Count me as among those who know nothing about the thoughts and philosophy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Count me among those who have no opinion regarding his wisdom or statesmanship. Count me among those who would never go to his country, not ever. And count me among those who don't give a damn about his welfare in the least.
Count me among those who saw him open a national sore for the world to see when he visited Columbia University.
Columbia's president introduced this man - the president of a powerful country - by calling him names and insulting him. Excuse this educator, we say, he was covering his butt to an angry audience for giving an enemy of Washington and Israel a podium.
I don't think it was Ahmadinejad's intent and I don't think he could have engineered it had he tried, but in his role as sitting duck for Columbia University's president, and in his role of goon for media of New York City and the nation, he laid bare to the world the ugly, uncivil side of America.
Isn't our world image bad enough, and how did we get like this?
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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