Sep 8, 2006 2:12pm

Hardliner Iranian President Applies for U.S. Visa

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for a U.S. visa, according to State Department officials. The fiery leader plans to attend the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York later this month. Official says that the application, which was submitted last month, is going through the normal processing procedure. Ahmadinejad is known for his controversial rhetoric. He has called the holocaust a "myth" and has stated that Israel will one day be destroyed. Jewish organizations have already begun planning protests to take place outside the U.N. Headquarters during Ahmadinejad’s visit. Because he is visiting for the U.N. meetings in late September, the application is being processed with the "U.N. Headquarters Agreement" in consideration, which allows for visits for government officials who want to visit the U.N. in New York. The official advises that the application will be much like the one Ahmadinejad went through last year for his visa. His application will most probably be denied based on the travel restriction as an Iranian government official, but that should be waived, and he would then be allowed to come into the U.S. for the meeting, but probably with a limited 25-mile travel radius.

User Comments

“controversial rhetoric” that is what you call it? So Israel should be “wiped off the map” is controversial rhetoric, Claiming the Holucaust isnt real is controversial rhetoric? Punishing bloggers who question the government by torturing them is controversial rhetoric? Supporting Islamic law is controversial? Oppressing women is controversial? Attempting to rid Iran of proffesors who disagree with AKMADENANUTJOBWAKODED is controversial? Media CENSORSHIP is controversial (Thats what the democrats are doing by pressuring ABC to change the truth in their programing)? I think a better term for your report would be: “Ahmadinejad who has been compared to Adolf Hitler is best known for his absurd, false, evil, racist, hateful, and opressing rhetoric”"Ahmadinejad, who love to blow up America and kill everyone reading this page and everyone who does not support Islamonazism, has applied for a US visa.

Posted by: Dave | September 8, 2006, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

So now we’re ALLOWING terrorists to visit our country as long as they don’t stray past 25 miles? How much damage can be done within 25 miles of the UN? I think we already know the answer to that – witness the events of September, 2001.
Also, who will be watching him to ensure he does not exceed the 25 mile limit?
If having the UN on our shores makes it mandatory to allow these types of “people” to visit, I vote to get rid of it (the UN). That is a valuable piece of real estate they occupy and it gives all sorts of undesirables reason to visit and to live among us.
And lastly, am I actually agreeing with DAVE? Surely it isn’t the same Dave with whom I normally disagree passionately!

Posted by: WaterBird | September 8, 2006, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm

Why not if he pays the required fees and meets the qualifications required. Maybe he’s spend some of those 100 dollar bills Iran gets from oil sales!!! Might even get hooked up with a New York hooker! Bush could take the guy to Graceland!

Posted by: Dave | September 8, 2006, 6:06 pm 6:06 pm

Amanaterroristajihador2 is coming to America, I hope not. But if he does, hopefully some fanatic on the other side of the idiot coin will bring the fool to room temperature. Maybe the moron will ask a couple of his buddies to come along, say the leaders of North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela to name a few. Good chance for a little un-’ethical’ cleansing. I am not supporting the idea of someone actually doing the dirty deed, but it would make a nice headline…

Posted by: Scott Chester | September 8, 2006, 8:19 pm 8:19 pm

May Allah forbid that he should meet with some unfortunate accident while in the United States.

Posted by: TOM | September 8, 2006, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm

If the US President and American media could lie about Iraq connection with Al-Quida (see today’s US Senate report) why do we believe the things said about this Iranian leader? More lies on the way?

Posted by: MickeyMouse | September 8, 2006, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm

I’d like to see a debate

Posted by: Vinnie | September 8, 2006, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm

Time for suspect profiling that makes sense: NO SECURE “DIPLOMATIC POUCH!!”– Inspect any- and every-thing that this nefarious blackguard brings into the country!!

Posted by: Randy | September 8, 2006, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm

must’ve been a different Dave

Posted by: d00d | September 8, 2006, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm

This guy is very smart. Our fragile freedom is our greatest weakness – a two edged sword, and our enemies know how to use it against us.

Posted by: Brian | September 8, 2006, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm

I agree with Dave. This would be a good time for Bush to “take him out” (to Graceland).

Posted by: Acreator | September 8, 2006, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm

let’s use the same rules that they are using… State supported terrorism does not belong in the civilized world. Put him down like a rabid dog should be. this just makes it more convienent and doesn’t hurt the sheeple in Iran

Posted by: NoName | September 8, 2006, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm

I say we allow him to land at JFK, arrest him for inciting acts of terrorism and be done with it.

