The delegations from 27 states of the EU and the U.S. indecorously left the UN hall as soon as the Iranian president touched upon the wrongdoings of the Western powers and their contributions in deteriorating the socioeconomic and political situation in the developing world; their sponsorship of state terrorism and their role in prolonging the sufferings of the Palestinian people and other subjugated nations of the world. 

The ungraceful reaction of the Western delegations was however predictable. The delegations dismissed Iranian president’s speech as "anti-Semitic" and showed a diplomatic discourtesy by refusing to listen to him. Rather, the European walkout en mass was preplanned. Weeks before the speech, the Zionist lobby in the U.S. had started making efforts to convince the Western delegations to boycott Ahmadinejad’s address.

The Jewish billionaire and the president of World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, was one of the main persons who had lobbied against the Iranian president's UN speech. 

Western delegations' walkout showed their lack of tolerance and the futility of their claims about commitment to freedom of speech and civil liberties. They exhibited to the whole world once again that the Western leaders do not have patience to listen to an alternative voice. 

But, what did the Iranian president say during his speech that perturbed the Western delegates so much?

Ahmadinejad suggested that the root cause of the current global political and economic crises should be sought in the current world order and the way the world is run by certain powers. 

He alluded to the age of slavery in Africa and asked: "Who abducted forcefully tens of millions of people from their homes in Africa and other regions of the world during the dark period of slavery, making them a victim of their materialistic greed?"

The president referred to the consequences of the World War I, World War II, and other wars asking, "Who triggered the first and second world wars, that left seventy million people killed and hundreds of millions injured or homeless? Who created the wars in Korean peninsula and in Vietnam?"

Ahmadinejad mentioned the issue of establishment of Israeli regime in the Middle East and asked, "Who imposed, through deceits and hypocrisy, the Zionists and over sixty years of war, homelessness, terror and mass murder on the Palestinian people and on countries of the region?"

He talked about the nefarious actions and policies of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and mentioned the West's support for him during the 8-year war with Iran: "Who provoked and encouraged Saddam Hussein to invade and impose an eight-year war on Iran, and who assisted and equipped him to deploy chemical weapons against our cities and our people?"

The president touched upon the controversial incidents of September 11, 2001, which many scholars and researchers around the world believe were designed and carried out by the CIA and Mossad: "Who used the mysterious September 11 incident as a pretext to attack Afghanistan and Iraq -- killing, injuring, and displacing millions of people in two countries -- with the ultimate goal of bringing into its domination the Middle East and its oil resources?"

He cited the military budget of the U.S. and asked, "Which country's military spending exceeds annually a thousand billion dollars, more than the military budgets of all countries of the world combined?"

Israel's sacred cow, Holocaust, was the other issue which the Iranian president hinted at: "If some European countries still use the Holocaust, after six decades, as the excuse to pay fine or ransom to the Zionists, should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to the affected nations?"

The Iranian president also discussed the unjust structure of the Security Council where some 5 countries decide for some 200 countries, which don't have any say in their own destiny. He pointed out the deadly military expeditions of the U.S. and NATO as well as the killings of hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world.

Ahmadinejad also raised important issue of U.S. military bases around the world: "What is the justification for the presence of hundreds of U.S. military and intelligence bases in different parts of the world, including 268 bases in Germany, 124 in Japan, 87 in South Korea, 83 in Italy, 45 in the United-Kingdom, and 21 in Portugal? Does this mean anything other than military occupation?"

President Ahmadinejad's speech irked the leaders of Western countries, which have a history of human rights violations, killings of innocent people, waging cruel wars, and suppression of civil liberties of their own citizens.

The questions President Ahmadinejad raised at the hallowed hall of the UN General Assembly are still waiting an answer.