Ahmadinejad shocks world with conciliatory speech at UN

No wiping Israel from the map.

Not a mention of the Great Satan.

Looks like Ahmadinejad wants to go out of his political career like a lamb and not a lion.

With the exception of the Canadian delegation, none of the Nations of Virtue left the room during the speech.

The Canadians have of course been floundering on the shoals of their own incompetence with their various forays into the diplomatic arena of late.

Letting Italy take care of the Canada desk in Iran.

Renting rooms in various UK diplomatic missions instead of fielding their own.

Diplomacy is of course a serious business, and it has been amply evident since the ascent of John Baird to head  Foreign Affairs that the Canadians have abandoned the field.

Baird is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Friday, after all the serious players have gone home.

Canadians embarrass themselves sucking up to the USA and Israel

Well, the UN General Assembly didn't see the full-court walkout of Western nations that some were anticipating for Ahmadinejad's speech.

Only one diplomatic mission walked out; the Canadians.

The American's didn't bother attending, because as every thinking person knows, there's no point talking to your enemies.

The Israelis didn't bother attending either, but at least they had a legitimate excuse in Yom Kippur.

As for the Canadians, they are in the process of downgrading their entire diplomatic infrastructure anyway, so perhaps they were just ordered to leave so the Canadian government could save a bit on wages.

In the event, a certain J. Baird from Ottawa won the Falling Downs Walk-Out Pool.