MITT’S WAR ON TERROR — by Steve Nadis
Mitt’s on the stump again. Rather than allowing the state to provide security for Iran’s former president, Mohammed Khatami, during a scheduled talk next week at Harvard University, as is customary and would seem prudent, Romney–a presidential aspirant playing to his party’s far right (which is about as far as you can go)–has vowed not to spend a dollar of taxpayer’s money “to support a terrorist.” The dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, which is hosting the September 11 event, claimed the school is standing by its decision to invite Khatami to speak. According to the Boston Globe, the dean said that “decisions on whether to invite political figures with troubling records are made on a case-by-case basis.” Speaking of “troubling records, it makes me wonder: What would the Kennedy School of Government do–and more importantly, what would that grandstanding Romney do–if George W. Bush was invited to speak at Harvard instead?
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03:02:25
Interesting. Very interesting. Somehow, I think we have lost a bit of what it means to be an American by creating this superficial divide between the left and the right. Its not really there except in our minds. Just do what is right, provide some secruity. If not, have the CIA grab him like we would have during the Cold War. Just ignoring him is so… highschool prom.
Yes GS, it really is quite foolish, isn’t it?
Oh well besides all the torture and other such insticances he’s a real great guy, I mean I’m surprised they haven’t invited Ossama, if were inviting one, why not them all? Mabye if you had gone to the protest and seen some of the images and talked to some of the college students that were there telling storys about their friends who were in captivity being tortured you might change your mind. But I forgot, if the radical college student that you supposedly support doesn’t agree with you is an ignorant college student. Mabye his friend will get out of jail with all four limbs, you think mabye Harvard will invite him to speak then?
-digs