Former Hostage Taker Wants to Visits Ground Zero
We're speaking of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or as Mitt Romney calls him, "ImaJihad". From the NY Times:
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said yesterday that he would not allow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, anywhere near ground zero during his trip to New York next week, but the chance of a diplomatic showdown appeared to lessen when Mr. Ahmadinejad said he would abide by the decision.
The focus of protest over the visit by Mr. Ahmadinejad, who is to attend the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, then shifted uptown to Columbia University, where he is scheduled to participate in a World Leaders Forum on Monday.
Also, John McCain blasts Columbia University with
"A man who is directing the maiming and killing of Americans troops should not be given an invitation to speak at an American university. Rather than rolling out the red carpet for the leader of a terrorist-sponsoring regime, Columbia should be welcoming the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) back on campus to honor the men and women who put their lives on the line every day defending our freedom."
Irony from Michael Barone (via Instapundit):
Columbia doesn't host ROTC or (I think) military recruiters on campus, because it would be just too offensive to do so, because the military obeys the law passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by Bill Clinton which bars open homosexuals from serving in the military. OK.
But Columbia does host Ahmedinejad who heads a government which executes homosexuals for the crime of being homosexuals.
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