Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Candidates must not forget Iran
Denver Post ^ | 26 sept 08 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 09/26/2008 2:52:28 PM PDT by rellimpank

Iranian "President" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects American ideas — all of our ideas, that is, but nuclear fusion.

When Ahmadinejad told a crowd at Columbia University in 2007 that the United States must investigate "who was truly involved" in 9/11, students may have confused the speech with ethnic studies class.

There should be no confusion.

It's bad enough this bird-brained troglodyte was again walking the streets of America's greatest city this week, a place teeming with women, Christians, Jews and gays. Ahmadinejad has something to offend all. Holocaust denier. Misogynist. Religious fanatic. Terrorist enabler. Homophobic inquisitor — though, Ahmadinejad does claim, "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals, like in your country."

Yes, Ahmadinejad delivered an anti-Semitic lecture at the United Nations that could have been used at a battalion reunion of the Schutzstaffel. But let's not forget he also believes "a world without America . . . is attainable."

So why isn't everyone troubled?

Why did CNN's Larry King, who nabbed Ahmadinejad for an interview, shower the Iranian strongman with queries that wouldn't have rattled Elizabeth Taylor?

(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foreignpolicy; geopolitics; iran; proliferation; wot

1 posted on 09/26/2008 2:52:32 PM PDT by rellimpank
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson