Time to eat crow
Ok, in a nice pie crust, some sauce and a sprig of thyme.
Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University took the occasion of Ahmadinejad's speech at Columbia as an opportunity to parade before humanity the lengthy list of A-jad's crime against humanity.
I still disagree with the hypocrisy of Columbia in giving a terrorist leader the stage to spew his vile lies and rhetoric while denying equal opportunity to others for political reasons, but he soundly bitch-slapped the bastard: "a petty and cruel dictator. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated." I will try to dig up the inevitable youtube replay -- good stuff and some type of redemption for Bollinger at least. Then, of course, the Dean stood up to make his introduction, "his Excellency, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran." Which was received with applause lasting nearly a minute. Makes you want to shake the assholes that were in the audience ... didn't they listen to the President of Columbia? Didn't then take on board what is beyond mere allegations?
A-jad started his speech with a rebuke to the scolding given by Bollinger, saying that it was insulting to be spoken about in that way. He said that Bollinger's remarks were the result of pressure by the unfriendly press and politicians. But he did not address Bollinger's accusations directly -- at all. Only when asked directly about certain matters did he skirt around the issue, and in particular he deflected whether he called for the eradication of Israel by bringing in the need to Palestinians to be considered in the matter. Hardly encouraging. They voted for Hamas.
Addressing the Holocaust, A-jad stated that he simply wanted more research to be done on the subject and that the issue was abused by Israel to justify the mistreatment of the Palestinians. Note to Iran: if you are so concerned about Palestine and its inhabitants, then why don't you offer them a home in the vast expanses of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Bollinger attacked, "when you come to a place like this, it makes you simply ridiculous. The truth is that the Holocaust in the most documented event in human history.
When asked about the execution of homosexuals in Iran, A-jad claimed that, "in Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." Say what? The audience laughed in his face, to which he asserted, "in Iran we don't have this phenomenon, I don't know who told you this."
On the topic of nuclear weapons, he asked why the US was allowed to develop nuclear weapons capabilities, but Iran was not so allowed ... "you have that right and we don't?" A-jad ... I think the reason for that would be obvious. He threaded Koranic quotes together with criticism of Boosh, past presidents and America's bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A-jad held out the illusion of peace: "if the US government recognizes the rights of the Iranian people, respects all nations and extends a hand of friendship with all Iranians, they, too, will see that Iranians will be one of its best friends." Hmmmm.
Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University took the occasion of Ahmadinejad's speech at Columbia as an opportunity to parade before humanity the lengthy list of A-jad's crime against humanity.
I still disagree with the hypocrisy of Columbia in giving a terrorist leader the stage to spew his vile lies and rhetoric while denying equal opportunity to others for political reasons, but he soundly bitch-slapped the bastard: "a petty and cruel dictator. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated." I will try to dig up the inevitable youtube replay -- good stuff and some type of redemption for Bollinger at least. Then, of course, the Dean stood up to make his introduction, "his Excellency, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran." Which was received with applause lasting nearly a minute. Makes you want to shake the assholes that were in the audience ... didn't they listen to the President of Columbia? Didn't then take on board what is beyond mere allegations?
A-jad started his speech with a rebuke to the scolding given by Bollinger, saying that it was insulting to be spoken about in that way. He said that Bollinger's remarks were the result of pressure by the unfriendly press and politicians. But he did not address Bollinger's accusations directly -- at all. Only when asked directly about certain matters did he skirt around the issue, and in particular he deflected whether he called for the eradication of Israel by bringing in the need to Palestinians to be considered in the matter. Hardly encouraging. They voted for Hamas.
Addressing the Holocaust, A-jad stated that he simply wanted more research to be done on the subject and that the issue was abused by Israel to justify the mistreatment of the Palestinians. Note to Iran: if you are so concerned about Palestine and its inhabitants, then why don't you offer them a home in the vast expanses of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Bollinger attacked, "when you come to a place like this, it makes you simply ridiculous. The truth is that the Holocaust in the most documented event in human history.
When asked about the execution of homosexuals in Iran, A-jad claimed that, "in Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." Say what? The audience laughed in his face, to which he asserted, "in Iran we don't have this phenomenon, I don't know who told you this."
On the topic of nuclear weapons, he asked why the US was allowed to develop nuclear weapons capabilities, but Iran was not so allowed ... "you have that right and we don't?" A-jad ... I think the reason for that would be obvious. He threaded Koranic quotes together with criticism of Boosh, past presidents and America's bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A-jad held out the illusion of peace: "if the US government recognizes the rights of the Iranian people, respects all nations and extends a hand of friendship with all Iranians, they, too, will see that Iranians will be one of its best friends." Hmmmm.
posted by Zaphod at Monday, September 24, 2007
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