He also told the crowd “Within six months, over 4,000 Iranians lost their lives, assassinated by terrorist groups. All this carried out by the hand of one single terrorist group. Regretfully, that same terrorist group now, today, in your country, is operating under the support of the U.S. administration, working freely, distributing declarations freely, and their camps in Iraq are supported by the U.S. government."
Also from the story: Bollinger, who was strongly criticized for inviting Ahmadinejad to Columbia, had promised tough questions in his introduction to Ahmadinejad's talk, but the strident and personal nature of his attack on the president of Iran was startling. "Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator," Bollinger said, to loud applause. (FOX News)
The Iranian president is also getting a lot of attention for this remark: "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it.” (Washington Times)
Top Republicans blasted the decision from Columbia, Democrats did not. (FOX News) Meanwhile, Obama, a graduate of Columbia, still says he’d meet with him. (CBS News) Hillary seemed to search for an answer. (Politico) Audio Despite Bollinger’s comments, Columbia University bans the ROTC. (Advocates for ROTC)
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