Local officials, civic leaders plan to protest Ahmadinejad's Columbia speech

Isaac, thanks for the info. and doubly for the softly softly approach... it's a breath of fresh air... It just shows that even though we may be on different sides politically... we can still be civil to one another... The contributor calling himself 'Uzi' seems only able to write from the gutter... keep it up Isaac... dialog in critical situations is the only chance humankind has now... just consider climate change for one...

"AS AN AMERICAN I AM ASHAMED THAT YOUR UNIVERSITY HAS SLAPPED THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND ISRAEL IN THE FACE. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN (VIETNAM VETERAN) BUT DRAW THE LINE WHEN PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY REPRESENT US SPEAK WITH A FORKED TONGUE. IF I WERE A STUDENT AT COLUNBIA UNIVERSITY I WOULD IMMEDIATELY FIND ANOTHER SCHOOL WITH LEADERSHIP THAT HAS AT LEAST A BIT MORE COMMON SENSE. PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND WHEN YOU MOVE DON'T INVITE ANY AMERICANS. COLUMBIA :( :(

Who wiped Palestine from the map? There never was an independent country named Palestine, it was a Roman province named by them. And it was the Jews that fought the Romans for it,

I am an Iranian. I don't agree with the ideas of Ahmadinejad at all, but let's imagine this situation: -Mr. Bush is invited by Tehran University in Iran. -at the beginning, introducer insults Mr. Bush badly. -Bush wants to visit the cemetery of killed soldires of Iran-Iraq war, what is the proper answer of Iranians to Bush, (while Iranians believe US was supporting Saddam during war)? -Iran has never attacked any country in the history, just defended against Saddam Hussain Invader, supported by some countries! be sure Ahmadinejad just said something, he never believes to remove Israel from the map. all politiciens have crule ideas but they don't reveal it. this poor guy, without thinking said it.all media say that Ahmadijenad wants to wipe isreal from the map, but can you find a country called 'Palestine' on the map? who wiped it from the map? -We,Iranians, love all people around the world, Israelis, Americans,.. . governors don't love us. they want us to fight for their ambitions

As it so happens, after further consideration, I've changed my opinion on Ahmadinejad. I was not aware, among other things, that he was one of the 1979 Hostage Crisis participants. Please see my post to Connie, #228.

It is well known that Iran gives money and weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon through Syria.

So Mr. Low very Lowlander, you suggest that it is better to continue war than peace?? By the way Lebanon got what it deserved when they let another government to exist side by side by the REAL government. Have their own army etc etc, what the heck is this?? Attacking Israel, killing and kidnapping. What do you think, we are a bunch of old European jews who will dance to your crazy music?? Peace with the Lebanese people who danced in the streets when Israel went in to push Arrafat all the way to Tunis. Dream on, lowlander you warmonger.

We may also add Simon Peres's name to the list who apparently seek to influence through charm... Over the summer or just before, there was a BBC debate/interview with a live audience... The closing minutes of the programme had Peres chiding a young Islamic woman into 'forgetting about the painful past' and to build for the future...this was in relation to the previous summer war with Hezbollah and the wanton destruction brought down upon Lebanon and the high loss of life amongst civilians... Peres's delivery, presentation and knowledge of psychology defeated the idealistic young woman... she was moved and even smiling as Peres continued his barrage of seemingly innocuous banter... Finally she all but apologised to him for having asking such a 'simplistic' question... That is one ace the Israelis have up their sleeves in the international arena... if you haven't seen Peres in full combat gear look it up!!! Not a brow beater like Netanyahu... rather he's a sweet uncle sitting with us all on his knee sharing his pearls of wisdom... ...

"Dear" Highlander Yes all the above and more, but if you got to ask you are in lala land. Go back to sleep.

What kind of behaviour is that... Protesting, while refusing to listen. Iran is no threat to Israel. I'm sorry to say it, but the fear of the Jewish people seems to be biggest threat right now. But I can understand why people are afraid. In the years before the holocaust there were people like me who were close friends to Jews. But they were unable to save them, and in most cases were killed even quicker. I also can understand how unimaginable such a huge crime as the holocaust can be for an outsider. As far as I can see right now the Muslims might be better placed to understand and comfort the Jews than westerners, but I hope we too will develop enough insights to be able to help the Jewish people as well.

Maybe its worth looking into this: http://tinyurl.com/yr74rs

Israel can not wipe Palestine off the map. The last time I looked Israel was at war with Egypt Jordan and Syria in 1967. They captured land from them NOT from Palestine. The only thing they can do if they Want to is return captured land to them and not to hordes of arabs from all over the globe who came to this part of the world to live off the Jews. They should go home where they came from , you know , like 21 arab countries in the hood. What a worldwide fraud they are trying to pull over the worlds eyes. Dear arabs, it wont work, ever.

Dear Maureen, yes we do have toilet paper and plenty of it. Would you like me to send you some? What flavor you like? I mean from the used department. Hey girl, why dont you give back Aussie to their original owners?

'"...has participated into the hostage taking of hundreds US citizens at the Tehran Embassy in 1979..."'... really? '"...masterminded the killing of 241 US marine in Beirut in 1982..."' PERSONALLY? '"a Man from a country who was behind the Lockerby Bombing, in 1986, causing again hundreds of deads..."' THAT WAS LIBYA '"A country that comitted bombing and murdering in paris, london, Buenos Ayres..."' really...PROOF? '" and who recently supplied Iraqi al quiada operatives with deadly weapons killing hundreds of US servicemen..."' really, INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE?

Anglos-Saxon Protestant? ...No... (ethnic) Catholic? ... No... (religious) Republican? ... No... (political) White? ... No... (racial) What 'characteristics' are you using as your yard-stick to determine who may be judged a 'real American'...

Very vague... please clarify 'which' terroists and on what occasion(s) with the requisite references etc.

""In political relations right now, the nuclear bomb is of no use," Ahmadinejad said in a 60 Minutes interview airing Sunday." The only thing a nuclear device is useful for is deterrence, and when you're confronted by two implacably hostile and malevolent enemies like Israel and America (who just might use their vast stock of nukes against you) you NEED one.

Why can't you stick to the arguments put forward and respect the content instead of attacking the person's appearance. Are you tying to say that ALL JEWISH women are Goddesses??? If so, then I must relate to you a story from my days living Budapest... Over one summer I spent a fair amount of time with a podiatrist from Brooklyn who was always complaining about his Jewish girlfriend Barbara W. back home... he said that all his life he had been waiting for one beautiful and slim Jewish girl to enter his life but there was only 'ever-increasing-in-size Barbara on offer... The first day that he told me about his dilemma was while we were sitting inside MacDonald's downtown... Two girls walked in and past our table... he watched them closely until they were seated and then protested excitedly to me '"You see... all my life waiting for ONE beautiful girl in New York but nothing... my second day in Budapest and they're all beautiful... I want to move my business here. He jumped up and insisted that we both join the two at their table... we did... BTW... neither Sharon nor Olmert could ever be classified as being classically or 'minimally' handsome... does this mean that you reject their opinions instead favouring someone more 'facially and corporeally' pleasing such as Barak, Netanyahu, Peres?? ... Unless you're picture perfect yourself... try to be more 'charitable' if not 'focused' ...

So you think I live in a trailer park and wear brown shirts.. .well guess what you are partially right I love the color brown and wear it all the time...as for my living quarters let us just say that I have never been to a trailer park nor do I know where one is. If you consider the fact that I call that creature in Iran a monkey a racist remark that is entirely your problem.As a woman (I think you are one) I would think that you would despise Ahmadinejad for his treatment of women. Did you see the tape of the two women being stoned to death in Iran.?. Not a pretty sight...and as I have sad before quite an ugly country to allow this. This man and the ayatollahs have taken Iran back to the stone age. And by the way your insults are old and tired and totally off the mark. Have you looked at yourself lately? If so you are looking at a most bigoted hatefilled person who is filled with vicious rhetoric. Calm down Hannah stress and hatred like yours is bad for the blood pressure.

RE:The "Danish Cartoons" was considered freedom of speech and so I this title. I never said these confs should be forbidden. But in the name of freedom of speech and academic exchange of ideas, the organizers should have to let differing views and should allow responses to tgheir claims, if they want to have the support ($$, rooms etc..) from the university.

Even my dog has already sick and tired of this intellectual laziness.Indra Indra, isn't it forbidded to own a dog in your religion?? Or you will only use religion according to your whims and fancy????LOL

Thank-you for your kind words. There are probably other people on this site that could answer your question about European Jews and Zionism. I know for a fact that most Jews have always yearned for their homeland and have always prayed towards Jerusalem. A common saying,throughout the centuries, has always been "Next year In Jerusalem "and finally after so many years of abuse and pograms and the Holocaust this wish was granted. Of course Jews have always lived in the region that is now Israel..it has been called many names but Jews have always been there. G-ds light shines on Israel and the eternal city of Jerusalem and may it always be so.

No it is not a porr eaxample, as it describes exactely my first post. This type of conferences happen all the time. Of course the title is wrong, you can think whatever you want of the ME conflict, but there is no holocaust going on. Just look at the palestinian population growth. What is wrong with these conferences, is that most speakers claim lies and exageration, all of that out of the real local context to prove the point of the title. Also, speakers that would speak otherwise are not tolerated and are ejected. There are no debate, just a shouting of hateful slogans.

Hello, Gina, It is not very difficult to pick appart a careless post by tossi. He really lacks rigour. Regards, Cipora

Iran did not do 9/11,Al Qaeda did it.PPD So tell me why are you so angry with US when US did not occupy any pals land?????

