Cirque de Ahmadinejad
Today the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, spoke at Columbia University in New York City. He was met with protestors lining the streets and a harsh audience of Columbia students.
The quick version of this genius’ appearance:
- The holocaust didn’t happen
- 9/11 didn’t happen like we think it did
- There are no homosexuals in Iran
-OR-
He is dumb
Lee Bollinger, the University’s president facing tough criticism for inviting Ahmadinejad promised tough questions to their guest, and he delivered.
At one point Bollinger told the president, ‘”Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator,”… to loud applause.’ After Ahmadinejad voiced (again) his disbelief of the holocaust Mr. Bollinger said, “When you come to a place like this it makes you simply ridiculous,” …”The truth is that the Holocaust is the most documented event in human history.”
My favorite part of the appearance was Ahmadinejad’s answer to the treatment of gays in Iran, to which he said, “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.”
Another one of my favorite quotes from Bollinger was, “You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated.” This is said to the president of another country, I love it.
Ahmadinejad’s appearance made him look just like he is, an idiot. I have read reports that he will even be facing repercussions back home in Iran.
I find it hard to believe that someone this stupid could be elected president of any country.
He is simply a headline seeker, and to quote Martin Lawrence he is as annoying “as a gnat at a barbeque.”
Source: Associated Press
September 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
I agree that this guy is an idiot but he’s a very dangerous idiot and should be taken seriously in that regard. Amazingly, Barack Obama has stated after the Columbia speech that he would still like to sit down with Aqua-Velva-Jad and have tea together and work out all of our problems one on one.
Hey, if he invited Cindy Sheehan, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, and Nancy Pelosi they could probably have a communal yoga session and solve all the worlds problems in one shot. After all, arms are for hugging, not war!