You miss the point. Columbia and Bollinger provided a terrorist with a forum to bash the United States...and, as expected by many, Ahmadinejad is using the Islamic and Arab press to claim a victory - "American students gave me many standing ovations!"
It doesn't matter what the NY Times, the London Tmes, Stern and Paris Match think - the free world has Amanutjob pegged accurately.
What matters is Ahmadinejad's reputation in the Islamic world - and according to them he boosted his reputation and made the US and Bollinger look like fools.
And that boosts terrorists hearts....now do you think Bollinger was wonderful?
Agreed.
The fact that Ahmadinejad was able to speak ill and evil of America on American soil to the Islamic world was a great triumph for him.
Do you think evil is best kept in the dark or brought into the light?