Ahmadinejad Watch

A report on Ahmadinejad's speech at Columbia University.

His reception was far too polite.

As a result of the loud public furor over Columbia's invitation, at least the maniacal little smurf was asked a few tough questions.

Michelle Malkin has some good photos and links.

Neal Cavuto asks a good question:  Must we bend over backwards to hear nuts?

Update:  Focusing on another angle, Dean Barnett gives Dean Bollinger's speech an "A":

I can’t pretend to understand Lee Bollinger.  I’m not sure why he invited Mahmoud Ahmadenijad to disgrace his campus, and whether the invitation was a ruse to get the diminutive dinner jacket on the same stage so the Dean could blast the Mahdi with the Mahdi’s list of horribles.  Regardless of how stupid inviting Ahmadenijad to the Columbia was in the first place, let’s give Bollinger credit for standing face-to-face with evil and calling it out.

If you didn’t see Billinger’s speech, you have no idea what I’m talking about.  Suffice to say, Bollinger used the occasion to deliver a Sister Souljah moment on behalf of academia.  His attack on the Mahdi was withering, something so harsh that it could have sprung from the modem of a conservative blogger.  Bollinger’s speech today, for what it’s worth, gets an A .  The Mahdi, clearly with hurt feelings, labeled the speech a “wave of insults.”  . . . .

Dean Bollinger, if you want to be fair about things, has either partly or fully rehabilitated his reputation with his speech today.  Believe me, I didn’t expect to be typing those words.  The rest of the American left sadly has a lot of growing up left to do.

Earlier:

• Ad Mocking Ahmadinejad: There's Such a Thing as Being Too Subtle
• Islamofacism, Iranian Style
• Iran Says Israel Will Soon Be Annihilated: Time for Civilized World to WAKE UP!
• Iran Has Enriched Uranium While the Civilized World Continues to Dither
• Iran Continues Heading Off the Deep End
• Iran Expands Usual "Death" List to Include England
• Iran's "Hand of Friendship" -- More Like a Big Slap (recommended for amusement value)

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IT'S ALLAH 'BOUT ME, ME, ME...

Iranian President Ahmadinejad Delivers Remarks at U.N. General Assembly Meeting
CQ Transcripts Wire
Tuesday, September 25, 2007; 6:27 PM

Summary:
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of Allah, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, Allah, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.
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I will also speak to you about the need for remedying the present situation, prospects for a brighter and more hopeful future, and about the appearance of the sublime and beauty, compassion and generosity, justice and blossoming of all the Allah-given human talents and the prominence of faith in Allah and realization of the promise of Allah.
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Dear colleagues, again, there is no doubt that the second and more important factor is some big powers' disregard of morals, divine values, the teachings of the prophets and the instructions by the almighty Allah, as well as the rule of the (inaudible).
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Unfortunately, they have put themselves in the position of Allah. They were in servitude to their own whims and the desire to have everything for themselves.
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Friends, ladies, and gentlemen, the only sustainable way to the betterment of mankind is the return to the teachings of the divine prophets, monotheism, respect for the dignity of humans, and the flow of love and affection in all relationships, ties, and regulations, and to reform the present structures on this basis.
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To fulfill this objective, I invite everyone -- everybody to form a front of fraternity, amity, and sustainable peace, based on monotheism and justice, under the name of "Coalition for Peace," (ph) to prevent incursions and arrogance and to promote the culture of affection and justice.
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I hereby announce that, with the help of all independent, justice-seeking and peace-loving nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran will be heading down this path.
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Monotheism, justice, and compassion for humans should dominate all the pillars of the U.N. And this organization should be a forum for justice, and every member should enjoy equal spiritual and legal support.
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However, by the grace of faith in Allah and national unity, Iran has moved forward step by step, and now our country is recognized as one with the capacity for industrial-scale fuel cycle production for peaceful purposes.
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Is it not high time for these powers to return from the path of arrogance and obedience to Satan to the path of faith in Allah? Would they not like to be cleansed of the impurities, submit to the will of Allah and believe in him?
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Faith in Allah means believing in honesty, purity, justice and compassion for others. They can be certain that they will benefit from purity, honesty, justice, and loving and respecting the human dignity.
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This is the invitation of all the divine prophets, from Adam to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ, and Mohammed, peace be upon up him. If they accept this invitation, they will be saved. And if they don't, the same calamities that befell the people of distant past will befall them, as well.
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According to the Holy Koran, one who does not answer the divine call should not think that he has weakened Allah on earth. He has no companion but Allah and he is clearly engulfed by darkness. They have nothing of their own and cannot escape from the dominion of the rule of Allah and his will.
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In this important gathering, I have to remind them of the following words of the almighty which has been mentioned in the Holy Koran. Do they not look at the powers and governments which came before them? If the people of the past had actually possessed something, they would have kept it and would not have let you possess it now.
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Allah destroyed them because of their sins and nobody could protect them against the will of Allah. These powers have to know that the thoughts and methods based on oppression and injustice are doomed to failure. Do they not see the signs of vigilance and resistance based on monotheism, philanthropy and the justice-seeking spirit of the nations of the world? Do they not notice that we are nearing the sunset of the time of empires? I hope that this invitation will have a practical answer.
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Humanity has passed a perilous precipice, and the age of monotheism, purity, affinity, respecting others, justice and true peace-loving has commenced.
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It is a divine promise that the truth will be victorious and the Earth will be inherited by the righteous. You who are free, believers and the people of the world, put your trust in Allah.
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Striving in this way to surrender rule to the righteous and perfect human, the promised one, is indeed the final cure for the wounds of humanity, the solution of all problems and the establishment of love, beauty, justice and a dignified life all over the world.
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This belief and endeavor is the key to unity and the constructive interaction among nations, countries, the people of the world and all the true justice seekers.
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Without any doubt, the promised one who is the ultimate savior, along with Jesus Christ and other holy saviors, will come. In the company of all believers, justice seekers and benefactors, he will establish a bright future and fill the world with justice and duty.
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This is the promise of Allah, therefore it will be fulfilled.