Regarding Iranian President's Disturbing Remarks

Floor Speech

Mr. MEEKS of New York. Madam Speaker, the world is much smaller today than it was; and when we particularly focus in on the Middle East, we need peace. However, I am deeply disturbed by the remarks of the new Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, when he was addressing 4,000 students, using the language of Ayatollah Khomeini, where he says and threatens: ``Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.''

Who is this guy? We cannot allow this kind of language to stand in this day and age. We must make sure that we condemn this kind of language and those kinds of acts. Here is a guy with a questionable background. Some of our hostages say that he is the individual who was there when they were held in Iran. The international community must come together and make sure that there are no nuclear reactors there. We must make sure that it is clear that we are going to stand by our friends and allies in Israel in this regards and that we are going to be the ones that are going to force peace to be in the Middle East and we are not going to have this kind of rhetoric language continuing. We cannot allow this man with this questionable background to continue to go unchecked.

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