Nope; I'd describe zionism as an evil and ugly cult that has attempted through all known satanic manipulations and machinations to steal, through ongoing murder, the land of the Palestinians. Please do give up with your typically victimized stance; it won't wash on these threads. The Palestinians are now the victims of the neo-Hitlerean regime of so-called Israel.

I realize that Ahmadinejad is a master manipulator and that he will beat the pusillanimous pseudo-intellectuals who have invited him at their own game. To me, that will be poetic justice.

Do you only get your information from zionist cult newspapers? Dr. Ahmadinejad had nothing to do with the taking of US Embassy hostages, according to the CIA. Please do some research and thinking before making a fool of yourself on these threads.

Sorry about you misnaming you. After that my apologies stop. What do you mean by questioning me regarding zionist lies? Is there anything that a zionist says which is not a lie. Perhaps the weather forcasts for so-called Israel are more or less correct. Other than that, shall I count the ways of zionist lies and treachery? Zionism is based upon a lie, continues to lie, and everyone on the planet, other than the zionists, of course, are onto those lies. Please do ask me a more meaningful question.

I could not take over your voice even if I wanted to, which I do not, I can assure you. I had told you on a number of occasions that I am not the other Hannah.

Hitting them out of the ballpark tonight. I wish I could offer more praise than "Well done".

My congratulations, Clickfool, for the wittiest and most intelligent post of the month!

Even if Ariel Sharon - responsible for massacres from his days in Unit 101 to Jenin- were to speak in the US, I wouldn't oppose it. Those who support Ahmedameinjad's right to speak don't necessarily love him. I don't like him any more than I like Sharon.

I am glad that you are busily posting this evening under your own 'name', as that means that I too will be able to post under my own name, free of your false Hannah. However, I am somewhat surprised that you are not at home with your cats, licking your wounds after the zionist organizations' defeat at their pathetic and impotent attempts to stop Dr. Ahminejad from speaking to 600 Columbia University students. You and your zionist ilk have only provided Dr. Ahminejad with a much larger media audience and, most importantly, provided the world with a chance to watch zionist mechanisms up close and personal. However, for you, I suppose it is just work, work, and more work on these sites. Do they pay you piece-meal, or do you receive a regular wage for your posts?

Please just note that the racist kind of language that you use is illegal in most western countries. After that, you should note that your language is a shining mirror that reflects who you are. That reflection mirrors only your trailor-park mentality, your lack of intelligence, and your brown-shirted cultish manners: it says nothing whatsoever about the objects of your primitive disaffection.

From reading your post, let me guess, you are a Fox News viewer. The US has attacked and now occupies Iraq based on lies and the voters want out. So, what are you about? The Iranian President did not do anything close to that and the US overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran and installed the Shah. Golly, try to put the facts on the table. Your post is a case of the black pot calling the kettle blacker. Regards.

You should be the last one to talk about mastering the great English language...your posts are very difficult to decipher. A little humility please.

forgotten that the US overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran and installed the Shah. You have very selective memory in an attempt to prove the indefensible. Iran hasn't attacked anybody. I can't say the same for the US and you and yours and that fact is not lost on the world community.

Minimally, Dr. Ahmadinejad is not under investigation for theft or sexual abuse, which would seem to be something that so-called Israel alone excells in: when not electing murderers and terrorists, they elect the above named criminals. Who just exactly are you to talk about "statesmanship", Ms Kohn? Do you suppose that we out there are as forgetful as you appear to be? Or perhaps you suppose that we others are as hypocritical as you and is your entire zionist nightmare regime? Do please make notes on your varying and contradictory posts, and do try to avoid your demented attempts to pull the wool over our eyes. I continue to await my apology from you in your miscarried attempt to take over my voice, identity and name.

Hannah, what would you describe "zionism" as? The drive by a hunted people to gain a homeland?

there's no such thing as palestinian on the map...did you mean palestine?palestine is not on the map either.you know lakshmi...news in arab world is sanitized when it's translated into english.did you say?ahmedinajad,serious,quiet,et al....what about his heart---want to destroy israel and the usa.

It sure is convenient that you left out the fact that the US government overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran prior to the hostage crisis. Say, what kind of doctor are you? You must have forgotten that after the government was overthrown, the US installed the Shah. Your post seems to indicate that the hostage crisis just popped up out of the blue. It did not.

"Dr" Ahmedinejad was one of the leading "students" in the 1979 uprising. And he wants a bomb to hurt people. This ain't no walk in the park. Do you support this puppet of the Mullahs? For he cannot operate without the support of the Ayatollah and his Mullah buddies...

I believe she survived by the grace of God Almighty......I read a lot of holocaust books.it amazed me,how did they survived.why don't start reading holocaust books.they will changed your view of life.....I don't understand,why do you support terrorists and terrorism---hamas,fatah,al qaeda,taliban,sunni,shiite---why do you support them.terrorism is bad,but for you is good....are your jealous of the jewish people for their achievements?that's you're so mad at them.....I believe....jews don't think they're of superior race.....some jews don't want to tell everybody that they're jews.

It is well known that Iran and Syria sponsor terrorists (spec. Hezbollah). Where is your proof that the US invaded Iraq? Where is your proof (this one is serious) that "zionists", apparently such as myself, are "liars". And read some history!

who are the land thieves?the arabs and not the jews..........these arabs are claiming that they're true heir of abraham,but they're not.my advise to you...read the books of genesis and joshua.....the Word of God is infallable.I tell you in advance....it's not outdated.

muslims are very sneaky....if they say,they attack,they attack in a sneaky way.I'm sure they did it on sept. 11,2001.some us government officials had been warned,but they did not respond,they thought these muslims were just kidding.

I do get out with "ordinary people". Their views are quite widespread. I think it would surprise you that most "ordinary" people do not agree with your views. There is of course widespread revulsion of Israel among Muslim extremists and their fellow travellers. It has turned violent, as you know since you spend much time reading Haaretz. As you realize it has been especially violent towards those who are recognizable through their dress as Jews. Israel is a democracy which is going to survive. It is only whether the Muslim world will have it survive in peace or force her to defend herself. As for "land grabs" it is a claim that is a canard. The Arab nations have yet to accept any secure and rcognized borders for the State of Israel.

why do you want to listen to anti-christ? have you gotten a strong delusion now so that you'll believe a lie?

"Secondly many of the U.S. hostages that were held in Iran testified that this little creature was their interrogator and saw him many times. For this reason only he should be arrested when he steps foot on U.S. soil" I'm too young to remember the hostage crisis but have read about it, and following your post, took the time to research it on the Internet as fully as I could. What I found confirmed your statements, and I am now in agreement with you on this: for his part in the hostage crisis alone he should not be allowed to enter America, and if he does, should be subject to arrest.

you support the zionists.I read some holocaust history books,in this book,had stated that most jews in europe during the 1930's and 40's didn't want to believe in zionism.was that true?

about BBC jurnalists helping terrorists. i would like to have link, please?

Where do you get your info about Israeli geography...Kfar Saba is an Israeli town since 1900 and was part of Israel after the partition in 1948. Go back to your books on arab propaganda and erase this bit of false information. As for being a survivor of the Holocaust I will let you think what you want to....but I will say that I love Israel and I am proud to be a Zionist.

No one cares that you cut them some slack. What we care about is that they cut themselves an awful lot of slack. They go around blowing up people in the four corners of the world, and they all cut themselves some slack.

I would suggest you don't read my posts...and as for that monkey in Iran I will call him whatever I want to...he is nothing but an animal and actually by calling him a monkey I am insulting those primates. I will have to think of something else...Any suggestions?

Obviously, Muslims are held at a much lower standard. It is not surprising that by their own admission they are behind in their development. Nor is it surprising that Muslims today commit some of the vilest crimes imaginable--because they are not held to any standards.

Perhaps I am primitive, but I know enough to realize that in a democracy people do not blow themselves up over perceived insults. That is what makes a democracy. When "true believers" decide to blow themselves in the name of .... that is not a democracy. Happily your friends, who are Jews, hopefully will understand my post. My friends, some of whom are also Jews, some of whom are Israeli, will realize that my former statements said just that. I thought that it would be those who did not believe in democracy who would oppose the statements I made

before posting your nazi shi...

Holocaust denial is not a criminal offense in the United States. It still is a crime of moral turpitude.

He has just claimed that "the nuclear bomb is of no use." He has already won the argument--without the help of pseudo-intellectuals.

One further thought, Lakshmi: Dr. Ahmadinejad has a number of speaking engagements and many interviews scheduled while in NYC. As this is the Holy month of Ramadan, he will be doing all of this on an empty stomach.

It most certainly was not. It was based on prurient interests.

Ms Kohn's can only be understood when one understands that it is both her vocation and her work to use her English skills in constant and unvarying defence of the indefensible zionist entity. It matters not what the subject is: whatever and whenever, there Ms Kohn is to be found. As I say, this is both work and pleasure for said Ms Kohn.

Fear not, the entire world will be exposed to his words and his manipulations. He is the most successful manipulator to have graced the world stage in quite some time.

Yep, the zionist land-rustling 'dream' is the nightmare of the Palestinian people, and all decent people world-wide who believe in justice. I think that you spend too much time with people who agree with you and, as a result, you really seem to be naively incredulous at the amount of revulsion and distain toward zionism on this planet. Get out more, and talk to ordinary people. Don't be surprised when the tide of world-wide opinion suddenly and violently turns against the zionist cult. This advice, while not respectful of zionism, is meant respectfully toward you.

Now Tosefta has elevated the president of a totalitarian country, where people get stoned, and where minors are executed for sexual indiscretions, to an "important statement."

