Iran leader denied on WTC wreath request

[mawilson 2,133]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

Yep - Ahmadinejad is the poster boy for peace and love.

[Ban Hammer 13,678]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

peace in our time, eh?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

Yep - Ahmadinejad is the poster boy for peace and love.

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

He will not be permitted. Period. It's a good call. he can stick his wreath up his.....

[mawilson 2,133]

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

9/11 happened because of Islamic chopf##cks like Ahmadinejad.

Letting him lay the wreath would be an affront to those who died at the WTC and their families.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

Yep - Ahmadinejad is the poster boy for peace and love.

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

And then perhaps Osama can lead us all in prayer at the ceremony...

we might be smoking it, but you're selling it.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

9/11 happened because of Islamic chopf##cks like Ahmadinejad.

Letting him lay the wreath would be an affront to those who died at the WTC and their families.

Exactly!! I can picture him chuckling silently as he lays the wreath. just send him back to the sandy hell from which he came.

[GaryC 7]

This is a more appropriate reaction to his coming to America.

September 17, 2007

Romney, Iran, Genocide, and the UN

Mitt Romney writes to Secretary General Ban ki Moon to demand the UN block Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmidinejad from speaking before the General Assembly next week. "The only way he should be greeted in the United States," writes Romney, "is with an indictment under the Genocide Convention." Romney continues:

"A failure by the United Nations to take a strong stand against Iran's President Ahmadinejad would be especially disturbing given the United Nations' record of failure to prevent genocide in other circumstances and the failure of the United Nations Human Rights Council to confront the Iranian regime and others among the world's worst human rights abusers. Failure to act would mean that the United States must reconsider its level of support and funding for the United Nations as we look to rebuild and revitalize effective international partnerships to meet 21st century threats." (emp added)

http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2007/09..._iran_gen_1.php

Edited September 20, 2007 by GaryC

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

Yep - Ahmadinejad is the poster boy for peace and love.

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

And then perhaps Osama can lead us all in prayer at the ceremony...

we might be smoking it, but you're selling it.

Wait...who are we now blaming for 9/11? Are we now including Iran?

[GaryC 7]

Oh, I see. We only establish diplomatic relations with questionable leaders when it benefits us. Good policy.

Duh. Of course a good policy is one that benefits us.

Diplomacy in the name peace benefits all.

Yep - Ahmadinejad is the poster boy for peace and love.

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

And then perhaps Osama can lead us all in prayer at the ceremony...

we might be smoking it, but you're selling it.

Wait...who are we now blaming for 9/11? Are we now including Iran?

He may not have planned or executed 9/11 but you can bet he was happy about it.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

...a worthwile read.

Ahmadinejad's Ground Zero Ploy

By BOBBY GHOSH

The shrill reaction to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to visit Ground Zero is playing right into the Iranian President's hands. He faces growing unpopularity at home, thanks to a dire economy and mounting religious and cultural repression. But his power base is made up mainly of Iranians who participated in the 1979 revolution, among whom the loathing of the U.S. runs very deep. Nothing energizes them more than the sight of their leader being excoriated by the hated Americans.

There's little reason to believe the Iranian President really wanted to visit the site of the World Trade Center's twin towers. He didn't ask to see it on his previous trip to New York. When TIME interviewed him last year, we asked if he had visited the site. His response: "It was not necessary. It was widely covered in the media." And he once wrote a letter to President Bush, suggesting that the attacks on the towers were the work of unspecified "intelligence and security services."

So why would he ask to visit now? It is a transparently political stunt, aimed at the audience back home.

Ahmadinejad's request to visit Ground Zero was turned down by New York police on security grounds and because of construction at the site. (The Iranian leader arrives in New York on Sunday and will give a speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday — the same day President Bush is scheduled to speak.) But when word of his request leaked out, it was met with just the sort of outrage Ahmadinejad must have anticipated.

New York's tabloids hyperventilated. The Daily News shrieked: "If you even think of setting foot near Ground Zero, you can GO TO HELL!" The paper went on to describe Ahmadinejad as a "madman," and "an enemy of the U.S. in particular and of civilization in general."

