I agree with Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo. The opposition to Iranian president Ahmadinejad visiting the 9/11 site and laying a wreath is beyond reason.
The Iranians and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had nothing to do with the criminal plot of those Arabs who flew suicide planes into the World Trade Towers. Remember the suiciders were Sunnis, mostly from Saudi Arabia. There were no Iranians participating in that heinous action.
So why should Mitt and Rudy and Hillary say that under no circumstances should Ahmadinejad be allowed to visit and pay respects on behalf of the Iranian people?
Oh, because the U.S. considers Hezbollah in Lebanon to be a terrorist organization and funded by the Iranians? Remember that Hezbollah is primarily a social welfare organization that financially helps Shiites in Lebanon. Israel likes to classify it as a terrorist organization. So does Bush, Cheney and Rice. But that does not make it true.
The same for Hamas in Gaza. Allegations of support to Hamas from Iran are much more tenuous and much less verifiable. Hamas is the democratically elected government of the people of Gaza. No one has shown any evidence that Iran is funding Hamas. Yet the U.S. and Israel would like it to be true, maybe so that Israel can get away with imposing collective hardship on the Palestinians living there.
Botttom line. If Ahmadinejad has enough interest in visiting the 9/11 site and laying a wreath, no one should say no.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
LET AHMADINEJAD LAY WREATH AT 9/11 SITE
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Hi John S.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and your most informative and illuminating post, with all the cites back to the original comments of Iranian leaders after 9/11. The reaction of many New Yorkers and almost all the politicians is mean spirited and almost racist insofar as they react to Ahmadinejad's visit and equate Iranians with the terroristic attackers back then. Of course, Iranians had nothing to do with 9/11. Can you believe Bush/Cheney might at this very moment be planning an attack against Iran and Iranians?
Roberto Antonio
THE HOME TEAM'S VULGARITY
ReplyDeleteAfter the towers fell, who was
More sympathetic than
Of populations global, both
French and Iranian?
To squander such a sympathy
Was sure a foolish thing--
As even victims of a crime
Reacting to may bring
Yet enmity of passers-by
And witnesses upon them
Because reaction uglified,
So none cares what was done them.
It is in times of crisis, stress
True nature is revealed:
Alas we showed ourselves a mess,
Most vulgar on the field.