“My tables--meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark.” – (Hamlet at I, ii)
A favorite game to play is pretending we could go back in time and change things. We ponder such hypothetical ethical dilemmas as ‘if you could go back to 1939, knowing what you know now, would you kill Hitler?' Entire university courses center on these themes. It’s the classic morality struggle.
This comes to mind due to the New York visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that sent the media world into its latest frenzy. The world’s new Nutjob Number One gave numerous interviews to a starving American media, whose constant anti-Iraq War message and spotlight on the Democratic race has grown tiresome even for the political Left.
Trying hard to give the impression of innocence and harmlessness with his soft-spoken demeanor and his repeated denials of wrongdoing, Ahmadinejad instead painted a pathetic portrait of an obviously unstable world leader, and a liar to boot. One look in the man’s eyes will tell you that he isn’t all there, and that his word should never be trusted.
A favorite game to play is pretending we could go back in time and change things. We ponder such hypothetical ethical dilemmas as ‘if you could go back to 1939, knowing what you know now, would you kill Hitler?' Entire university courses center on these themes. It’s the classic morality struggle.
This comes to mind due to the New York visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that sent the media world into its latest frenzy. The world’s new Nutjob Number One gave numerous interviews to a starving American media, whose constant anti-Iraq War message and spotlight on the Democratic race has grown tiresome even for the political Left.
Trying hard to give the impression of innocence and harmlessness with his soft-spoken demeanor and his repeated denials of wrongdoing, Ahmadinejad instead painted a pathetic portrait of an obviously unstable world leader, and a liar to boot. One look in the man’s eyes will tell you that he isn’t all there, and that his word should never be trusted.
A highlight of Ahmadinejad’s American tour was a speech he gave at Columbia University where, among other things, he claimed that there is no such thing as a homosexual Iranian. This statement received a distinct guffaw from the incredulous audience. If there is any one country in the world in dire need of a gay-inspired makeover, it's drabby old Iran. They could start with the President's wardrobe and work their way out from there.
Of course there aren’t any (openly) gay people in Iran, Mr. President. You’ve had them all killed Two more just last month, if memory serves. It seems that homosexuality isn’t just a ‘phenomenon’ as you suggested, but it is also punishable by death.
So let’s play another hypothetical game. What if President Nutjob walked off the stage at Columbia U. and into the arms of several of Homeland Security’s finest? Perhaps taken to an undisclosed location for a more private form of Q & A? How about a chat about those pesky allegations of direct Iranian involvement in the insurgency movement in Iraq? Or of helping to fund and train Palestinian terrorists for suicide missions in Israel? Maybe a single light bulb-style conversation regarding Iran’s illegal nuclear program?
What would happen if we were to take a first strike approach against a major threat to the West? If we are to take any lesson at all from the 9/11 attacks, it is that we must shake off this overly-liberalized view of the global community. We can’t continue to let political-correctness dictate our policies at the cost of our national security. With the radical, anti-Semitic and anti-American speeches that the Iranian president repeatedly gives his people, Ahmadinejad gives warning of his intent to place Iran at the top of the heap in that region. This scary prospect is made even more frightening when you consider some of his strong personal beliefs, for example that the Holocaust, apparently like gay men in Tehran, is a myth. And don’t forget about his desire to see Israel ‘wiped off of the world map.’
Of course there aren’t any (openly) gay people in Iran, Mr. President. You’ve had them all killed Two more just last month, if memory serves. It seems that homosexuality isn’t just a ‘phenomenon’ as you suggested, but it is also punishable by death.
So let’s play another hypothetical game. What if President Nutjob walked off the stage at Columbia U. and into the arms of several of Homeland Security’s finest? Perhaps taken to an undisclosed location for a more private form of Q & A? How about a chat about those pesky allegations of direct Iranian involvement in the insurgency movement in Iraq? Or of helping to fund and train Palestinian terrorists for suicide missions in Israel? Maybe a single light bulb-style conversation regarding Iran’s illegal nuclear program?
What would happen if we were to take a first strike approach against a major threat to the West? If we are to take any lesson at all from the 9/11 attacks, it is that we must shake off this overly-liberalized view of the global community. We can’t continue to let political-correctness dictate our policies at the cost of our national security. With the radical, anti-Semitic and anti-American speeches that the Iranian president repeatedly gives his people, Ahmadinejad gives warning of his intent to place Iran at the top of the heap in that region. This scary prospect is made even more frightening when you consider some of his strong personal beliefs, for example that the Holocaust, apparently like gay men in Tehran, is a myth. And don’t forget about his desire to see Israel ‘wiped off of the world map.’
He is ultimately responsible for the death of many Amercian and Coaltion soldiers. Couldn't we have arrested him for jaywalking, at least?
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