You should re-read my post #3, and make sure you understand that the "battle" I refer to is spelled out in the previous sentence which talks about a charm offensive, etc.... You really need to learn how to read properly.

Lakshmi and, of course, others who might be interested. Please do go to Dr. Ahmadinejad's own and personal web site: there one can see the deliberations and musings of a very intelligent man. As well, do check out a letter which he sent to GWB last year wherein he uses his own belief in G-d as a common bond and appeal to said Junior in order to avoid unnecessary anger and hostility. GWB of course didn't answer; however, that doesn't take away from the eloquence, humility and humanity of Dr. Ahmadinejad's letter to him.

Actually, I was referring to the battle of wills between Ahmadinejad and those who might want to take him on. I predict that he will outsmart all the professors there. He is a master manipulator. He has already proven it in his interviews. It was foolish of you to think that I would make some veiled threats against anyone. I could not care less what donors, etc...of universities plan to do.

Great post, Tosefta: thanks for putting this issue into perspective. I do think that a great deal of the frenzied zionist reaction to Ahmadinejad's invitation to speak at Columbia is due to their not getting their own way in attempting to stifle debate through bullying and blackmailing Columbia University. Sour grapes, in other words, from a very spoiled entity with the mentality of a badly behaved two-year-old seems to be the zionist order of the day, whether exhibited on these threads or through interviews in American media. Good: I for one am happy that zionism continues to reveal itself to the world for the ugly racist cult that it is without Ahmadinejad yet having uttered even one word.

Fact #1: Iran had no connection whatsoever to the attacks of 9/11. Fact #2: Ahmadinejad is the head of state, but not the head of government in Iran: he is not analogous to a tyrant like Saddam at all. Fact #3: The real head of government in Iran is the Ayatollah Khamenei, who has issued a fatwa condemning the stockpiling or use of nuclear weapons. Fact #4: The U.S. is not interesting in negotiating with Iran, but only in bringing about regime change there. Fact #5: An attack on Iran would be an unmitigated catastrophe that might bring about a worldwide Depression or even a new world war (if China enters the conflict on Iran's side).

Where is your proof that Dr. Ahmadinejad "sponsored our friends the terrorists"? It sounds like just more of the usual zionist lies to me. If you take the time to post on these threads, then please use truth as well.

I go Columbia and I can tell you that the above statement is utterly ignorant. There are plenty of conservative and moderate professors here. You should go to columbia's website and look at faculty profile before you make such ignorant comments. Yes, there are some famous scholars, such as Joseph Massad, who have very radical views on Palestine but there are equally as many "pro-Israel" professors on campus...they just don't get as much attention because no one is bitching and crying about that. As for receiving Ahmadinejad with "open arms"; I would love to know what planet you are living on. Everyone on campus and the surrounding areas you will find thousands of flyers, papers, and pictures denouncing the president of Iran. Likewise, the format of his talk is set up so Ahmadinejad is instantly on the defensive (with the University president introducing him with a series of criticisms). I would hardly consider that being welcomed with "open arms."

Dear Cipora, "Columbia is bound to lose this battle, and it will have no one but itself to blame" I am disappointed that it was you who wrote the above (threats). What is Columbia to be afraid of ? A smear compaign of one A. Foxman and AIPAC, no more money from Jewish donors, protesting Zionist crowds at the front, faculty members losing jobs, or maybe the whole country standing at a standstill from this "horrible" act ? Are you serious ?

The only people who will be upset by tomorrow's demonstrations are those anti zionists blind to the danger of the Iranian president. Do not despair, there are enough fools who will come out of the woodwork to agree with you. The only problem is that they, as you, are so predictable. Zionism is not a threat, but the national liberation movement of the Jewish people. Israel is the answer to the dreams of thousands of years.

Might I suggest "Click" and "Fool" The true Royal singular sussex style

Hey Uzi, During World War ll then Mayor of New York Fiorello LaGuardia when asked to provide protection for a visiting nazi. Laguardia hated the nazis and hitler; and his mother was Jewish. Laguardia asked the Jewish members of the Police foce to volunteer for the protection duty. Of course now we can't have racial preferences but its a good idea. Avram.

"...true believers..." Jeff, did you just call Jews not real believers? Because if you did, then my friends who are Jews (the only democracy in the ME) will take offense.

columbia university turned into a hot nest of anti-American quasi terrorist activity...only communists and pro-moslem "lecturers" are allowed to speak...The R.O.T.C. and armed forces recuiters are forbiden on campus...Now.they are receiving the iranian maggot with open arms...About time the Jewish donors and alumnae turn off the money spiggots...Let them rot on the wine...

Let him speak, let them protest. Good idea.

You take your free speech to Haaretz. In a Zionist newspaper you attack these Zionist groups that you claim is trying to control America. Do you not see the irony in this situation? Perhaps you can forward a Muslim site which will allow be to engage in dialogue. Perhaps they might print my pro Zionist views. I would like such a forum Any student of the First Amendment realizes that the freedoms promised cannot be abridged by government. The United States Constitution does not guarantee that individuals must be given a forum for their views. I can object to Columbia's welcoming the Iranian president. AIPAC can object. Even you can object. That is free speech. Perhaps we can meet and stand in a park and debate.

doctorate and it is israel that is wiping the Palestinians off the map! I just saw the brief segment from CBS 60 Minutes,where he was interviewed(in Tehran).As usual he was poised and this time because it was informal he also relaxed with the reporter.The UN speech will be vintage Ahmedinajad,serious,quiet but impassioned,especially about Palestine.And then the much awaited Columbia event,where he will most likely outshine himself.Hard to get past his poise and confidence.The 'tough' questioners need all the luck they can get!

True. Those Jews, those Zionists blackmail people into agreeing with them. How much more effective are the methods of those you defend. Any perceived insult to Muhammud we will set off a bomb. We will place fatwas of execution on novelists. We will kill film makers. Blackmail is not needed when you are a true believer. Come to think of it perhaps we can open a site and have those we disagree with write talkbacks. We might call it .... no need, lets just have additional human bombs.

I still have a moral compass and am pissed that a**hole gets to speak at Columbia. Trust me, the liberal media here is the driving force behind this, not most Americans. I am a Soldier and a Jew and ready to defend America and Israel from this idiot. JD

"It is inappropriate and a perversion of the concept of freedom of speech.. Columbia University has no moral imperative, no legal imperative, no social imperative to give Ahmadinejad a platform" - Abraham Foxman Foxman of course misses the point entirely; he is too paranoid to see reality. The Columbia invitation is not based on Freedom of Speech; it has nothing to do with it. In any case, foreigners do not have freedom of speech. And for good measure, Israeli UN Ambassador Gillerman feeds the paranoia (since he knows how it works) by his outlandish words, that an Ahmadinejad visit to Ground Zero would be comparable to a visit by a resurrected Hitler to Auschwitz. Never mind that Ahmadinejad may not have killed any person in his life. On the other forum comes Bradley Burston from the opposite side of the Jewish mindset and says: let him speak, it is good for the Jews; what Ahmadinejad says is so outrageous that it can only diminish him in everybody`s eyes. I would like to remind all the Jewish paranoids that Columbia University and its decision do not revolve around Jewish concerns. Ahmadinejad is an imprtant statesman today; what he is thinking is important to know, and scholars in the making (students) should be exposed to his words and think about them. For example, Ahmadinejad will claim that his nuclear program is meant for peaceful purposes, and that his country has a legal right to engage in it. Why he is not allowed to do that should be debated, and the reason is not that he hates Israel. P.S. Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust. This is not a crime in the US. Had a German statesman done that, I would have recommended that he be thrown out as an obvious dangerous lunatic. But the Islamic world was not involved in the Holocaust, does not know Holocaust survivors, and has reason to be suspicious. I cut them some slack.

I would expect such garbage coming out of your mouth....I thought you were still looking for the people who killed Nicole and Ron. Found the person have you? And all this time he was living right inside your body.

Ambassador Luther?s speech focused on what he characterized as Hitler?s peaceful intentions. Students who criticized the Luther invitation were derided as ?ill-mannered children? by the director of Columbia?s Institute of Arts and Sciences. Columbia also insisted on maintaining friendly relations with Nazi-controlled German universities. While Williams College terminated its program of student exchanges with Nazi Germany, Columbia and other universities declined to do likewise. Columbia refused to pull out even after a German official candidly asserted that his country?s students were being sent abroad to serve as ?political soldiers of the Reich.? In 1936, the Columbia administration announced it would send a delegate to Nazi Germany to take part in the 550th anniversary celebration of the University of Heidelberg. This, despite the fact that Heidelberg already had been purged of Jewish faculty members, instituted a Nazi curriculum, and hosted a burning of books by Jewish authors. Prof. Arthur Remy, who served as Columbia?s delegate to the Heidelberg event, later remarked that the reception at which chief book-burner Josef Goebbels presided was ?very enjoyable.?

A Columbia dean said yesterday the Ivy League school would gladly welcome mass murderer Adolf Hitler to speak on campus. "If he were willing to engage in a debate and a discussion, to be challenged by Columbia students and faculty, we would certainly invite him," John Coatsworth, dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, told Fox News yesterday. Seventy years before this week?s invitation to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Columbia rolled out the red carpet for a senior official of Adolf Hitler?s regime. The invitation to Iran?s leader may seem less surprising, but no less disturbing, when one recalls that in 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited Nazi Germany?s ambassador to the United States, Hans Luther, to speak on campus, and also hosted a reception for him. Luther represented ?the government of a friendly people,? Butler insisted. He was ?entitled to be received ... with the greatest courtesy and respect.?

