Finally, we have an incident confirming American decline. It's over for the US. The childish snickering of these top-tier students would never be seen in any Indian/Chinese/Iranian setting.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Submitted by mohan sivaswamy, Sep 27, 2007 03:44
I was shocked by the language used by the Columbia University President Bolllinger to his guest President Ahmedinijad. It is not the way to treat a guest, however repulsive the guest may be. And mind you the guest was invited, so the responsibility was with Bollinger to extend decent, human courtesy. He failed miserably in that, in public, in front of the students whom the University is supposed to educate in worldly ways.
My sympathies for President Ahemdinijad have increase manifold by watching his smiling face and unruffled reacion to the insults.
And don't forget the points he made. He was right about 'why Palestinians have to pay for what the White man did to Jews in Europe'. The British created the Palestine situation and as is their practice, got out of Palestine in a hurry, dividing the people there and creating arbitrary boundaries between nations and people. Americans stepped in later to exploit the troubled circumstances and made sure they got oil cheaply for decades. It was very correct of President Ahmedinijad to bring this point to the fore.
As for as nuclear energy is concerned, every nation on earth is entitled to expoit it. The real grudge of America is that Iran is not buying the technology and materials from it. If tomorrow Iran were to offer a business deal to USA, then all opposition would vanish. Witness the 123 deal with India. It is money that tickles Americans' fancy and that is what they live and die for in far off lands. What a shame?
I am glad that Bollinger gave a chance to President Ahmedinijad to show his statesmanship and tolerance and intelligence.
However Bollinger himself lost a good chance to show the 'Good American' to the world.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Submitted by Pete, Sep 26, 2007 06:41
Just a quick message to say how appaled I was to hear the introduction from Bollinger, supposedly an academic....he could have read that introduction from the back of an FBI, CIA,etc cornflakes box. In Buddhism there is a concept of the 3 poisons which include Greed/Lust, Hatred/Anger and Delusion/Denial of the truth...all of which inflate the ego and destroy the intelligence and spirit...it seem to be the driving force in the US now
Diplomacy?...He must have gone to the Bush school of diplomacy and charm or was he merely trying to provoke the visiting President into an incident...the only thing he didn't accuse Mr Ahmadinejad of being was ugly looking...'o, look at his eyebrows...he must be evil, etc'.....What a racist country the Us is....and ignorant beyond belief.
As for all the questions about poor, unprotected, weak Israel with its nuclear bombs and Us billions in aid, weapons and backing...oppresor of other so called inferior races.....all you have to do is look at Israel as a microcosm for Imperial strategy for the rest of the world...if they couldn't establish peace and equality in this small country( which they have no intention of doing, of course)...what do they think they can convince other, non brainwashed societies they can do anywhere else.
...The bald eagle looks like its lost a few more feathers...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->DontBelieveJewsNews :
Haha that is the behavior of a "University President" in one of your "best schools"? No wonder you have to grab educated people from all over the world to come work in the U.S. with lies about a "better life". Your own schools are a sh1t hole run by boorish mafia controlled gangters with the manners of a barn yard animal! <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
he got on the wrong side of the right wing liars who did not want Ahmadinejad given a chance to talk, and now he's lost the support of the truth seekers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What caught my eye most was not the lack of respect for a foreign leader in the minds of 600 university students, but the fact that their educated opinions could not be changed even after a considerably long and candid session with the Iranian president. This fact was obvious, from the boos that sounded in the auditorium at certain answers from President Ahmadinejad. It shows a lot about the tolerance of a nation that is intent on shaping the future of the entire world.
From MeridyMÂ link<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Submitted by mohan sivaswamy, Sep 27, 2007 03:44
I was shocked by the language used by the Columbia University President Bolllinger to his guest President Ahmedinijad. It is not the way to treat a guest, however repulsive the guest may be. And mind you the guest was invited, so the responsibility was with Bollinger to extend decent, human courtesy. He failed miserably in that, in public, in front of the students whom the University is supposed to educate in worldly ways.
My sympathies for President Ahemdinijad have increase manifold by watching his smiling face and unruffled reacion to the insults.
And don't forget the points he made. He was right about 'why Palestinians have to pay for what the White man did to Jews in Europe'. The British created the Palestine situation and as is their practice, got out of Palestine in a hurry, dividing the people there and creating arbitrary boundaries between nations and people. Americans stepped in later to exploit the troubled circumstances and made sure they got oil cheaply for decades. It was very correct of President Ahmedinijad to bring this point to the fore.
As for as nuclear energy is concerned, every nation on earth is entitled to expoit it. The real grudge of America is that Iran is not buying the technology and materials from it. If tomorrow Iran were to offer a business deal to USA, then all opposition would vanish. Witness the 123 deal with India. It is money that tickles Americans' fancy and that is what they live and die for in far off lands. What a shame?
I am glad that Bollinger gave a chance to President Ahmedinijad to show his statesmanship and tolerance and intelligence.
However Bollinger himself lost a good chance to show the 'Good American' to the world.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Submitted by Pete, Sep 26, 2007 06:41
Just a quick message to say how appaled I was to hear the introduction from Bollinger, supposedly an academic....he could have read that introduction from the back of an FBI, CIA,etc cornflakes box. In Buddhism there is a concept of the 3 poisons which include Greed/Lust, Hatred/Anger and Delusion/Denial of the truth...all of which inflate the ego and destroy the intelligence and spirit...it seem to be the driving force in the US now
Diplomacy?...He must have gone to the Bush school of diplomacy and charm or was he merely trying to provoke the visiting President into an incident...the only thing he didn't accuse Mr Ahmadinejad of being was ugly looking...'o, look at his eyebrows...he must be evil, etc'.....What a racist country the Us is....and ignorant beyond belief.
As for all the questions about poor, unprotected, weak Israel with its nuclear bombs and Us billions in aid, weapons and backing...oppresor of other so called inferior races.....all you have to do is look at Israel as a microcosm for Imperial strategy for the rest of the world...if they couldn't establish peace and equality in this small country( which they have no intention of doing, of course)...what do they think they can convince other, non brainwashed societies they can do anywhere else.
...The bald eagle looks like its lost a few more feathers...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->DontBelieveJewsNews :
Haha that is the behavior of a "University President" in one of your "best schools"? No wonder you have to grab educated people from all over the world to come work in the U.S. with lies about a "better life". Your own schools are a sh1t hole run by boorish mafia controlled gangters with the manners of a barn yard animal! <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->he got on the wrong side of the right wing liars who did not want Ahmadinejad given a chance to talk, and now he's lost the support of the truth seekers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What caught my eye most was not the lack of respect for a foreign leader in the minds of 600 university students, but the fact that their educated opinions could not be changed even after a considerably long and candid session with the Iranian president. This fact was obvious, from the boos that sounded in the auditorium at certain answers from President Ahmadinejad. It shows a lot about the tolerance of a nation that is intent on shaping the future of the entire world.
From MeridyMÂ link<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->