UN: Ahmadinejad Can Speak; Karnit Goldwasser Cannot (UPDATED)

Greg Pollowitz at The Corner writes:

Karnit Goldwasser, the wife of kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser, was kicked out of a Ahmadinejad press conference for asking:

"Hello, my name is Karnit, the wife of Ehud Goldwasser, the soldier who has been held captive for over a year. Since you are the man that is behind the kidnapping due to the aid you grant Hizbullah, why don't you allow the Red Cross to visit the two soldiers?"

The president ignored the question.

Pollowitz notes:

If only U.N. peacekeepers around the world were as effective as the U.N. thought police stationed in New York City.

Goldwasser recounts:

"I told an officer that this man would decide whether my husband will come home and that this is the man that can, within a second, solve the conflict. I am sure it did something to his heart when he heard that."

It is not just Columbia University and Bollinger who should be embarrassed by Ahamdinejad's visit.

At the Free Gilad Shalit blog, Bagel Blogger quotes from the Jerusalem Post article, which indicates that Ahmadinejad was not given an easy time:

Right before Goldwasser's question, Ahmadinejad refused to answer a question from Channel 10 correspondent Gil Tamari. Tamari asked whether Iran was concerned that Israel might take an action similar to the one it took last week, in which the IAF allegedly bombed a possible nuclear site in Syria. Ahmadinejad simply said, "Next question."

We'll take that as a yes.

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