Re: Iranian President
A small word called diplomacy - something that Americans never properly learned.
And this moron has? He comes into our country with his lying, egonmanical and evil ways and what? He's supposed to be treated with respect? I don't think so. He is basically a sworn enemy against our country and our values.
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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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I'm sorry I don't live in your socialist utopia where all are equal. Bush, in all his ignorance, is still the leader of the free world. The president of the most powerful country in the history of the world. With that comes power and a certain amount of respect whether you earned it or not. That's the way of the world. Always has been. Haves and have nots. Wasn't any different when Persia or the Ottomans ruled the world. Dictators of insignificant desert kingdoms are just that, blow hards and super power aspirations aside.
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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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He's entitled to his opinions as much as Bollinger is. Columbia may be 2nd tier Ivy league, but Iran is president of a 2nd tier metro confernece country in the scheme of things.
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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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The assistant secretary of blah blah these days gets you further than nutjob dictator of ayatollahville. Sorry for the arrogant hegemonism. If this were 500 BC and Persia was the great superpower or if ignorance and egomania made the case for respect then I'd throw a bone. But I don't think this guy's title in and of itself doesn't require the honor you think it does. Bollinger is more educated and informed than this guy, so why does he have to keep his trap shut and let nutjob do all the ranting and hating?