Relating to Iran, in seminar and in person (BARF ALERT)

Yale Daily News ^ | 27 September 10 | Sam Greenberg

[LSUfan]

Last Thursday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the United Nations, accusing the United States of secretly perpetrating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, prompting American and European delegates to walk out. Hours later, Ahmadinejad sat down for an hour-long chat with 13 Yale students.

[LSUfan]

From Michael Ledeen's Facebook page:

Thanks to Hillary Leverett, the Yale prof and female member of the well known Flynt and Hillary Iran appeasement team. She set it up, and–according to the Yale Daily News account–neither she nor any of her students seemed to notice that Iran kills Americans most every day.

Leverett said she thinks students took away from the meeting in New York that Ahmadinejad is “not a crazy, irrational leader,” and whether students agree with him or not, he has a strategy for Iran. She added that she also hopes students understand “that it will take a lot more from the U.S. if we want to have a real policy of engagement.”

Not all the students were charmed.

Ahmadinejad also spoke about his vision for an approach to international relations governed by justice and righteousness, said Osman Haneef GRD ’11, another member of the class.

“In some sense, justice in the international system sounds great, but not the kind of justice he is looking for,” he said.

Yale should advertise this sort of thing: “for a mere 40-50 thousand dollars a year, your kids can meet the worst people in the world, guided by professors who think it’s mainly our fault.”

[nuconvert]

The Leveretts are despicable.

You can read more here....

Iran’s Man in Washington
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/9256

How Condi Rice ever fell for his cr@p, I’ll probably never know.

[odds]

I’m by no means a fan of “Flynt & Hillary Iran appeasement team”. However, context is everything:

>>>”what Ahmadinejad is “not a crazy, irrational leader,” and whether students agree with him or not, he has a strategy for Iran.”

Ahmadinejad is neither crazy nor irrational. He, like other IRI factions (the moderates aka reformists), all have their own agendas for Iran, all in further pushing to maintain an Islamic regime in Iran (be it in different form, shade or leader).

Dismissing people as ‘crazy or irrational’, in Iran’s case, is extremely short-sighted, ignorant, even suggests underestimating them. It may work as propaganda, but not in reality. One should never underestimate anyone, particular an enemy. After all that type of labelling can work to their benefit, and your detriment.

[odds]

particular an enemy = particularly an enemy