I am thankful for people such as Gillerman and Foxman: they put a true face and words on the ugliness of zionism. May they continue to reveal themselves and the zionist cause they stand for! In the meantime, many more people will join the ranks of those repulsed by zionism after tomorrow's zionist antics.

Iran was not behind 9/11. Iran IS behind denying the genocide of six million Jews, and stating explicitly it seeks a further one with the destruction of the Jewish state. Iran IS behind the abominable terrorist attacks against Jewish civilians in Buenos Aires, July 18, 1994; Iran supports, funds, trains and arms the terrorist organizations of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezballah, -all against Jews and the Jewosh state's civilians- as well as the Badr brigades, the Mahdi Army in Iraq. Iran has lied and deceived the IAEA for at least fifteen long years about its nuclear program. Iran IS the leading nation state in planning, aiding, arming, supporting, and organizing terrorism in the world. Iran's president should NOT be allowed to make a charm offensive and manipulate people. Neither in the media nor in universities. He should rather be convicted for incitement to genocide and Holocaust denial.

As usual, it's not long before zionists begin talking about money when it comes to showing their displeasure (cf one of Jane's ignorant posts, posted later). There is not one single shekel that can be used for either bribery of threat when it comes to principle. However, thanks for showing, yet again, the true colours of your sad and ugly zionist dreams.

Actually, Connie, calling someone a "monkey" indicates nothing but racism, ugliness and stupidity on your part. Should I be surprised? You have exhibited these nasty attributes for all to see in all of your posts. You reflect your zionism well.

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He was one of the "student" leaders in the 1979 embassy seisure that held US workers for 444 days. He is in no way innocent.

May I add that you spelled "sacred" wrong? that is about as good as your views. Israel was not created illegally, it was mandated by the UN. Jews have lived in the Palestine region for longer than it has been called Palestine, longer than Islam has even existed. Palestine did not have Arabs until they came there to be near the prospering Jews and to be part of that. Please tell me how Isreal is illegal. I am waiting to be enlightened.

I quote you, "rabid zionist". Apparently that is what Dr LByrnd is, what you would describe me to be. I support the state of Israel(the only free democracy in the middle east, WITH a free press. What do you think would come out of Gaza, or Saudi Arabia, if they had that?) And I oppose Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the piece of work out of Iran (the people of whom I respect greatly) from speaking at Columbia University (may I add that Columbia was a "Jewish" college, until it was financed by Saudi Arabs)and laying a wreath at ground zero (unless he abides by my earlier comment). He funds Hezbollah, the organization that blew the marines out of Beirut. And he is not protected by American rights.

I'm not saying Iran doesn't have issues it does and the Mullahs need to go. But please lets get off our high horse Israel and US politicians are no saints. It takes two to tango; Iranians didn't just wake up yesterday and start hating us for no reason. The Shaw was put into power by CIA overthrowing the Iranian government. So yes I can see why Iranians would be a little irritated at the US. There was no Hezobllah until it came to power after Israel invaded Lebanon and put a Pro-Israeli puppet government in place. With all the smart bombs what about the civilians killed and infrastructure Israel targeted during Leb War II? How many Pal children have died because of IDF shelling Pal civilian areas? All this while the American government afraid of the mighty Jewish lobby allows Evangelicals to send millions to the illegal settlement cause. Now that's not going to help peace is it now?

"Is this what Israel is like.Wow, and our tax dollars have been used to prop up a society that seeks to interfere with our freedom of speech.Enough already.Take your ADL/AIPAC/CAMAERA and all the other propaganda machines and ship them the hell outa the USA." What is urgently needed is a ZIONIST-FREE AMERICA. It's about time for American to start a revolution and free their country. No more US soldiers dying for Israel, no more illegal occupation and apartheid in Palestine as UN would be finally free to apply UN resolutions to seek peace and justice. No more US taxes funding war crimes. No more oppression on those who practice free speech and study historical facts on their own.

Sure, let HIM (alone) visit ground zero. Protected only by the kind people of New York. I'm sure he will be fine, since he financed our friends the terrorists...

The Equalizer Poor Kevin he feels so desperate,he is trying it not once,but three times to prove his point. Poor fellow,let us leave him to his delusions it may help to reorganize his brain cells and put them in order of reference...

are you too a holocaust survivor of the eternal "6 million holocaust victims"? How did you survive?

Pitteri: The BBC reports about Israel are biased and usually unsubstantiated. The BBC has blood on its' hands. Its' journalists in Gaza facilitated the entry of two British Muslims' entry into Israel from Gaza targeting a nightclub and killing scores of teenagers. The British who post on this website are examples of the contempt that country has for Israel and Jews. They are now organizing boycotts or if not, threatening, as if the Empire still exists. Their colonial forefathers are the second largest murderers of all time after the Nazis. They should have nothing to say when it comes to Jews or Israel being the first country to expel Jews in 1219. Pogroms were not recorded in those years but for sure they first happened there. Legitimate critism of government policy fine, but constant reference to zionists,Israel's illigitimacy and human rights record neglecting far worse atrocities around the world are nothing but a mask for the Brits' on this website's obvious antisemitism

Why do Zionists think they alone have the right to speak ? If they disagree with Iran, they can call Ahmedaimenjad or Iran's representatives to an open debate and expose them before the world.

No lakshmi you a the senile one the British academic is spot on and much with his brain intact. He, unlike you does not babble.No again, you are wrong on the treatment of gays by any Muslim country versus any other European ones. Capital punishment is a jolly deal for Islamofascitic ones and no comparison with your holier than thou pronouncements. One sided view of the real problem. Please stop with your latin,most of us know what ?pincipiis?means and no need from you to try educating the ?educated?coming from the ?uneducated? thanks. The one with the greatest agenda,is yourself. You cannot fool anyone with your rantings here,and it has become s bit of a bore.You are the biggest bore there is.

More support for Bush to bomb their nuclear program into extinction.? What do you think is Dimona is bomber into extinction?

so your blackmailing cannot shut off people and leaders from expressing their opinions on Israeli apartheid-war-criminals.

Lets not try and fool anyone, the biggest sponsor of terrorism is the good old USA. The biggest threat to the ME is Israel. Of course AIPAC and the neocon crazies dont want Ahmadinejad to speak, the public might find out the truth. Iran is no threat to the USA. They like Iraq just happen to sit on some of the largest oil reserves on the planet, and these war criminals that run the USA want control of. If the new Hitler was to visit ground zero, he would be flown in Airforce One. Home of the Brave ... I dont think so

I wonder what the Brits thought of the tactics of the Americans during the Revolutionary War? Where we hid while the British were in open battle fields. Hitler was a war criminal and unless Gillerman has proof that Ahmadinejad is a terrorist or war criminal then comparing the two is just ridicules. Plus talking never killed anyone unlike invading a country without proof. Iran had nothing to do with 9/11; supporting Hezbollah however is another story. Hey we supported and armed Al Qayda during Afgan-Russian war. Not to mention the horrible dictator Sadaam when he fought Iran.

Columbia is private institution defending high traditions of intellectual exploration and fair hearing of divergent views. It would otherwise not be a great institution. It is hardly anti-semitic. To resist hearing firsthand from a world leader of any country would be to reject the foundations of the academy. All else is fear, ignorance and propaganda. bravo Columbia.

THE FACT IS THAT THE 20-25% Jewish Columbia students and Profs DID BOYCOTTED AND PRESSURED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO BAN IRANIAN LEADER, WITHOUT SUCCESS. COLUMBIA DID NOT ACCEPT ANY PRESSURE. DON'T TWIST THE FACTS, "DAVID"!

"Holocaust in the middle east" So what is wrong with the title? It is catchy but what was the content of the conference? Did they accuse Israel/US of holocaust? Where they talking about Iraq and treatment of Pals? The "Danish Cartoons" was considered freedom of speech and so I this title. Jews unfortunately are not the only victims of genocide. There's was a "Holocaust in Americas" where 10-100 million Native Americans were slaughtered by Europeans. And lets not forget about Rawanda, Darfur, Bosnia...

"Donors who object to their heartless invitation to the despot criminal from Iran should simply revoke their gifts and bestow them on institutions that support American interests" Jane I guess you include institutions that allow AIPAC OR CAMERA to speak.After all we all know where their loyalties really lie.

Intuitively, we all should know that he is not welcome in America. If you don't know this, have a reality check done at your local holistic whatever. How many invitations are received from Iranian universities? For that matter, from any Muslim institutions? Why is it that they don't care about our point of view? They only care to destroy western life so they can dominate in the name of Islam...Of course they don't get along with each other either. The hatred is endemic in their culture.

"uk michael you clearly have no education to speak of".Yaheskel wrote And you think you do. Your response, is at best, infantile.Your command of basic grammar is non existant.Not one capital letter in your post.Educated???.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Isaiah saw this day and was right. The president of Iran personifies this. Columbia welcomes it. Liberal socialist thinkers are blind to its meaning. Isaiah's warning precedes the judgment of G-d. If you favor Ahminejad's presence, then surely you will welcome his judgment as well. Wake up! The time is now!!

and when Palestinian have the right to defend themselves from land thieves and settlers attacks and state terrorism agains Palestinian whose land is occupied by IDF's war crimimals. So don't twist the facts. Your are occupied Palestine and violently attacking Palestinian, bulldozing their houses, raiding, emprisoning and torturing their people, shooting INTENTIONALY children, and using A HUGE ARMY against HOMEMADE rockets. Native Palestinian defend themselves.