Posted by: Tom | September 8, 2006, 8:34 pm 8:34 pm

I like how the Governor of Mass (Mitt Romney) denied the former Iranian president’s security force when visiting Hardvard University. He pulled the State of Mass security support for his visit saying that tax money was not going to be used to protect a Terrorist.
He stated “I think it’s a disgrace to have an individual who has been a supporter of Hezbollah, who has advocated the destruction of Israel, who has jailed dissidents and who developed nuclear technology, to have a person of that nature come to Harvard on September 10 and 11, at this critical time, given our history, is totally inappropriate. Probably at any time it’s inappropriate. And therefore I have insisted that our state agencies do not provide the support which we would normally provide for a visiting dignitary.”

Posted by: Mike - Boston | September 8, 2006, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm

I think this is great!! George Bush is a total moron and will loose any debate against Iran.

Posted by: James | September 8, 2006, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm

He should be allowed to enter this country…and then we can take him straight to prison at Guantanamo and charge him with crimes of war based on Hizbollah’s raid into Israel…murdering and kidnapping Israeli soldiers and causing war and destruction of Lebanon.

Posted by: Hugh | September 8, 2006, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm

WILL IRAN LET US OFFICIALS COME SPEAK AT ANY OF THEIR PUBLIC GATHERINGS. IN THEIR COUNTRY YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING BLOWN UP.

Posted by: vinnyb | September 8, 2006, 8:43 pm 8:43 pm

You have made the best possible argument for the U.S. getting out of the UN, a corrupt, anti-American dis-organization to which this country contributes a disproportionate share of its annual budget. Would the Roosevelt Administration supported a mid-war visit from Hitler? This man is a vile pig. Let the state department send him a signal America does not cowtow to vermin.

Posted by: Jeff | September 8, 2006, 8:44 pm 8:44 pm

Maybe ABC could cast him in the DNC sanctioned “Road to 911″ re-make wherein islam is the victim of unwarranted perseqution and Bush blew up the towers! He could play a “Moderate Cleric”.

Posted by: Richard | September 8, 2006, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

I got a good chuckle out of the report. Too bad he wasn’t visiting NYC 5 years ago this coming Monday. Perhaps Chavez and Castro can come too, and lend him some support. And when they’re finished, they’ll grab a bite to eat at McDonald’s, and on their way there, get run over by a Taxi driver. Yeah, or like Dave said, get a hooker and get an std.
On another note, I like that the price of Gas has gone down.

Posted by: Mike | September 8, 2006, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

Just make sure Customs gets his 10 finger prints just like everyone else visting this country. Treat ‘em equal. It’s what America is about right??

Posted by: John Q | September 8, 2006, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm

Why not him in, after all America let in Arafat!
He is a head of State and may have some useful contributions to make.
He may even hook up with GW himself and have a chin wag and a LAFF (laugh).
No one knows till you try.

Posted by: Tim | September 8, 2006, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm

Hi guys,
wonder whether he get’s a presidential treatment or whether he has to go for a real life interview etc.
I am for instance a expat iranian, never lived there, but went there last year to visit it before Shrubby would nuke it in the near future. After that trip I got fingerprinted and mugshot at the US Border even though travelling with Canadian Passport. Why ? cause I went to Iran. Going to Iran is a kind of crime, so everytime I go to the US I get mugshot, fingerprints, interview the whole vip treatment, at no charge (I am sure it cost the border guys a bundle to estimate $ 100 each time, cause it takes them 20 -30 min.)
Anyway just curious. See whether the old revolutionary hothead bugger gets to pass the interview!
mumi

Posted by: mumi | September 8, 2006, 9:06 pm 9:06 pm

Let him in. Upon arrival immediately arrest him and send him to Gitmo with the rest of the terrorist.

Posted by: George | September 8, 2006, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm

Hey, I say let him in…then maybe one of us good ol boys can blow him away and get it over with.

Posted by: ojo | September 8, 2006, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm

Hey maybe this idiot will get separated from his security people and get lost in the NY subway sytem. Can you imagine?! :)

Posted by: Jack | September 8, 2006, 9:17 pm 9:17 pm

Let’s not forget that this is the individual who incited and supported the hostage takers who stormed the American embassy in Tehran. He is proud of that accomplishment and will boast of it with impunity in the near future.
He harbors nothing but scorn for the international community and the sole purpose of his proposed visit to the United Nations is to divide those nations who would oppose his ideology of word domination.

