…just saw your post.)

  30. #30
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 am, spaceycakes said:

    oh vickisoup–how I hope you’re the only one watching…

  31. #31
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am, spaceycakes said:

    are the Canadians walking out because they have better things to do–like prosecuting Mark Steyn for hate language, or shuffling patients with broken hips to a different waiting room (perhaps like the one in ‘Beetlejuice’)?

  32. #32
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:02 am, b-cat said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am, spaceycakes said:

    Yeah, good point spacey.

  33. #33
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am, happyscrapper said:

    I walked by the TV, in anticipation of turning it off, and happened to catch Obama stumbling over some words and looking frustrated. I do believe TOTUS was acting up again. I don’t know how that turned out, since I shut the stupid thing off. Listening to Beck right now.

  34. #34
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    I hope Libya’s Kadaffi is being “tea partied” every foot of the way from his tent to the U.N. building with big photo posters of each victim of the Pan Am bombing–carried by the victim’s families. This would be a good Act 1.
    ***
    Act 2 should be a walkout on the Iranian Hitler as soon as he stands up.
    ***
    Act 3 should be sawing off the ground under the U.N. building and having some tug boats take it to a suitable new site. Somalia, Darfur, or North Korea would be suitable places. No U.S. money or people or support–cut the “U.N.” off at the knees.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  35. #35
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Shame we can’t have leaders available to elect with balls like that.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  36. #36
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pm, mattm said:

    Very sad when Canada will walk out of Dinnerjackets speech but the US will apparently stay.

  37. #37
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm, bjc said:

    *Good to see my old homeland stepping up to make a point; It’s only because the Conservative Party is in power, led by Stephen Harper, 10 times the leader P-BO is; But like any other country, Canada has its’ warts.
    *Slightly OT, but Canada has a corporate tax rate of 18% scheduled to head downward in the future, while the USA is in the high 30′s and set to go higher; Where does P-BO and his Communist Clown Cluster expect jobs and investments to go?

  38. #38
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Good job Canada.

    I believe Obama invited A-Jad over to the White House for hot dogs, but A-Jad refused saying “There are no roasted weenies in Iran.”

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