Zionists will undoubtedly reveal their hysterical double-standards tomorrow in their demonstrations, etc., and normal people will begin to wonder why. As for the ADL and Abe Foxman, rather than lending support to the obviously defamatory situation in Jena against Blacks, they were busily trying to use their usual blackmail and bullying tactics against Columbia University. ADL has nothing to do with an anti-racism: it is merely a more and more impotent group of aging and overweight zionist cheerleaders. Back to my main point here, the actions that the zionists take tomorrow in NYC run the same risks of blowback in public opinion that was revealed in the zionist attack on Lebanon: it reveals to the world what the zionists are really about.

so why antisemitism accusation is being used by Jews only as if they are the only Semite people? In fact most of them are not Semite because they are Kazkhaz converts

There is a famous saying that if someone says they intend to kill you, believe them. Jews are rightfully fearful since we value and sanctify life. Iran is openly taking concrete steps to destroy Israel as a Jewish country, as well as worldwide non-Israeli Jewish communities and interests. Iran has supported and actively participated in several outright wars against Israel. Makes senses?

Your comment trivializes to holocaust. Many people are oppressed, also in Israel. That is not what Hitler did. The holocaust was a systematic genocide.

When are you people going to realize Iseal is a new word for Jew. The little Hitler has plans for all us Jews. After us the rest of the infidels are on your own.

1)Sabra & Shatilla - perpetrated by ChristianPhilangists a day AFTER pALESTINIANS SLAUGHTERED MANY OF THEM IN A RAMPAGE. 2) 1953 - Qibiya - after Israel had suffered ongoing cross border attacks by fedayeen that originated in that village - attacks that killed numerous Israelis - some in their beds. 3) 1982 - Invasion of Lebanon - as a result of incessant alltackes byPalestinians on Israeli towns and communities inside Israel, killing and wounding many. Is the pattern becoming clear? The cause and effect concept seems to be something Arabs don't quite get - and in each case it was a case of Palestinians committing atrocious crimes. You seem to object when they get their comeuppance, it seems, as you can only see out of one eye.

You say that you were a visiting US student at the Canadian Concordia University, as in "I was there...". As it happens, if you indeed were there, your memory is faulty. The "Arab students" had as one of their most outspoken leaders an honest Jew. It is true that Netanyahu was 'uninvited' to speak by the President of Concord, as the majority of students there had no wish to support zionism.

in yesterday's news Iraninan invited the French foreign affairs Kourchen to explain his statements about Iran. He also invited on many occasions Bush for a debate.

Is this what Israel is like.Wow, and our tax dollars have been used to prop up a society that seeks to interfere with our freedom of speech.Enough already.Take your ADL/AIPAC/CAMAERA and all the other propaganda machines and ship them the hell outa the USA.

You ask the question "Why is Israel so afraid of words"...if you listened in history class you would know why. Words change into deeds which turn into death....6 million dead Jews to be exact in the 40's. Again words from the arabs turned into deeds and deaths for Jews in 1948 (by the way Israel is a legal country whether you like it or not)...now words are fomenting from the head Iranian monkey and Israel and the Jews do not want to see these words turn into more Jewish deaths. Get it.

Again, do some research before making a fool of yourself: Ahmadinejad (Dr. Ahmadinejad to you) holds a PhD, and was in the teaching profession before entering politics. He is no Mulla. As for 'hate words', they are, as usual, emanating from the frantic zionists.

and thank you for a statement coming from a zionism-FREE American. See previous markfrank's post about the intentional mistranslation of the Iranian Leader's statement.

spyguy I agree with you begining with your part of the destabilization of Iraq by the removal of Saddam(tho'he deserved it the brutal dictator)and I agree with letting the Shiites take control and the ensuing problems now facing the US has been catastrophic.I know there is the hand of Alqaida there,but you forget the Iranian,power politics by the help given to the Shiites and the killings thanks to Ahmedinejad. However,as for Iran I beg to differ with you there.Who do you think is causing the daily murders of Arabs by the insurgents who are helped by Iran? What and why is Iran meddling with Hizbullah?What is Iran doing with Syria? And I can go ad-infinitum,but I cannot be bothered.I suggest you think a bit more in debth and change your judgement...

Vous avez visé juste. Le commentaire ("wipe off the map) a été faussement et sciemment atribué à Ahmedjadine pour des raisons de propagande. In fact it's Israel who is wiping Palestinian off the map, as we know, ethic cleasing and war crimes continue day and night.

Although I have often questioned Britain's policies in the world I have had an abiding respect of British culture. However, if you .....I certainly fear for Britain

Your wrote: I have written to Columbia and said I would stop any funds from my estate going to the school as a result of this. So you admit that the only way to express your pro-occupation and pro-apartheid zionist policies is by blackmailing: I pay you to express my view. I withdraw my money if you expresses opposite views. Well, if you have rational and just arguments you wouldn't need to use blackmail.

indrajaya you are a bufoon... Please pass my regards to the poor creature WHO HAPPENS TO BE YOUR DOG,MYCOMMISERATIONS TO IT!

Laugh dog laugh. You are the intellectual in the duet

am I correct?

I guess that your comments were too good and Haaretz refused to post them. I like to read your comments. They are always insightful and very intelligent.

though they are war criminals?

3000 Palestinian. add to that the million Iraqi who dies thanks to the war incited by Israel through its US proxy! and now pushing US to do the same to Iran.

I agree with all your posting and I find the following right to the point: "Its also funny that Israel are trying to woo Saudi Arabia to the negotiating table when most of the 9/11 attackers were Saudi citizens. Equally worrying that the American government propped up the al-Sauds to the tune of tens of billions of dollars."

how do you explain this? Instead of being arrested for Palestian existence denial and for violating internation law and UN resolutions, they are frequently anywere in the US giving speeches and begging for more $$$

I would let him go anywhere he pleases in the great USA. Of course without police protection. Lets see how long he is going to last. Want to bet?? God Bless America!!!!!!

Iran sends agents and bombs to murder American troops (and Iraqi civilians) and the Palestinian advocate reminds us where he (and the Palestinians) stands on the lives of American troops.

I dont' understant why Israeli leaders speak regularly in the US campuses and government organisations while killing of Palestinian go on and stealing their land continues???

You wrote "how about we make irans very own ground zero in Tehran? this way ahmanutjob doesnt have to travel outside his country?" and Haaretz published your comment, as all hateful pro-Israeli comments like yours. If the same thing is said about "bringing ground zero to israel", what would be the raction and why?

Iran is participating in the murder of American soldiers in Iraq, as well as the murder of Iraqi civilians. Nice man you've taken to champion.

Hey Dicky, write again when your English improves a tiny bit. You dont decide nothing here.

Actually every Persian person that I know personally,and I know many,bemoan the day that the Shah was run out of Iran and that miserable man,the Ayatollah Khoemeni was brought out of exile by the idiot Jimmy Carter. Iran has her dirty hand in every act of terror and is responsible for killing our soldiers in Iraq and holding our people hostage. Women that I know who were lawyers in Iran during the time of the Shah have run for their lives as have almost all of the Jewish population and countless muslims. Do you not see something rotten in Iran? Do you not see the hand of evil in Iran? Why allow a creature like Ahmadinejad to speak at a University in the U.S. when he calls for the death of a whole people and country? Could our President speak in Teheran? What kind of sick people give up a wrestling match in the Olympics because the opponent is a Jew from Israel? Sick bastards and you want him to have the freedom that he does not give his own people? No wonder you live in San Francisco.

whose mission is to find out about the criminals who initiated 9/11, so they could destroy Israel's ennemies, such as Iraq, and continue apartheid and war crimes in Palestine.

so you're right on this.

Iran leader is clever than all of the them. I would add that he is correct in his views and he is courageous when he critizes Israel's actions towards Palestinians, while Arab dictators are silent.

Israeli leaders act as an ignorant and fearful people. They can't realize or accept that this is the WORLD. The world comprises different people and different countries and views. Politics and diplomatic implies that ALL LEADERS are intitled to express their views. THE WORLD DOESN'T BELONG TO ISRAEL. IN FACT ISRAEL BELONG TO THE WORLD THAT ALLOWED ITS ILLEGAL CREATION IN 1948. NOW LET US LISTEN TO THE IRANING LEADER.

Spain knows better. Honest to God, I was at the premiere of the Exorcist in Madrid, Spain in 1975. Every soul in the theatre stood up and gave it a standing applause at the end. Know why. Because those people know that sheeeits for real. If Ahmadi does have a demon in him, you people are just kneeling before him, enabling whatever dark forces are in that punk, to extend themselves and takeover what little humanity you seculars have left in you.

writing of "the death of israel" (G-D forbid)is rude and uncalled for.hold your tongue.

to speak were he alive.silly thing to say. i agree with letting the persian dwarf speak.if we are going to war then we should hear his point of view.i think most readers do not undrstand how big a part mendacity has in persian culture.

One example among many. Last year UCI (University of California, Irvine) had a conference entitled: "Holocaust in the middle east" organized by a group of arab students.

Do not generalize, not all americans have lost their moral compass, though many did. Those for example that would prefer the mad man of Iran to their own governement and system. Many americans, even if they dislike their own governements have a clearer idea of who's foe and who's friend. It is my observation that US and European colleges are politicized, now the active militants are still a minority.

Dear dog and Indrajaya, The comparison between Ah....and Hitler is not an alibi - it is an uncalled for comparison that Gillerman has used too glibly. While the aspirations of Ahhhh' are equally as deadly to Israelis in intention they still do not match the actions of Hitler. This is simply because he has not managed to put his plans into action as yet. The reaction of the world shows the same disregard for us...that is what is worrying....to me at least. I'm sure you and your dog are having a chuckle though. I mean - the intended killing of Israelis by a man who has no regard for the life of his own people must be understandably amusing to you -and your dog -judging from your taste in humour. Maybe he'll toss you a few bones afterwards.

