Letters to the Editor
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Bollinger buckled under pressure from the right
He wasn't going to let Columbia get painted as hypocritical yet AGAIN. (remember those students rushing the stage when a conservative spoke - a guy who wants us to patrol our borders??!).
So he slams Pres. A. like he should, but then throws this in:
"your avoiding them (my questions) will in itself be meaningful to us"
Well, why in the hell are you going to bring this guy into the classroom if you don't expect him to speak anything other than his usual propaganda? Why give him more propaganda to spew back in Iran? "Look here, one of the USA's top universities let me speak." I'm thoroughly ashamed to be an ivy leaguer, if his speach at Columbia makes even ONE Iranian think I support their leadership.
That's why Bollinger should have taken the que from EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY, and not invited him.
But, he didn't, so he covered his tracks before the guy spoke. Didn't want any more egg on his face.
Still dispicable.
Honestly, I'm ashamed I let Columbia fly me to their campus for an offical visit. But, on the other hand, can't say the school I ended wouldn't have tripped over itself to give that terrorist a microphone.