Somewhere amidst the hysterical media/politicos outrage at Iran’s Ahmadinejad’s request to lay a wreath at ground zero during his UN visit this next week, I heard one reminder that the Iranians had marched in sympathy with us in response to the 9/11 atrocity.
Ahmadinejad is a notorious publicity seeker — the denial of the Holocaust routine that he sponsored for such speakers as David Duke, former Klan head who got 65% of the Jena vote when he ran for office — but let us not forget that al Qaeda is a Sunni outfit and an enemy of Iran as well as us. But there are some common interests upon which we might be able to build if we stopped threatening bombing of Iran.
I can buy the NYPD’s denial of access for Ahmadinejad to ground zero which would have been a security nightmare with all the hatred of him — and particularly at a time when the UN and all those arriving here for its meetings need full security protection. However, I hope that the Columbia University visit will not be blown away as well (as one who lives just down the street). Here is an opportunity to talk as opposed to firing weapons at each other and the next generation deserves the opportunity to do that talking. Need one constantly repeat Churchill’s admonition that “jaw, jaw” is far preferable to “wah, wah”? Here we have a chance for some face to face and I hope all with access will take advantage of it.
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President of Iran Says He’ll Avoid Ground Zero
By THOMAS J. LUECK and KAREN W. ARENSON
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, said he would abide by a decision not to allow him to go to ground zero during
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/nyregion/21visit.html?ref=nyregion
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2 users commented in " The Ahmadinejad Hysteria "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackLast time I checked, Iran had nothing to do with 911 !! Last time I checked Ahmadinejad had nothing to do with 911. ! Iranians died on the day as well and I think the uproar from , Romney,Clinton etc.. is a disgrace and an insult to everyone’s personal freedom.
Give the guy a chance to learn! It’s very clear he has been brainwashed in Iran his whole life. We should invite him to lay a wreath and also visit the holocaust museum.
He does not even control Iran !
We invite Saudis here and they won’t even let women drive or show their faces ! They are the one’s who import twisted wahhabism here, not Iran ~!
Sandr
When did David Duke become head of a country? I’m not getting this talking point. Must be one of those Yale educated hair-brained arguements. What is it that Denis Prager says about higher education? Oh, yeah. Pundits and polticians are R-Tards.
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