Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: War
I appreciate the anti-Ahmadinejad sentiment espoused by John McCain, Michelle Malkin, Bill Hobbs and others. I certainly don’t like the thought of that madman, terrorist supporter and enemy of the United States traipsing around Ground Zero, which remains an open wound. In fact, I don’t believe the Iranian president should be allowed to step foot inside our country to begin with. On the other hand, how are you going to realistically stop him from viewing the site? You can’t prevent Ahmadinejad from seeing an empty space. To our shame, it’s still just a gap in the skyline. How do you prevent someone from seeing nothing? How far can you push him back until he can’t see what isn’t there? How can he defile a sacred monument that doesn’t exist?
September 20th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The sad thing is the U.S. State Department could deny him a visa. But the Sadest of all is that the U.N. is here in the U.S.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:40 am
[...] Mick Wright reflexively understands why some folks don’t wish the Iranian President to visit the Ground Zero site but he can’t help but ask what it is we would be keeping him from: You can’t prevent Ahmadinejad from seeing an empty space. To our shame, it’s still just a gap in the skyline. How do you prevent someone from seeing nothing? How far can you push him back until he can’t see what isn’t there? How can he defile a sacred monument that doesn’t exist? Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
September 21st, 2007 at 4:56 am
Oh and what is bad too is that the US is in the UN
September 21st, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I see your point about the “hole”, it’s too bad nothing has been done yet. Guess this is just reflexive for most of us. I have no problem with him viewing the site from a distance (if he can see it from his hotel room or the UN or arriving at JFK, etc) since short of putting a blindfold on him we can’t control it. But big problem with him there in front of cameras (and bloggers) using it as a prop and laying a wreath as his Qods forces back in Iran continue to supply and train the insurgents.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:34 am
blindfolds, hmm? Shouldn’t be much a problem to find one. Surely there’s a few lying around from the 1980 hostages.