"You seem to forget that Iran had taken hostage the entire US Embassy at the start of its glorious Islamic revolution in 1979" No, Cipora, you seem to forget that the US installed a dictator in their country against the wishes of the Iranian people. Blaming Iran for a violent revolution after that is like charging a woman with assault if she scratches a man trying to rape her. Iran may in fact be funding Hizballah, but who can blame them? If the United States and Israel were constantly threatening the existence of your state would you not fund a militant resistance group? It is not as if we (the US and Israel) are idle bystanders being rapped upon by an inherently violent country. "If Iran wants peace, all it has to do is renounce its nuclear weapons ambitions, and renounce terror." Something that neither the US nor Israel would ever do. Do not ask of your enemies what you would not do yourself.

Ahmadinejad should be allowed to speak so people can see the danger posed to the world by the Iranian regime. The man has no clue about a free society, since he and his mullahs repress their own people, and he is living in the 12th century with his religious beliefs, which he wants to impose on everyone. Allowing this fine representative of modern-day Iran to speak is just what we need in Israel. Americans have finely tuned bulls#$@ detectors, they will understand what this crazy man is about in short time. More support for Bush to bomb their nuclear program into extinction.

Columbia has an endowment worth billions. Donors who object to their heartless invitation to the despot criminal from Iran should simply revoke their gifts and bestow them on institutions that support American interests and not the radical jihadist movement. I am sure some of them will do just that.

So you're a believer in total war, totale krieg. Start slaughtering Arab civilians openly and you'll end up with sanctions slapped on you by the EU, destroying your economy. Are there many people like you in Israel Yonatan? I'm often critical of Israel, but I've always had a deep respect for Jewish culture. However, if Israel if being taken over by people like you...

I agree with everything you said. Israel has been acting like a country above the law and getting cover for it from my own country (I am ashamed!). Just look how they are fencing in the Palestinians like animals in cantons, with a fence built under the pre-text of security. I personally saw it. Why not build it along the 1967 borders if it was for security. They are greedy, control the media, and insist on a brutal occupation of another people. The whole reason there is no peace in ME is Israel. The Arabs have put forward a serious peace proposal (Saudi proposal) only to be rejected. Why our government chooses to be the enemy of 1.2 billion muslims to be friends with 12 million jews is mind boggling to me, and can only be explained by the jewish grip on US congress. Two JEWISH professors from Harvard and Chicago just put out a book saying the US policy in the middle east hurts the US interests. It is time for a change.

would Bush accept the invitation?

"Jews live in Iran. There is no Iranian holocaust." Do you call that "living"? Would yu want to "live" the way Iranian Jews "live", under constant threat of arrest or worse if they make one "wrong" step?

"I`ve looked with interest at how Serbian nationalism of the late 80s tipped over into genocide in the 90s" Israel is fighting a war against neighbors such as Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, who have absolutely no compunctions about deliberately raining down deathg and destruction upon defenseless civilians. This is the reality of conflict in the Middle East. Therefore Israel, for reasons having nothing to do with nationalism or genocide, must do its best to ensure that those desiring to kill its citizens suffer such hedavy casualties among their own civiian populations that they cease and desist. Otherwise, they may cease to exist. War, as I said, is an amoral activity, and any attempt to limit it, such as the Fourth Geneva Convention, is unrealistic, cynical and hypocritical. A-bombs, napalm, chemical warfare and germ warfare - all are "legitimate" methods of warfare. Any country or individual who doesn't like such things shouldn't start wars or make threats.

"You`re clearly intelligent and educated,and yet you think a mighty western army like the IDF should deliberately turn its guns and planes and bombs onto defenceless women and children?" Yes on all counts, provided that other measures, such as cutting off fuel, electricity, food, water and medical supplies don't cause the Palestinians to surrender unconditionally first. Civilians were not immune from USAAF and RAF bombs deliberately rained on them in World War in carpet bombings and fire-bombing II, nor were the Japanese immune from the nuclear-bombs dropped on them. That's war, Michael. War is amoral. Ethics, morals and legitimacy don't enter into it at all., and you're a fool if you think so.

"Its about time we wiped our behind" The only people who are allowed to use the Royal plural, apart from Royals of course, are people with tape worms. Have you given yours names, Uzi?

Alumni your voices so loud it cant be heard. Are there going to be questions asked that are not anti- America. This little Hitler may have nothing to do with9/11 but he supplying ammuntion to kill our children in Iraq What is he going to supply when he gets here.

Mr SpyGuy. ( 444 ) The number of days that my father was held by Mr Ahmadinejad. The Free elected leader of Iran Now. And you say that he is clean! Will he look my Father in his face and say Sorry?

I think every criminal must have a fair trial before sentensing him to whatever he deserves. Look at this as a trial and lets see what Ahamad has to say before he and his regime collapses. At least lets show him how the Justice system works in the free societies. Just Imagine this as a court and Ahmad defending himself. God is great /Allaho Akbar Parviz/Shiraz

if it quacks like a duck walks like a duck and looks like a duck = iran terror

What is interesting about Connie's comment is that she attempts to tie the enmity between the US and Iran back to the "hostage crisis" of 1980-81. Understand that I am not acting as an apologist for Ahmadinejad, but Connie should understand that the taking of the hostages was not done in a vacuum and without reason. We in this country(USA)and Connie should acknowledge that post-WWII we imposed and supported a brutal and horribly corrupt dictator whose secret police terrorized the Iranian people for many decades. I think it would be helpful sometimes if people like Connie could pull back and try and understand that these intense feelings of hatred expressed towards the USA are not just the result of mad propagandists but rather have their roots in the USA's harmful foreign policies. The radicals in Iran were given legitimacy precisely because they vehemently opposed a corrupt and brutal government that the USA put in power and blindly supported - against our own democratic principles.

Dear northern (far away from everything) friend. You mean that comedy channel called BBC? Now, thats funny, really funny.

1)I've never heard that Israelis/Jews are comparing any country with the Third Reich! 2)Israel has not created any ghettos: in case you refer to Gaza, I recommend to you some reading in order to learn that Gaza, when it belonged to Egypt and as it was a, by the UN upheld, refugee camp betw. 1956-67, has always been a "rat-hole" filled with misery. As Israel took it over, the Israelis built houses to the people there, because they lived in tents. Winters are deadly in Israel: moist and cold. BUT the UN, you give so much credit for, passed one of its anti-Israel resolutions, which you love so much, complaining about the building of the houses!!! Arafat FORBADE the Pals to move into these houses, which would have raised their quality of life. The schools the Israelis built for them, they burnt down! 3)What you mean with the Bedouines, I do not get. They are nomad people, who still as late as in the 80s wandered about with their herd. They are no Pals. They are a people of their own.

Its about time we wiped our behind with your notes. The more the better

Every time some Israeli representative reaches the limits of desperation in an attempt to demonize someone, (s)he compares him to Hitler. This may play well in certain constituencies. But mostly it trivializes Hitler's crimes. "Hitler" once meant, a particular monster who committed terrible crimes. But increasingly the word means, anyone disliked by the current Israeli government. Jews of all people should reject this normalization of the word.

Hey President Bush. Why don't we incarccerate Ahmadinejad and use him as a negotiating chip for the release of our missing American FBI Agent held in Iran. While you're at it, maybe we can hold him for his distructive rhetoric about wiping Isreal off the face of a map. Also it is OK that he speaks at Columbia because he will have to face the music of the American Press and the Coumbia Students about his disire for annihilating Israel and his false pretenses for acquiring nucleur technology.

20-25% of Columbia students and Profs are Jewish. IT IS ALWAYS FUNNY TO ME WHEN READING THE ANTI-ZIONIST ANTI JEWISH LETTERS IN THIS NEWSPAPER THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THEY WANT CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO HELP THE PALESTINIANS DONT REALIZE THAT THEIR GREATEST ALLIES TOWARDS CREATING A PEACEFUL SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE JEWISH AMERICANS WHO WOULD PRESSURE ISRAEL AND AMERICA TO MAKE CHANGE. INSTEAD THEY CONSTANTLY BASH JEWS AND ISRAEL CLAIM FALSELY THE JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11 INSTEAD OF AL QUEDA. THEY INSULT THE JEWS THAT WANT TO HELP THEM THE MOST BY DENYING THE HOLOCAUST. IF AHMADINEJAD WERE REALLY SMART HE WOULD HAVE NEVER DENIED THE HOLOCAUST BUT HE WOULD HAVE RALLIED FOR PROPPER TREATMENT OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING THE JEWS. THIS COULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE HOLOCAUST DENIAL CONFERENCE AND OTHER ANTI-JEWISH COMMENTS. MAYBE THE PROFS THERE SOME OF WHICH ARE SURVIVORS COULD THAN SIT AND TALK ABOUT THE M.E.

You dont deside who is a diplomat and who is not, thanks god. Here you dont count for nut-ing.

If Ahadminjad had his way he would destroy Israel, It is only the USA and no nuclear weapons that blocks his path. Soon he will have the latter and give them to terror organisations. Of course he had nothing to do with 9/11 but its his talk of killing Jews thats the same as Hitler.

are unable to stay on the topic of whether Mr.A should be allowed to speak at Columbia?Instead you wander off into babblings about british muslims sitting in a corner by themselves,suicide bombings,hangings(capital punishment has been abolished only in the EU&Britain,I believe and the murder of gays is commonplace the world over!)and a variety of topics that are interesting in themselves,but not related to the question raised here.Is this how you lecture in your classes,starting off with several petitio principiis and then wandering all over the place to disguise that?

"Israel's United Nations envoy Dan Gillerman told the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization that a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Ground Zero would be similar to a visit by a resurrected Hitler to Auschwitz." Jews live in Iran. There is no Iranian holocaust.

