A madman's victory

www.worldnetdaily.com ^ | September 27, 2007 | Tristan Emmanuel

[alexem]

Too bad Dr. Lee Bollinger, who has a law degree, forgot an essential cross-examination principle: Never ask a hostile witness a question you don't already know the answer to. If he'd remembered that bit of courtroom wisdom before he invited Iran's president to Columbia University, perhaps jihadists around the world wouldn't be laughing at America right now.

Bollinger is the president of Columbia, which invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a question-and-answer forum on campus this week. The showdown was supposed to expose the Iranian propagandist, but it turned out to be the biggest public relations disaster in the history of American foreign relations.

[dinoparty]

Yeah, we really showed him, didn’t we?

What you saw at Columbia foreshadows the character of future “diplomacy” by a potential Democratic White House: all talk, no action or competence.

[r9etb]

WND. BFD.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

“but it turned out to be the biggest public relations disaster in the history of American foreign relations”

Not really. even though I wouldn’t have let him speak at my university, he still said some stupid, goofy stuff and lied about exterminating Israel. Problem is, he is a true believer in what he says and how he himself interprets what he says. That means he will couch his language and behavior for his big finale as his country’s economy is run into the ground.

[Savage Beast]

"I only wish I could do better."

Everybody wishes you could, Lee.

Bollinger achieved two things: He made himself look ridiculous. He made Columbia University look ridiculous.

Apparently he thinks he speaks for the civilized world. After the "Minute Man fiasco", the civilized world marvels that he can talk about free speech with a straight face.