.. or audacity. Not sure which, yet.
Had a squizz at Jim Lehrer's Newshour tonight. Apparently the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (spelling variable according to source) braved the vitriolic attitude at America's Columbia University. Didn't see any steel fences, either.
Have to admit that I know nothing about the man, nor the country of which he is President.
Oh yup, have read the "news" items, seen the "tv" clips, the "occasional " documentary .. but understand? Nah.
Too much skewed. biased. propaganda. cowshit.
The point being .. I doubt if G.W.Arsehole would have the courage to go and stand on a stage at a University in Iran and try to rationally explain his(America's) position re the Middle East.
Doubt that John Winston Howard would have the sense .. or instruction, or imperative, or need, or ... sheesh Johnny, you really ARE clomping hollowly around the world stage in oversize ego boots.
(and if you really want the comparisons try
George walker Bush
and John Winston Howard)
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I have to admit, I didn't read this post...just flew over to prove to myself I don't know you. If I'd taken the time this morning to clink you link at DubYaT's place, I would have known that.
I'll come back tomorrow and read, I promise.
They had to let him in, he's there to address the UN which, and like it or not, Iran is signatory. What is strange though is that they invited him to speak a Columbia University.
What's not strange however, is that the President of the University felt it was ok to call him a petty tyrant (as opposed to Bush who is a major tyrant) as he introduced him.
I'm not fan of Ahmadinejhad, but I don't agree with inviting someone to dinner to insult them.
I guess that the "welcome" speech by the president of the Uni wouldn't have given him a higher opinion of the USA. Can't say that am either For, or against him. One of the interesting things that have read, Willowtree, is that Mahmoud Whatsis isn't the bloke who makes all the decisions in Iran, but more of a mouthpiece for the Ayatollahs.
Its all very complicated and am totally confused as to what's going on over there.
One thing though, I refuse to believe ANYTHING that am told by the US administration.
That "welcome" speech flies in the very face of every little thing that universities are supposed to be about. Either you don't invite the guy, or you introduce him, sit your opinionated butt down on a chair, and let him rant.
As for the dictator's agenda, I have two things to say:
1. The U.S. backed the Shah, who was a maniac of the first stripe.
2. If you look at Iran, you see what happens when a fundamentalist religion gets power over the state. Brrrrrrrrrr! Sudden chill!
The whole world just keeps getting more crazy.
Somebody called that speech by the Columbia Uni bloke "Bait and Switch" .. which seems to sum up the(in my opinion, despicable) attitude of the current American administration.
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