Posted by: Juniper | September 8, 2006, 9:18 pm 9:18 pm

This guy sponsors terrorism on all facets. Why is it that the U.S. media can downplay the the extent of Hezbollah’s terrorist activity by claiming that Israel was targeting civilians? The truth is simple: Lebanon supported and knowingly harbored Hezbollah guerillas, therefore, condonig terrorism. This fact is always lost in the leftist media, which is constantly depicting Israel as the aggressor in this conflict. Hezbollah financial support channels through Iran and Syria. To allow Amedanjihad,or however you spell this fool’s name, to come to the United States on a visa is just his way of saying I can come into your country and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about. This administration needs to make some calculated decisions and have him taken out while he is here.

Posted by: Jay Bird | September 8, 2006, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm

Unreal, deny his visa and send the UN packing as well, what a waste.

Posted by: DHC | September 8, 2006, 9:24 pm 9:24 pm

Let me guy in the country … Bush might actually learn something from him :)

Posted by: bob | September 8, 2006, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm

I agree that President Tom of Iran is our enemy and shouldn’t be allowed in. I agree that the U.N. is useless and the property should be sold to the city for there use. I believe we should get out of the U.N. and refocus on nato and its allied members, build it up, so we who share common interests can empower ourselves internationally. I also find it hard to believe our government is really concerned about terrorism when they leave our borders wide open. Until they act on the borders I can’t take any of their war on terrorism talk seriousley anymore.

Posted by: irishdaddy1 | September 8, 2006, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm

i think a sniper should give this guy a big vent hole in his head.

Posted by: dan | September 8, 2006, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm

He should not be given one once of security. He should also not be allowed to be accompanied by any of his security. He should not even be welcomed into this country. But the liberals in this country will bend over backwards to give him a hero’s welcome. He is no friend of the United States and he is no friend to the entire human race. The moment he gets off the plane he should be thrown into a jail and tried as a terrorist for which he is. He should be told that will be his fate if he trys to enter this country.

Posted by: j.oore | September 8, 2006, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm

Hmmmm…..maybe it would be easier for Ahmadinejad to slip across the borders under the veiled security of darkness! It doesn’t seem to be a very important issue anyhow…….sarcasm is best served cold and diabolical. The REALLY sick thing is, he’ll probably be granted the Visa. Our country is completely ridiculous to even consider having this guy even visit.

Posted by: huh? | September 8, 2006, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm

Does anybody know what the airplane that brings him here will look like? Does anybody out there know where I can get a S.A.M. in the next week?

Posted by: Hymie | September 8, 2006, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm

If it’s possible, Bush ought to do what the governor of Massachusetts is doing for the Iranian leader coming to speak at Harvard on September 10 – absolutely nothing. Mitt Romney has denied him all customary diplomatic services, including a police escort and the like. I hope we can show him just how unwelcome he is.

Posted by: Lauren | September 8, 2006, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm

What if he oversatys his visa & becomes an illegal immegrent?
Then he could sue everyone & everything for discrimmination & the ACLU would defend him

Posted by: blue | September 8, 2006, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm

Let him come in, I also think the Bush advisors should tell Bush to debate him, or at least address him in the U.N. Since Bush will be speaking there the same day, I think this is a chance for ALL the world leaders to grow some “hair” and tell him what they think and that he can’t get away with what he thinks the world should be. After that bomb them…

Posted by: MGB | September 8, 2006, 9:40 pm 9:40 pm

This would be a wonderful time to exercise the lifted CIA restrictions concerning “turning off” foreign heads-of-state.
Of course, there is the downside of helping this radical Islamo-facist-nutcase acheive his likely goal of martyrdom. Snotty little twerp is just trying everything he can to turn Iraq into a radioactive glass bowl. I say we do the Christian thing and accomodate him.

Posted by: Jason | September 8, 2006, 9:40 pm 9:40 pm

the fact of the matter is that there are three sides to every story. The one our government tells us, the one Ahmadinejad tells and then theres the truth. simply accusing the man and his regime as being a threat because our government tells us to is akin to not liking a coworker because another coworker says they did something but offer no proof to substantiate the claim. dont be fools. god gave you freedoms, but he also gave you brains…try using them!

Posted by: Larry | September 8, 2006, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm

These comments are inane. This is a head of state. Dismissing the UN is one of the main reasons the U.S. has so badly screwed up Iraq and most of its foreign activity. So you think Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric is bad? I guess it’s better to be cozy with leaders who authorize the use of cluster bombs on civilians, right? The hypocrisy here is suffocating.

