If it’s September, it must be time for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s annual clown act at the U.N.. Time once again to regale the General Assembly with one of his ludicrous lectures.
 
As Marisol at Jihad Watch describes it –

Ahmadinejad’s spectacle at the UN has become something of a tradition by now. If the UN sold popcorn at this gathering, this speech would outsell anyone else’s. Once again, he does not disappoint where antisemitism and conspiracy paranoia are concerned, with an extra touch of megalomania.

 
It’s small comfort, but at least the U.S. and several European nations had the sense to walk out of the General Assembly during Ahmadinejad’s speech on Thursday. CNN reported that:

Delegates from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom were among those who walked out. Delegations from Canada and Israel were not present from the beginning.

 
CNN also has a recap of the Iranian president’s last several appearances at the U.N.:
Walkouts and fury: A look at Ahmadinejad’s U.N. speeches
 
Among his other twisted beliefs, Ahmadinejad ~
 
• Like so many of his ilk, denies that the Holocaust occurred
• Accuses the U.S. of “occupying” Iraq
• Is a “truther”. Last year he said that most Americans and “most nations around the world” believe that “some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the (9-11) attack.”
• Says capitalism is responsible for all the world’s ills
• Believes his country to be “a new model for life to the world.”
 
This “new model for life” is currently #2 on Open Doors’ list of countries that aggressively persecute Christians (North Korea comes in 1st ):

There was a sharp increase in the number of Christians arrested (in Iran) at the start of 2010. Although some were later released, pressure on the church remains high. Many of the approximately 350,000 believers from a Muslim background live in fear of harassment by the government.
Earlier this year, Iranian Christians faced a wave of aggressive intimidation and imprisonment. Although many were able to flee to Turkey, their ranks may have been infiltrated by the Iranian agents (Revolutionary Guards) posing as refugees.

 
The real question is – why does the U.N. allow this buffoon a voice at all? All he does is contribute to the general circus-like atmosphere, and further diminish that organization’s already tenuous credibility. Not to mention the threat he poses to world stability.
He may be a clown, but he’s a clown who’s dangerously close to having nuclear weapons capability.