Wow Yonatan, you don't hide your views do you. I was an aid worker in the Bosnian wars and I've looked with interest at how Serbian nationalism of the late 80s tipped over into genocide in the 90s. just as Serbian academics and theoreticians of the late 80s laid the groundwork for the physical butchery of the 90s, I've long thought that people like Lieberman were potentially laying the ground for something similar in Israel/Palestine. And now you want to butcher Palestinian civilians, and you don't even pretend otherwise. I have to say I'm almost lost for words. You're clearly intelligent and educated,and yet you think a mighty western army like the IDF should deliberately turn its guns and planes and bombs onto defenceless women and children? I know the qassams aren't any fun, but have you ever seen what 500kg bombs do to a tower block and to the people inside? I do suggest you think again and don't let Israel down.

Peterri its really rather simple. Try comparing a Dafur or an African war with the Holocaust its more accurate. A more accurate comparison would have been if the jew in Ghettos were suicide bombing german civilians and had it written in the jewish constitution to kill all germans. A more realistic comparison for the palestinian situation would be the number of bike deaths in one US state. The numbers of dead, however tragic are tiny and are vastly exaggerated by the left. Indeed the palestinian population is growing at an exponential rate. Comparing Gaza or GTMO to the Nazi regime just is lazy. How many hundred enemy combatants go through GTMO. The vast majority come out alive..unlike say for example a Saudi jail. The palestinian definition of a massacre is the death of a suicide bomber. We kill you we win, you kill us we win..isnt that the muslim motto.

-I WILL ANSWER YOUR "QUESTION" ! Hamas & other fedadayeen(terrorist) organizations hides behind the skirts of their women & children in between the murderous campaigns regularly launched by them against Israel. Hezbollah is A BIT different, they use not only their women & children as shields, but U.N.I.F.I.L. observation posts as well. -What happened to the HRW report, dealing with Hezbollah`s repression of human rights last summer ? Supressed & swept under the nearest rug ?!!

This is what his name says and this is what he really is. It is unbelievable that this person, leader of the most terrorist state on earth which has killed thousands US citizens and is killing US servicemen almost daily in Iraq should be able to travel freely with his terrorist entourage through the US. The only suitable place for this person who sent out little children to clean mine fields and whose corpses were thorn apart by the explosives, is a proper apartment in Guantanamo.

How is it possible that Jews make constantly comparisons between different countries and persons and the Third Reich, but it is a majestic crime to compare Israel's behaviour to the Third Reich even when there are good grounds for that. Nazis were not the only one to create ghettos. Even Haaretz as a liberal and open minded media doesn't allow it. Iran didn't cause 911 and certainly not the Holocaust. However Jews with political agenda are allowed constantly to make their false allegations with Iranian, Palestinians and Arabs. I even saw in a BBC documentary how an Israeli minister said that Palestine was empty of Bedouin when Jews came there in the 40's. Why is that allowed but not denying facts about Jews' history in WW2?

Will Iran cooperate with the Argentine investigation into the 1994 TERRORIST attack on the DAIA building and Israeli diplomatic mission? There are 6 Iranians wanted by Argentina in this regard. Let President Haman of Iran address this matter in conformity with International Law.

Columbia has gone too far with this, and will suffer the consequences. Their reputation will now be one of a super-leftist, ultra-liberal university, incapable of rational discourse, their every spoken word biased by their radical ideology. They have already set themselves up for this by their refusal to let Reserve Officer Training Corp take place on their campus, and their abhorent treatment of another group that did not share their radical-leftist ideology. Freedom of speech at Columbia? Sure, you can have it, but only if you agree 100 percent with the leftist agenda. Otherwise, there is no freedom of speech at Columbia. Shameful hypocrisy! Harry

So, You think it`s compassionate to execute chidren like Ahmadinejad`s Islamic republic Of Iran does ?

A-mad-man is not visiting Ground Zero because the New York Police Department won't protect him. They have refused, in honor of the memory of so many fallen police officers and firemen. Good one, NYPD! That's all that really needs to be said on the matter. Harry

Well Kevin, You didnt answer any of my questions in the first place with regard to the Iranian presidents views and your defending them. So I take it you did attend the holocaust denial conference and meet the lovely Klu Klux Klan leader. As for the Israelis killing palestinians it is in selfdefence as the palestinians are quite open about their desire to kill Israelis. Indeed it is in the Hamas constitution, to kill all jews. Could you also explain how if the Israelis are killing so many palestinians the palestinian population is increasing at an exponential rate (the life expectancy of a palestinian is 71). Could you also explain why the vast ethnically pure muslim empire (the middle east) shouldnt be broken up as it was conquered in an orgy of murder and rape. Could you also stop your muslim pals blowing up women and children on planes, trains and in schools ALL OVER THE WORLD? Given a choice I'd rather sit next to a zionist on a train than a muslim...less likely to be blown up!!

Ahmadinejad needs the 25000 jews in Iran as a showcase, just like Hitler & Himmler needed Theresienstadt for the same purpose. -Again, how about learning from history ?

Clickfool is a like those horses who wear goggles that allow them to see in one narrow direction...left and right do not exist...he writes comment after comment with no let up or reserve. Much like Natalie Durson, there is simply no need to respond to these 2 because they refuse to as well as fail at doing something that our political leaders should be doing...and that is listen to one another as opposed to just waiting for your turn to speak. Cheers Clickfool and Catch you later Natalie!

Mr. Linthwaite, From Your way of reasoning, i guess You`re english, right ? Well, british governments of Neville Chamberlain and Anthony Eden kept to the tradition of monetary powered "realpolitik" mixed with appeasement in relation to violence prone dictators and no concern for morals & ethics...-Chamberlain more or less created WW2 and Eden & his arabist-cronies were largely responsible for at least 2 wars in the mid-east : 1948-49 & the 1956 Suez war. -I'm astonished that Your kind NEVER learn from history ! If the U.S.& Europe allows their coal-mine canary(Israel) to perish, Iran & China will draw the, from their perspective logical conclusion : -violence pays against democracies !

"but that bombing them and killing lots of their children," The IAF killed children unintentionally, but Arabs and Muslims of all sorts do it on purpose. For them, civilians are a primary strategic target. You haven't been following my letters, but I have repeatedly stressed that Israel should follow the example set by Arab and Muslim state armies, militias, guerillas and terrorists (and the US and the Allied Powers in World War II), and make Palestinian civilians a primary target. Similar measures should have been taken in the Second Lebanon War, following the example of Hezbollah. We live in the Middle East, and our "neighbors" are impressed and show respect only to someone who does what they do better. Making civilians a strategic target is the best way of restoring Israel's deterrent power. You should read my posting today in which I review my suggestions for putting an end to Qassams and other Palestinian terorism.

OOPS! (accidentally sent) But continuing the thought, doesn't the murder of all those innocent Palestinians make ISRAELIS the biggest ANTI-SEMITES in the world? Again, ANSWER THE QUESTION!

Gillerman's Hitler comment should see him censured from UN representation. The Iranian Jewish community lives in peace under Ahmadinejad, Gillerman should work towards making sure it stays that way. "Bollinger said he planned on presenting Ahmadinejad with a number of pointed and challenging questions." You could only wish Americans questioned their Emperor as thoroughly. Unfortunately Bush is incapable of unscripted thought and therefore kept safely away from scrutiny.

Finishing my thoughts (for now): 7.The very fact that there are countries in Europe that have outlawed the very "QUESTIONING" of the Holocaust tells me that the Zionist censorship machine is in high gear and there is something that they are hiding. 8. Now before you start your little "anti- semite" smear-rant, I will flat out deny that. However, I AM the most vicious "ANTI-ZIONIST" you'll ever meet. And BTW, since the Pales- tinians and Arabs are also Semitic, doesn't that make the ISRAELIS

Should any Iran university or institution invited President Bush for a speech? Well if they didn't accept democratic rules why USA offers this oportunity?

It's not only Cipora's opinion that Ahitlernejad is a force against peace but this is confirmed by the postings of Iran citizens on the internet who understand him and his intentions better than you do. The people of Iran and their government are very much at odds.

ground zero and the holocaust museum

AND he is supporting terror to kill our boys in Iraq. Anyone can stick their head and mind in the sand....I hope you know better, but that hate thing you have going on is going to poison your life.

... if the sidewalk surfaces leading to it were lined with overlapping Syrian and Iranian flags? Iran's president gladly tramples on Israeli and American flags back home and lines entrances to certain exhibitions with such government sponsored acts. I can see a dumb animal doing something like this, but a recipient of a Phd.? Oh, Dr. Ahmadinejad, you who promised to deliver Iran's final ultimatum to both Israel and America on October 12th after Ramadan, when you set your foot on American soil, you have come to a country that treats its Iranian-born citizens with more fairness and opportunity than your bigoted government can ever hope to do back home.

British pal, I guess the muslims werent joining in with the drinking celebrations then. In the university where I lecture the bearded muslims keep themselves away from the infidels and speak only in arabic. On the odd occasion one sees a poster promoting a suicide bombing movie or sometimes one might even see a bunch of muslim students going off for a "paintballing" weekend. We as lecturers have been asked to keep an eye out for the muslim students behaviour so I wouldnt worry about students from Nablus. Try to keep your friends from blowing themselves up or pronouncing fatwahs on authors/cartoonists. Are you a big fan of Hamas Mickey Mouse?

you obviously did not read the newsor the report in sabra and shatila. It was Christians that massacred.Sharon was found IN directly repsonisble because the report said he should have anticipated that the Christians were going to threaten the Sabra and shatila people.the other stuff you write is of course nonsense too

Kevin I guess we all imagined the Iranian president leading the chants of "death to america", "death to Israel" and the burning of these flags. Kevin it must be hard being an apologist for a leader who doesnt want to be apologised for. He is quite proud of his views and they are widely held and openly stated in the islamic world. Thus you loose your credibility when you try and deny his opinions. Please could you also remind us of his motivations for the public hanging of gays and his joyous desire for suicide bombers to martyr themselves. I'm sure his love of suicide bombing will go down well with the relatives of 9/11. You are another leftist apologist, trying to apologise for a PROUD islamofascist. Did you attend his holocaust denial conference?

