Do you think Ahmadinejad should be allowed to speak at Columbia and view Ground Zero?

Question

I overwhelmingly think he should be welcomed for the following reasons:

1. It gives us a perfect opportunity to show him what good people we are.

2. It gives us a perfect opportunity to show the entire world that we do actually believe in free speach.

3. It gives us a perfect opportunity to show him how being friends with us gains him a lot more than being enemies.

4. It gives us a perfect opportunity to look in his eyes and see if he really means what he says or if he's a bullshit artist.

5. It gives us a perfect opportunity to learn about him.

6. It gives us a perfect opportunity to understand him better if he is truly our enemy.

7. It gives us a perfect opportunity to ask tough questions.

In conclusion, if we deny him an introduction to America what is he going to say, "My fellow Iranians, I tried to go to America, but all 300 million of them were afraid of me."

Is that what your choice would be?

Answer 1

NO! He is an American hating pig! He should be arrested & charged with crimes against humanity.
He would probably wear a catheter and piss on the site.

Answer 2

I would approve of him speaking at Georgetown U. It gives us a great opportunity to learn something about him. As General George Patton stated as he was giving his opinion of Alexander the Great, one should get into the head of his enemy if he expects to defeat him. So by listening to Ahmadinejad maybe our experts can get into his head and thus get an idea of what he is likely to do or how he reacts to certain things.

As for ground zero, I would tell him no. Not because of political reasons but for safety. The security for such a visit would be a nightmare. The simple guarding of him would be a monumental task at a place like that. It is surrounded by many high rise buildings all of which would have to be totally cleared of people. There would be several streets that would be blocked off and this would be for at least a few hours. We are talking Manhattan not some country village.

Answer 3

YES!!!! This is an opportunity the like of which does not come very often in the history of mankind!!!! Ahmadinejad is coming here to lay a wreath at Ground Zero---Why?----It is a gesture of peace that is intended to indicate an understanding of the suffering caused by the attack on the World Trade Center. Ahmadinejad should be allowed to speak at Columbia University. He might say something, on a par with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address for all we know. We should give him the opportunity to speak. He should have the right to speak solely because he is a leader of a soveriegn nation. More to the point ---freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly, are freedoms pioneered by the Constitution of the United States of America. This is an opportunity of the United States to demonstrate how democracy works in a free society, with freedom of speech , fredom of the press, and fredom of assembly, freedom of religion, and all of the fredoms contained in the Constitution of the United States of America.

The United States of America would do well to heed the following advice and note it well fron the KORAN (QUR'AN)

Qur'an 8:61 Yusafali translation:

8:61 But if the enemy incline toward peace, do thou (also) incline toward peace, and trust in Allah, for He is One that heareth and Knoweth (all things).

ALSO NOTE WELL THIS: THE HOLY BIBLE: Psalm 34:14

Psalm 34:14 Depat from evil, and do good, seek peace and pursue it.

Answer 4

No. I'll give a ok with your reasons number 1 and number 2.

# 3 -- a speech and tour won't accomplish this

# 4 -- any politician or leader who can't look the public in
the eye and LIE is not worth their salt. lol lol

# 5 -- see response to number 3

# 6 -- see above

# 7 -- do you really think this man is going to answer any
questions that haven't seen reviewed by his people
as 'acceptable' --- AND have a ready response b4
we see the media even ask him ?!! plez

Again, no.

Answer 5

His speaking at a leftist university isn't going to change anything. He'll manage to get his point across wherever the microphone happens to be. Letting him go to Ground Zero? Absolutely not! His mere presence on American soil is insult enough. And before anyone tells us that he's not the one who caused 9-11, let me remind you that he personally was one of the hostage takers during the Carter Administration, when Americans were held captive by him and other thugs for 444 days. They were released on the day that Ronald Reagan took office because they knew that he would not put up with their nonsense.

Answer 6

He should be allowed to speak. But no one should go to hear him, and the hall should be empty.
He shouldn't be allowed to go to the Twin Towers, its a nightmare to defend one person there from an assassin. While I must admit I wouldn't much care one way or the other if he were assassinated, it would be used as a black eye in the rest of the ever sensitive Arab world. Besides, theres another one at home just like him, so there would be no gain.

I don't want to ask him questions, or hear his answers, I know their party line and I'm not buying.

Answer 7

You are whats wrong with appeasement. He kills his students when they raise their voice. He wants to remove Israel and us from the map of world history. We understand him he kills our troops. You want to learn from a blood thirsty tyrant?Our Universities don't practice free speech because patriotic Americans are prevented from talking to the students while the I hate America crowd like Noam Chomsky gets the red carpet treatment. Let us not forget Hate speech codes. Fox News won't be there for an interview so it will be a soft ball game remember mike Wallace?

Answer 8

No.
1)It shows that we are stupid and suicidal'
2)It shows the world that we are ignorant and willing to allow scum to flaunt their views.
3)He does not wish to be your friend.
4)If a man says he wants to kill you, you are a fool to invite him to your home.
5)We already know about him.
6)We understand him. He is a shadow of Hitler.
7)He will lie.
In conclusion you are an idiot.

Answer 9

Before he goes to Liberal U. we take him for a ride OVER Ground ZERO and when the helo gets to the height that the buildings stood at....we shove his azz out so he gets the veiw the poor jumpers got...on the way down. Oh... that means that he wont make his appointment at UN american UNiversity.
OOOOOPPPS!!

Answer 10

I still don't have my mind made up on this yet.

It's not like he'll be coming here with a completely open mind as to what we are. He's already got his opinions. I doubt coming here for a day or two will make him all of a sudden think we're good people and that not all of us agree with Bush.

I can back that up by mentioning how many interviews with US journalists he's turned down, by calling us all the "evil Satan".

Answer 11

Totally agree! Especially with your conclusion. Shouldn't we showing the USA is NOT about censorship?

It's not as if security couldn't be tight enough-we all know better. And think of the photos of him speaking in a non-censored way.

Not to mention, what if President Bush were not allowed to speak in Iran? What would we say about Iran? When a reporter goes to Iran and isn't allowed someplace, aren't we upset? Yet we do the same thing.