Columbia University's Disgrace

Notice to all Left Wing Organizations:

Here is the monster you've invited into your universities, onto your favorite TV shows and down to Ground Zero.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad skirted a question about the treatment of homosexuals in Iran on Monday, saying in a speech at a top US university that there were no gays in Iran.

"In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," Ahmadinejad said to howls and boos among the Columbia University audience.

"In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don't know who has told you that we have it," he said.

The reason there are no homosexuals in Iran is that the government kills homosexuals.

Ahmadinejad has in the past called for Israel's elimination. But his exact remarks have been disputed. Some translators say he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," but others say that would be better translated as "vanish from the pages of time" - implying Israel would disappear on its own rather than be destroyed.

This distinction is lost on me. "Vanish from the pages of time" is supposed to be morally superior to "wiped off the map"?

Asked by an audience member if Iran sought the destruction of Israel, Ahmadinejad did not answer directly.

"We are friends of all the nations," he said. "We are friends with the Jewish people. There are many Jews in Iran living peacefully with security."

The age old response: I don't have a problem with black people. Some of my best friends are black. Wouldn't you just love a list of all the Jewish people living their long, happy, prosperous lives in Iran.

Thank goodness the NY authorities denied this pig's request to view his people's masterpiece.

Asked why he had asked to visit the World Trade Center site - a request denied by New York authorities - Ahmadinejad said he wanted to express sympathy for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Then he appeared to question whether al-Qaida was responsible, saying more research was needed.

"If the root causes of 9/11 are examined properly - why it happened, what caused it, what were the conditions that led to it, who truly was involved, who was really involved - and put it all together to understand how to prevent the crisis in Iraq, fix the problem in Afghanistan and Iraq combined," Ahmadinejad said.

Aside from the fact that his answer makes no sense, I believe 9/11 has been thoroughly investigated and the root causes are pretty well know: Islamic Fundamentalism.

Asked about Iraq, Ahmadinejad again denied Iran was providing advanced weapons to Shiite extremists to use against US troops.

"We think, in fact, the (US) military should seek an answer to its defeat in Iraq elsewhere," he said, insisting Tehran wanted a stable Iraq on its border.

Whoooaa there terrorist thug. We haven't been defeated in Iraq, and we will not be despite your best efforts. Last I heard, your horse wasn't doing so well.

The president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, ought to be fired. He gave a self-professed enemy of the United States a platform in what turned out to be an opportune time for Mr. Bollinger to grandstand and hold himself as the white horse in a dark forest.

"Mr President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," Bollinger told Ahmadinejad, accusing him of brutal crackdowns on the country's academics and homosexuals.

"Why are you so afraid of Iranian citizens expressing their opinions for change?" he asked, challenging the leader of the Islamic republic to explain his comments downplaying the Holocaust.

I wonder if Mr. Bollinger's decision would be the same if he were not permitted to speak during the performance?