RSSAhmadinejad goes to America
Sep 26
It’s now been 2 days since the President of Iran spoke at a New York university, and it has been interesting watching the commentary. I actually haven’t seen much in the way of support for how Columbia university handled the situation, but perhaps folks like Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are taking that up.
A full video of the event is here, and a summary is here.
The big news was how the university President opened the event, and introduced the President of Iran, with a 19-minute speech criticizing the man. Personally, I thought this was pretty bad taste. It’s completely obvious the university felt under pressure since there was a small uproar that they even invited him. But, to open a “debate” with an invited opponent in this way is very bad taste and seemed almost cowardly.
Here’s a bit of commentary arguing that Ahmadinejad came off the winner in this whole game: Smartest Man in the Room
And finally, even Donald Trump thinks the whole thing was a sham.
Sep 26, 2007 @ 08:50:22
I completely agree about his introduction. Very rude to a foreign head-of-state who traveled halfway around the world to speak to you. I though Ahmadinejad’s rebuttal to the 19 minute diatribe was very civilized and intelligent, and made him look exactly like I imagine he wanted to look: the wise and learned leader of a peaceful nation turning the other cheak under unprovoked slanderous attacks from western mouthpieces. He wanted the reaction and press that he got every bit as much as the don’t-taze-me kid.