Evil Comes American Left Welcomes

Hey folks,

Little Hitler is here. Visiting with the American Left, who seems to welcome him with open arms. As you all know, he was invited to speak at Columbia University, which he did yesterday. The AP has pretty good excerpts from this appearance.

They start with these from the CU President.

Excerpts of Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's introduction of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad:

• On human rights:

The (recent) arrest and imprisonment of these Iranian-Americans for no good reason is not only unjustified, it runs completely counter to the very values that allow today's speaker to even appear on this campus. But at least they are alive. ... Iran hanged up to 30 people this past July and August during a widely reported suppression of efforts to establish a more democratic society. Many of these executions were carried out in public view, a violation of the international covenant of civil and political rights to which Iran is a party. ...

Let's then, be clear at the beginning — Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator. And, so, I ask you — and so I ask you, why have women, members of the Bahai faith, homosexuals and so many of our academic colleagues become targets of persecution in your country?

• On the Holocaust:

In a December 2005 state television broadcast, you described the Holocaust as the fabricated legend. One year later you held a two-day conference of Holocaust deniers. For the illiterate and ignorant this is dangerous propaganda. When you come to a place like in this makes you quite simply ridiculous. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated. ... The truth is that the Holocaust is the most documented event in human history. ... Will you cease this outrage?

• On Israel:

Twelve days ago you said that the state of Israel cannot continue its life. This echoed a number of inflammatory statements you have delivered in the past two years including in October 2005, you said that Israel should be wiped off the map, quote-unquote. ... Personally I have spoken out in most forceful terms against proposals to boycott Israeli scholars and universities, saying that such boycotts might as well include Columbia. More than 400 college and university presidents in this country have joined in that statement. My question then is, do you plan on wiping us off the map, too?

• On proxy war against the U.S. in Iraq:

A number of Columbia graduates and current students are among the brave members of our military who are serving or have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... Can you tell them and us why Iran is fighting a proxy war in Iraq by arming Shia militia targeting and killing U.S troops?

• On Iran's nuclear program:

Why does your country continue to refuse to adhere to international standards for nuclear weapons verification in defiance of agreements that you have made with the U.N. nuclear agency? And why have you chosen to make the people of your country vulnerable to the effects of international economic sanctions and threaten to engulf the world in nuclear annihilation?

• In summary:

Frankly, and in all candor, Mr. President, I doubt that you will have the intellectual courage to answer these questions, but your avoiding them will in itself be meaningful to us. I do expect you to exhibit the fanatical mindset that characterizes so much of what you say and do.

Then from Little Hitler himself

Comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose remarks were translated from Farsi.

• On a toughly worded criticism in the introduction by Columbia University president Lee Bollinger, who called him a "petty and cruel dictator":

I think the text read by the dear gentleman here, more than addressing me, was an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here, present here. In a university environment we must allow people to speak their mind, to allow everyone to talk so that the truth is eventually revealed by all.

• On the Holocaust:

Why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price for an event they had nothing to do with?

• On Holocaust deniers:

My question was simple: There are researchers who want to approach the topic from a different perspective. Why are they put into prison? Right now, there are a number of European academics who have been sent to prison because they attempted to write about the Holocaust or research it from a different perspective, questioning certain aspects of it. My question is: Why isn't it open to all forms of research?

• On Israel as a Jewish state:

We love all nations. We are friends with the Jewish people. There are many Jews living in Iran with security. You must understand that in our constitution and our laws and the parliamentary elections for every 150,000 people we get one representative in the parliament. For the Jewish community one-fifth of this number they still get one independent representative in the parliament. Our proposal to the Palestinian plight is a humanitarian and a democratic proposal. What we say is that to solve this 60-year problem, we must allow the Palestinian people to decide about its future for itself.

• On nuclear research:

Some big powers create a monopoly over science and prevent other nations in achieving scientific development as well. This, too, is one of the surprises of our time. Some big powers do not want to see the progress of other societies and nations. They turn to thousands of reasons, make allegations, place economic sanctions to prevent other nations from developing and advancing, all resulting from their distance from human values and the teachings of the divine prophets. Regretfully, they have not been trained to serve mankind.

• On 9/11:

Why did this happen? What caused it? What conditions led to it? .. Who truly was involved? Who was really involved and put it all together?

• On executions of homosexuals in Iran:

In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that like in your country. ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this.