Posted by: antoine | September 8, 2006, 9:46 pm 9:46 pm

Let him come. It will make the UN look even more impotent and appeasing than they already are.
Big victory for Bush because everyone will be reminded of the threats we face. The Dems would be wise to try to stop this instead of stiffling free speech by demanding that “path to 9/11″ not be shown.

Posted by: Chris | September 8, 2006, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm

Let him come. It will make the UN look even more impotent and appeasing than they already are.
Big victory for Bush because everyone will be reminded of the threats we face. The Dems would be wise to try to stop this instead of stiffling free speech by demanding that “path to 9/11″ not be shown.

Posted by: Chris | September 8, 2006, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm

What ever happened to common sense? Guess it’s not so common after all! Hmmm. To let a guy in our country who consistently threatens us, and who at the very least is sympathetic to terrorists and their agenda, is insanity. When did we become a nation that was so politically correct that we lost reason?

Posted by: brent | September 8, 2006, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm

Sure, we could do “the Christian thing” and accomodate him; or the “radical Muslim thing” and kill him.

Posted by: Just me | September 8, 2006, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm

The notion that the U.S. always “does the right thing” is pure arrogance. Take a look at your history. Have you forgotten Vietnam? Dresden? Hiroshima? Bay of Pigs? Spanish American War? Have you paid ANY attention to the recent revelations of our own administration’s duplicity in its reasons for invading Iraq? Did you notice that this decision lead to the strengthening of Iran’s strategic position in the region? Do you know what the U.S. did in Iran in 1953? Stop assuming that your coutnry is always in the right. Read.

Posted by: antoine | September 8, 2006, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm

he is the product of tooo much imbreeding in the middle east famlies. Look how close his eyes are together and that nut case in Syria.

Posted by: Mark | September 8, 2006, 10:03 pm 10:03 pm

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a firebrand who is being employed by the true leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. His title, the greatest and most powerful in Iran, is “Supreme Leader of Iran”. Ahmadinejad is just a puppet for Khamenei. Their goal seems to be the martydom of muslims, and to use that martyrdom to spread both Islamic law, and Islamic worship. It’s the mob effect; the more people who buy it, the more people will eventually buy it, and so on. Lets end the snowball here and now, and turn Iran into a glass paradise with some nukes.

Posted by: Aaron | September 8, 2006, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm

I say we have a division of Marines storm the UN general assembly and arrest all the world leaders attending. Then we will teach the Whole World a lesson in hostage negotiation. Just kidding.
But I bet you that is how that Admittednutjob thinks. Security will be tighter than the rear-end of a prison inmate doing his first stint in the joint.

Posted by: RefuteMe | September 8, 2006, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm

Larry, it’s not that our government is telling us that he is evil, it’s what we see with our own eyes! The nutjob is very vocal about his plans to dominate the infidel west. Do you honestly believe he is a saint, or now threat to us at all? If so, you need to stop drinking the liberal kool-aid and open your own eyes.

Posted by: Rob | September 8, 2006, 10:10 pm 10:10 pm

Humm…anyone notice there were NO riots when his so called holocaust cartoons were displayed. It just goes to show you how Insane some muslims are to riot over a simple cartoon.

Posted by: American | September 8, 2006, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm

Look at all the Liberals here. It’s always about how we’re the bad guys.
Criticize anyone in the world and they’ll bash on their country.

Posted by: vince | September 8, 2006, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm

Larry, the Iranian leader constantly shows us he wants to crush the west and Israel. Our govt doesn’t need to tell us that, he does it himself, unabashedly. Do you honestly think he is no threat to us or the rest of the world?

Posted by: Rob | September 8, 2006, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm

You don’t assassinate him when his plane lands, you shoot down the plane and make it look like a crash.
They did it on The West Wing.

Posted by: toby | September 8, 2006, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

Why don’t we just hire someone to finish him off here, on our turf? Just an idea…….hehe

Posted by: LightBulb | September 8, 2006, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

I say lock him in a closet for 444 days.

Posted by: Justin | September 8, 2006, 10:31 pm 10:31 pm

How many terrorists will be allowed in his entourage? I mean, he’s a pretty importaant guy….he should have at least 9 or 11.

Posted by: chaz | September 8, 2006, 10:31 pm 10:31 pm

I’m shocked at the ignorance of these comments.
Now go take a history class on the middle east. The iranians have every right to be angry at us.
Rarely are things so ‘simple’.

Posted by: Dave | September 8, 2006, 10:31 pm 10:31 pm

I believe he is a foreign dignitary and should be treated as such. We are an example to the world and should act like it.

