you have got to see this man’s honesty and bravity.
any thoughts after reading this article on time.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664612,00.html
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So long as the American foreign policy is written in Tel Aviv nothing will change.
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Brave, honest? Iran awashed in oil yet the unemployment rate remains high and inflation is a growing problem. Instead of trying to give lessons perhaps he should take some in and deal with issues effecting the people of Iran instead of trying to misdirect their attention. Take away the spotlight and you might just see a mouse making handpuppets of a lion. He's reckless as is his ego.
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^^ ahmedinijad is Iran's version of Bush
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arshad5, you make a very good point here.
each one has to realize, what are the stakes for the deceptive partnership of the two vs. utter disregard for countries like Iran.
countries and govt get hyped.
people need to realize this.
and then perphaps, an automatic system of self-check maybe brought on, in within the govts. to address their blunders and blindness.
So long as the American foreign policy is written in Tel Aviv nothing will change.
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Columbia University’s president Bollinger asked some tough question and made some stinging comments towards Ahmadinejad before his speech.
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Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad Speech at Columbia Univ.
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Bollinger’s behaviour shows his lack of class. Insulting a guest speaker with personal opinions (such as saying that Ahmedijenad struck his as a cruel dictator) before he has a chance to even speak just wouldn’t fly in England.
A remember seeing very similar behaviour demonstrated by that American reporter who had an interview with Ahmedinejad last year as well. Again, I’ve never seen Englishmen get that rude in an interview with the leader of a country.
There would have been ample and more appropriate opportunity to rip into Ahmedinejad during the questions and answers section if Bollinger had spared the insults he started with.
Quaint colonials and their quainter rude manners 
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I agree maddie
Bollinger showed a lack of class. I am no fan of iranian prez but come on, be a little civil and a little gracious as a host.
in case of the reporter, he came out looking like an ass because ahmedinijad came out looking like a civil and polite person, while teh reporter just as bully.
and thats saying a lot considering I cant stand this iranian fellow.
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I say bravo to Bollinger! Jolly good for him.
Why does anyone owe him any civility or graciousness? He's a lying, egomaniacal lunatic. He's lucky he got to speak at all. Is he civil when he calls for the destruction of Israel? He spent a good portion of his speech labeling the US as terrorists. Is he gracious when he comes to this country to lay out his maniacal tyrannical view of the world? Is it classy to call the holocasut a myth? Why shouldn't he be called out for what he is and what he preaches?
Bollinger's comments were no more insulting than nutjob's. He's right, he is a petty and cruel dictator. The very idea he tried to lecture the US on wiretapping when that pales in comparison to what his government's civil liberty attrrocities. I am no fan of this adminstration or the civil liberties they are taking away in the name of the 'war on terror', but we don't need lecturing from that little fool.
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Bollinger wanted exposure for himself... he got it, wait till he uses that to go for something else in his career :)
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yeah I want him to contest for pakistani presidency too
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he is an idiot of the highest degree, even iranian right wingers are concerned about this megalomaniac.
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disunity is the hallmark of Muslims these days and has been for years. are you helping by criticizing our own?
Dushwari
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Great. I am going to have to defend something I don't like.
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Why does anyone owe him any civility or graciousness?
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A small word called diplomacy - something that Americans never properly learned.
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He's a lying, egomaniacal lunatic.
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Same has been said about the current US President by Americans. Forget the camel jockeys, the US President has been compared to hitler/facist, however that does not preclude him from receiving diplomatic treatment when traveling. As the head of state, he should be entitled to it.
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He's lucky he got to speak at all.
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Yeah, why didn't Columbia U rescind the offer then? Cheap publicity.
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Is he civil when he calls for the destruction of Israel? He spent a good portion of his speech labeling the US as terrorists. Is he gracious when he comes to this country to lay out his maniacal tyrannical view of the world? Is it classy to call the holocasut a myth? Why shouldn't he be called out for what he is and what he preaches?
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He is entitled to his opinions, right or wrong However as a head of state, he should not have been insulted by the President of a second tier Ivy league University (sorry, it ain't H-Y-P). I mean who is Bollinger anyway? Some patsy for the zionist cause (David Project).
Let me be clear: I do not support the Iranian leader but this shameless and mocking attitude is the reason why Americans are seen as arrogant hegemons. He should have walked away from that podium after being insulted like that.
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Bollinger's comments were no more insulting than nutjob's. He's right, he is a petty and cruel dictator. The very idea he tried to lecture the US on wiretapping when that pales in comparison to what his government's civil liberty attrrocities. I am no fan of this adminstration or the civil liberties they are taking away in the name of the 'war on terror', but we don't need lecturing from that little fool.**
The difference is that Bollinger is nothing but a head of a University. If the US president had made similar remarks, they too would've been in poor taste, but still more acceptable than Bollinger.
In regards to the lecturing, he is throwing the same medicine that some "assistant to secretary of blah blah" does when visiting countries throughout the globe. Hypocritical, yes?
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I don't like 'em.
Khatami was the man.
Did I ever tell you guys I saw him in person? :)
p.s. does anyone have the dialogue from the Q and A he did at the university earlier today? I heard it didn't go too well... =\
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exactly
peter king does not want pres. Ahamedinejad to address Columbia univ’s middles eastern dept students.
but when anybody from non muslim states feels the entitlement to be put on a padestal by scores of nations of muslim countries, the expectation is that all bow down. this bigoted paranoia and supramacy is not saintlike is it?
wonder why Muslims are so divided and listless - due to tyrrants.
Dushwari
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Great. I am going to have to defend something I don't like.
i can see what your defending but what is it that you dont like?
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he is an idiot of the highest degree, even iranian right wingers are concerned about this megalomaniac.
fraudia you seem confused or are you a supporter of US foreign policy?
anyone who stands up is an idiot?
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disunity is the hallmark of Muslims these days and has been for years. are you helping by criticizing our own?
Dushwari
why?? are you helping by showing solidarity with a megalomaniac of a psychotic regime that is like a cancer in the region and has been that for ages?
cant criticize someone because he is a muslim? whats next you will ask me not to criticize OBL etc?