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Let’s hand it to President Ahmadinejad. In response to alarmingly rude behavior by the president of Columbia University, he held his ground, spoke his truth. Chutzpah? Foolhardiness? Courage?
I don’t understand or sympathize with many of the Iranian president’s espoused beliefs, but I sure don’t condone blatant bad manners from a university president who had invited him to speak. Vote to censure, members of Congress?
Imagine, if you can, the sitting US president invited to speak before a crowd at a major Iranian university. How would we feel if he was taunted, called names by his host? How would the fawning US media react? How would GW comport himself? How would he defend his unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation, resulting in non-ending occupation and the wholesale slaughter of an innocent people? Would he keep composed, speak his truth?
Oil, oil, oil…..
I would not have blamed President Ahmadinejad if had quietly risen from his seat and left the Columbia University stage. He had every right to.
No gays in Iran? The hypocritical “religious right” with their fine, upstanding congressional representatives should be leaping for joy, lining up to buy one-way tickets.
If I had to choose between dining with President Ahmadinejad and GW, I’d select the former. The conversation would be fascinating, illuminating. I’ll bet he wouldn’t talk with his mouth full, either.
My apologies, President Ahmadinejad, for the US’s bad manners.
We have so few real leaders here to set good examples.