He shouldn't be allowed to set foot in the U.S.

To get the analogy right, the title should read: Ahmadinejad visiting Ground Zero like Hitler visiting... Guantanamo

And I would welcome Ahmadinejad's laying of a wreath. Nice to have a truthful and compassionate politician in the country. Oh, and BTW, before you start repeating your Zionist lies, ad nauseum, he did NOT say that Israel should be "wiped off the map". AND YOU KNOW IT!

basta propaganda! the infamous mistranslation of "wipe off the map" was to demonise iran. Almadinejad was quoting KHOMENY who said:"the regime occuping jerusalem will vanish in the pages of time".Nobody reacted in time. Iran wants regime change in israel like israel and usa wants regime change in teheran, nothing criminal But a contrario, it's criminal to maintain the mistranslation,it's criminal to to try to link iran with 9/11. Remember the Irakis WMD hoax and now the million iraquis dead, remember another hoax called "the protocol of elders of Sion" and the consequences for the Jewish people.Be responsible and remember the lies driving to war and devastation.

Hitler killed 6 million jews, how many jews did Ahmadinajad kill? Also, why has he not killed the 25000 Jews living in Iran, if his sole pre-occupation is killing jews. The guy hates Israel no doubt, and, like many Arabs and Muslims,he much rather see a state of Palestine in place of Israel. However, if we tried people on what they think or like to see happen, a lot of people would end up in jail. He is an elected official of a soveigen nation and should be allowed to visit the UN and talk at universities, even though we do not like his views. Please stop the wining.

As a state sponser of terror, Iran's president has no place at the site of the worst tragedy, the most abominable site of terror in US history. If he scratches his monkey head and wonders why, then tell him that islamists, such as himself, are considered the perpetrators of 9/11, and that such g-dless persons are not welcomed by the American people. But, let him espouse his hypocracies at Columbia University. There, powerful minds, unlike his, will expose him for what he is,...another muslim moron with dreams of world domination.

"You deliberately ignore Gillerman`s real intention: Ahmadinijad intends to do to the Jews of Israel what Hitler did to the Jews of Europe. Your rigid anti-Israel ideological stance has blinded you to the truth of matters.Ideologies, when carried too far, like yours, are dangerous. Likewise Islam. But I imagine you can see nothing wrong with Islamist countries, they all having been ruled and persecuted by European countries like yours in the past. Repressed guilt feelings, eh?" Silly comments that show you haven't read many of posts. I don't have a rigid anti-Israel stance or aany guilt about Islamic countries. I think Islamic countries have massive problems and need to update fast, but that bombing them and killing lots of their children, doesn't help. Gillerman drawing false comparisons doesn't help either. A proper peace conference with 1967 borders (with minor mutual adjustments) and a token return of Pals would help.

Earlier this year, there was a student debate in Manchester University as to whether the university should fund one or two students from Nablus. The Jewish lobby turned up from all over the country - bussed in from universities everywhere. They would have won hands down from sheer numbers, except for their response, which was that they would prefer the money to be spent on cheaper beer and more social ameneties. The word was out, and students with no interest in the Middle East, turned out in droves to vote in moral disgust.

A bit like "Dirty Danny" I suppose. Don't you have any better wit than that? Leave it in the sewer where I guess the rest of your mind is usually.

The question is will America risk the destruction of their country and therefore the world. For the sake of 6 million people. American Politicians say what they say because of 7 million votes in the States. However whilst they talk the talk, it is extremely doubtful they would walk the walk.

How can the United Nations allow the president of Iran to speak when he wants to wipe a fellow nation of the UN off the face of the map. Yes there are wars and horible conflicts but is the UN's job to try to prevent these conflicts not give a man who wants to wipe a fellow nation out a podium.

I love the comparisons which claim that Israelis are allowed to speak freely at universities in the Western Hemisphere. I recall the scenes at Concordia University, where Bibi was scheduled to speak, and was prevented from doing so by Arab students creeching "death to the Jews" (I was there and feared for my life) I also recall that Columbia University has a Middle East studies sector in its curriculum that showed only the Arab side of the conflicts in the Middle East and where students who objected were threatened. I have written to Columbia and said I would stop any funds from my estate going to the school as a result of this. (Of course, at one point in time Jews were restricted in attending Columbia and the big argument against establishing Barnard College was that too many Jewish women from New York City would attend) Maybe things are going back to those times. Wait for restrictions on Jews attending medical schools or law schools.

If the american people & their congress would allow Israel to be wiped off the map, all americans & their institutions will lose ALL remainig credibility, -right now, it`s "only" the Bush administrations "street-cred" that`s shot ! Americans & several of their governments have since 1965 proclaimed Israel to be "a close friend & ally". Neither friends nor enemies of the U.S.A. would EVER again dare to take a chance on believing anything or anyone from America, if Israel goes down to annihilation ! -FOOD FOR THOUGHT, eh ??

Is it o.k. for your friends to lie about Israel -like they regularly do ?

BRITISH ACADEMIC NATTALIE DURSON IS ONLY FIT TO BE A POLL DANCER, AND ANYWAY MY FRIEND WHO WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT HERE UGLY FACE AND BODY. IN ARABIC THE WORD GOES LIKE THIS BINT WUSSAHRA

I'm Suspicious Of Anyone-- Who wants to shut down discussion...."in the name" of it being ?rationalizing the irrational"/"giving someone a platform"...& for most other reasons (though not all). If Your Position Is Correct/HAS MERIT-- Why be concerned? Regarding Israel...Israel has had plenty of opportunities to present its ideas & concerns to the world (despite committing heinous acts itself). Regarding Annihilation...anyone would have concerns...& that is a justified concern. Regarding Palestine...he/many have a point on this subject. Regarding Questioning Things...he/ALL have a right to question things/if things happened...& ask for/seek proof: They don't have a right to lie about it...if they KNOW it has happened. Listening DOESN'T Mean Acceptance/Validation-- Adhmadinejad (& Others)...would be fools to believe that just because someone listens to them/asks them questions...that a person/country would approve and/or allow them to act.

The man who has oppossed any critiscim of Israel at the UN wants the world to believe in this garble. I am sure many jews will be outraged about these types of statements coming from a UN representative of a Jewish state. Unlike Israel, Iran hasn't done terrible things to anyone living in Iran or in the region. Gillerman's twisted statement vulgar.

Best link it to the Holocaust

"Ahmadinejad is not a visiting foreign dignitary who taxpayers need to protect, except on his passage to and from the UN." Like all rabid Zionists you'd like to ban him from speaking at the UN, but can't.

I guess Columbia would have invited Hitler or Tojo to speak at Columbia according to his description. This prof. is a traitor and should be tried as such. At the very moment that Iran has parades proclaiming DOWN WITH THE US AND DOWN WITH ISRAEL is there any question what this monster's motive's are. Does a noted university such as Columbia need to present him with a elevated pulpit to spew his hatred and vile poisonous propaganda? I think not. This is not free speech and he will not learn any lesson tht we want him to only that the US will be a soft touch when it comes to the ends he seeks for there are many naifs here aid him.

All those contributions (including mine) that never made it to Talkback between 6.00am and 11.00am this morning. Every one, wiped out as a job lot.

This is a real shame to Columbia University to have allowed to speach a man who have on his hand so much american blood, her eare some of his records (he participated in hostage taking at US embassy in teheran in 1979, in 1982he ordred the bombing of US Marines Barracks in Lebanon 241 deaths, he masterminded terrorism worlwide, at lockerbie in 1986, in Buenos Ayres, in 1994, and now he is sending dedly weapons to al qaida undergrounds in Irak, killing again hundreds of US servicemens)Apart from this, the man is denying the Holocaust, and plann to detsroy Israel with the N weapons he doesn't still have ! You get the picture of what he is. There are no free speach to be allowed to these types of men . Would you grant free speach to Ben Laden ?

As an Iranian who oppose Ahmadinejad in many of his views/actions I should say relating Iran and Al Qaeda is very very ridiculous. look at Iraq .how many Shia are killed every day by Al Qaeda? Vahabist like Al Qaeda are a big enemy to Shia people. by the way let him talk . I thing there are enough voices to quoestion him if he says something wrong.

Incredible... the comparison is SO wrong on SO MANY counts. Of course, Iran didn't have a thing to do with 9/11. BUT WORSE is to say that a terrible one-day attack that killed about 3000 people is somehow similar to the many-year genocide of six million Jews (and three million others as well)! What is wrong with this consul? Is this what the Israeli mainstream thinks is acceptable?

old comparison with hitler,israel will have to do better.No one believes this story anymore.israel's desperate attempt to get the terrorist in the White House to attack Iran is obvious.Good for Columbia that it has maintained some semblance of sanity in that country.What the zionists are afraid of is that Mr.A will speak with good sense and reason,as he did last year at the UN.Re:his religious beliefs,they are his own and must be respected.The attempt to lump together iran,hitler,muslims is getting tiresome.zionists,come up with something different for a change! israel's leaders have a history of criminality against the Palestinians,neverthless they wander about freely in the U.S.