American politicians — especially presidential hopefuls looking to score easy points — lit into the Iranian President with a candor they rarely show on the campaign trail. "It is unacceptable for [Ahmadinejad], who refuses to renounce and end his own country's support of terrorism, to visit the site of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in our nation's history," said Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani — who was New York City mayor at the time of the attacks — thundered: "This is a man who has made threats against America and Israel, is harboring bin Laden's son and other al-Qaeda leaders, is shipping arms to Iraqi insurgents and is pursuing the development of nuclear weapons." His fellow Republican candidate Mitt Romney described Ahmadinejad's request as "shockingly audacious."

The Iranian President can only benefit from this sort of demonization. It allows him to tell his fellow Iranians: "Look, I tried to be a nice guy, I wanted to lay a wreath on Ground Zero, but these Americans don't appreciate our compassion." And to the conservative mullahs and hard-liners of Iran, Ahmadinejad's stock rises when Americans put him down.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...1663768,00.html

Edited September 20, 2007 by Mister Fancypants

[smoke20 0]

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

i don't see how allowing him to lay a wreath improves the worlds view of the US. its not a gesture of respect, its a photo op. for propaganda in the future. if not wanting him to be able to lay the wreath makes me a self righteous pr#ck. i'm a self righteous pr#ck.

no! before you say it, i am not ok w/ you using the last sentence in your siggy.

[Jenn! 918]

The Iranian President can only benefit from this sort of demonization. It allows him to tell his fellow Iranians: "Look, I tried to be a nice guy, I wanted to lay a wreath on Ground Zero, but these Americans don't appreciate our compassion." And to the conservative mullahs and hard-liners of Iran, Ahmadinejad's stock rises when Americans put him down.

Exactly. Would have been better to call his bluff IMO.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

i don't see how allowing him to lay a wreath improves the worlds view of the US. its not a gesture of respect, its a photo op. for propaganda in the future. if not wanting him to be able to lay the wreath makes me a self righteous pr#ck. i'm a self righteous pr#ck.

no! before you say it, i am not ok w/ you using the last sentence in your siggy.

As the above article I posted points out - not allowing him to lay the wreath and publicly admonishing him for wanting to actually helps him by making us look like righteous pr#cks. It's all political.

The Iranian President can only benefit from this sort of demonization. It allows him to tell his fellow Iranians: "Look, I tried to be a nice guy, I wanted to lay a wreath on Ground Zero, but these Americans don't appreciate our compassion." And to the conservative mullahs and hard-liners of Iran, Ahmadinejad's stock rises when Americans put him down.

Exactly. Would have been better to call his bluff IMO.

Thank you, Jenn. You saved me from going out and smoking crack so I could see the other POV.

[GaryC 7]

It's not about him. It's about laying a wreath as a gesture of respect for those who died at the WTC. We despise leaders like him until we benefit and then we act all friendly. Just let him lay the wreath...no sweat off our back and we won't look like righteous pr#cks.

i don't see how allowing him to lay a wreath improves the worlds view of the US. its not a gesture of respect, its a photo op. for propaganda in the future. if not wanting him to be able to lay the wreath makes me a self righteous pr#ck. i'm a self righteous pr#ck.

no! before you say it, i am not ok w/ you using the last sentence in your siggy.

As the above article I posted points out - not allowing him to lay the wreath and publicly admonishing him for wanting to actually helps him by making us look like righteous pr#cks. It's all political.

The Iranian President can only benefit from this sort of demonization. It allows him to tell his fellow Iranians: "Look, I tried to be a nice guy, I wanted to lay a wreath on Ground Zero, but these Americans don't appreciate our compassion." And to the conservative mullahs and hard-liners of Iran, Ahmadinejad's stock rises when Americans put him down.

Exactly. Would have been better to call his bluff IMO.

Thank you, Jenn. You saved me from going out and smoking crack so I could see the other POV.

Who cares what his stock is doing. The man is a pig and shouldn't be allowed to set foot in the USA. I think he should be arrested as soon as he got off the plane.