Now the CU President Lee Bollinger, feels that this will appease those that are still upset over his invitation of Little Hitler himself. He feels that this shows how tough he was with him. That he was not just having him there out of respect or likeness of the Iranian Dictator.

I don’t buy it. Many others do not as well. For all I know, this was pre-arranged. President Bollinger could have very well told Little Hitler, “Hey, I’m going to be a little tough with you out there, but use this as an opportunity to show the American people that you are not as they see you. Tell them how peaceful and loving you and Iran is, and that all we should do is talk to you, and all will be fine.”

He never really answered anything. He completely lied and avoided the questions. I mean really, “We love all nations. We are friends with the Jewish people.” That is why he wants to wipe them off the map? That’s why he has said “Death to America?” This is complete bunk.

Dr. Charles Jacobs, President of The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership, said this yesterday about Columbia President Lee Bollinger's invitation to Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"It is a clear failure of judgment, it is demeaning of academic standards, it continues a disturbing pattern of bias at Columbia against Israel, and it is emblematic of the failure of so many of our universities to distinguish right from wrong, truth from lies.

Bollinger's justification for providing a prestigious platform to a raving anti-Semite, whose agents are killing American soldiers and whose nation is covertly developing nuclear weapons, is nothing less than astonishing.

Bollinger says Columbia is 'committed to confronting ideas,' but surely universities do not need to invite tyrants to teach students the evils of tyranny. Bollinger's lesson instead seems to be that American students should give platforms to would-be mass murderers so they can show off their debating skills.

What we need from a university president is a noble defense of civilization and decency. What we are getting here instead is another attempt to 'understand' evil and not to defeat it. Bollinger is treating this terrorist like some in the media treat suicide bombers, by trying to 'understand' them, denying all the while that this is the same as justifying their acts.

Debating Ahmadinejad in the halls of one the West's most prestigious universities supports the notion that there is something to debate about his stated intention to murder Jews en masse, about the reality of the Holocaust, or about Iran's practice of stoning women or executing gays. Some ideas are not worth 'debating' - they must be defeated through action.

Bollinger says that by listening to 'ideas we deplore does not imply our endorsement of those ideas, or the weakness of our resolve to resist those ideas.'" "But, Ahmadinejad is not a policy wonk or a philosopher: He is a man of action, murdering Americans and planning to slaughter the Jews of the Middle East. He is not an 'idea' to be debated. He is a man to be stopped.

Giving him this prestigious platform is not, as Bollinger says, 'America at its best,' it is American academia at its worst.”

It gets worse than that. EVEN the Mass Media Drones welcomed him and had lunch with the man, giving him even more credibility. Get this, National Press Club President Jerry Zremski yesterday, issued the following statement regarding the Club's videoconference luncheon with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:

"For decades now, the NPC speakers luncheon program has brought the world's biggest newsmakers to its podium. And that means we frequently invite heads of state to join us. President Ahmadinejad is one of the most newsworthy heads of state in the world. We were in a position to arrange his first real dialogue with the Washington press corps, and so it made sense for us to make this happen.

Here at the National Press Club, it's our job to facilitate the news -- to help bring newsmakers and journalists together. That's exactly what we're doing here. "We don't choose luncheon speakers based on their popularity ratings or public image. We invite only the biggest newsmakers.

We're not endorsing anything President Ahmadinejad has said or will say -- just as we didn't endorse what Fidel Castro and Nikita Kruschchev said when they spoke at the Press Club. We simply arranged for this opportunity for President Ahmadinejad to share his thoughts with us."

SO? Where are the reports from you from the information you discovered in the Luncheon? What did you asked him, what did he say? You know folks, Zremski said “Here at the National Press Club, it's our job to facilitate the news.” Not anymore so it seems. It seems more the job of most in the MMD to FABRICATE the news. To control it. To tell you what they are told to tell you. They are nothing but Liberal Pawns, bought and paid for, controlled by the MMD Guru, Soros. Which I have been telling you about LONG before everyone else jumped aboard the Soros express.

The truth is, the Libs LOVE this guy. They LOVE Chavez. They LOVE people that have absolute power and control. THAT is what they strive for. THAT is why they are so dangerous.

I guess the next stop is the UN then I hope, someone comes to their senses and throws Little Hitler right out of this country. We shall see.
Peter

Sources:
AP- Excerpts of Columbia prez' Iran comments
AP-Quotes by Iran's Ahmadinejad
David Project
National Press Club: NPC