Posted by: Bill | September 8, 2006, 10:37 pm 10:37 pm

Hey Larry, it sounds like you know Mr. Ahm personally, why don’t you give us the “real” story? Oh and Antoine, if you could name even one thing that the UN has done, that was even near an actual success, I might begin to consider your lame comments. WAKE UP liberal screwballs, the downfall of America is at our doorstep and it started long before Bush ever got into office (or if it is easier for you to understand in your own language “stole the election”). This bearded rodent is our enemy, no matter how you feel about George Bush and now matter how many “Larry’s” are out there telling you to ignore the facts.

Posted by: UN OUT | September 8, 2006, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm

Amazing,
While the guy is no saint, and is likely to eventually steer his country, urged by religious zealots, in futile conflicts there are a few points that must be mentionned.
It is OK for you, americans, when you spew garbage in the name of free speech, but is a criminal act if the opposite is true?
The guy is coming to speak at the UN, a *worldwide* forum. Now you americans get to decide, on a whim, who can or cannot attend, just because the HQ is based on your soil? What part of *worldwide* don’t you understand?
Shakes head….

Posted by: Al | September 8, 2006, 10:50 pm 10:50 pm

Hey, is that a private plane he’s using? Don’t we have F16 trainer flights that day? Just wishing.

Posted by: wally | September 8, 2006, 10:51 pm 10:51 pm

Let’s snatch him and Chavez while they’re in NY. Or better yet, blow him up with an IED, send him back to Tehran with some plastic legs and scars, like his Revolutionary guard is doing to our guys. Then hit Castro and Kim Jong Ill too, and free the world from these thugs

Posted by: Scott Johnson | September 8, 2006, 10:56 pm 10:56 pm

I hear he just wants to do some shopping, catch a play and maybe a little gambling in Atlantic City.

Posted by: snark | September 8, 2006, 10:57 pm 10:57 pm

He should be granted a visa with the stipulation that he wear a burka at all times when in public.

Posted by: BootlegHooch | September 8, 2006, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm

Ahm’s “controversial rhetoric” Huh?
More confirmation that America is rotting from within its core.
Just curious, how many of the high-handed libs on this page ever visited/lived in a Muslim country–excluding the western-catered beaches of Malaysia, etc? As an American national working overseas one immediately experiences the intolerance toward western culture and western values. This is stark contrast to the acceptance, promotion, and protection of even the most absurd beliefs, “art forms”, and explicit hatred communicated toward our own county. You libs need to give up your lattes and NY Times for a week and spend some time in a 3rd world islamic country, or any 3rd world country for that matter.
The political left is a much a threat to our long-term safety and viability as the radical Islamic extremists.

Posted by: RealityCheck | September 9, 2006, 11:14 am 11:14 am

this is a good reason to move the U N headquarters out of the U. S. How about to somewhere more friendly to this sort. Why how about Paris?

Posted by: jim | September 9, 2006, 11:14 am 11:14 am

If Bush went Iran, you know they would try to kill him.
I say let him in,Then kill him,
To hell with world opinion.
To win this war we need to learn to be as nasty as them smelly freaks.

Posted by: jackspastic | September 9, 2006, 11:17 am 11:17 am

KEEP THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT “BUM” OUT OF THE USA. HE IS OUR WORST NIGHTMARE. ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS KILL AMERICANS & JEWISH FOLKS!!!!!!

Posted by: Jo Mell | September 9, 2006, 11:19 am 11:19 am

Did any1 hear how the iranian army was shelling iraqi troops this past week on the iraqi side of the border?! I say maybe some “extreamist” happens to be in NY and snipes ahmadinajihad, expediating his trip to hell. Then what would happen u ask….Nothing!! Iran is a joke!!

Posted by: ThatGuy | September 9, 2006, 11:24 am 11:24 am

where is
Jack Bauer when you need him?
Get Jack out of a Chinese Prison and let him fix this problem.

Posted by: Richard | September 9, 2006, 11:25 am 11:25 am

I say we keep him as our president and send duh-bya to Iran in trade.
Since they are flip sides of the same coin it wouldn’t make much difference.

Posted by: soldat | September 9, 2006, 11:29 am 11:29 am

In light of his identification with the planning of the attack on the US embassey in Iran I would suggest he be arrested and brought before a war crimes tribunal as soon as he enter US territory.

Posted by: Ray | September 9, 2006, 11:33 am 11:33 am

Dave makes a good point in his rant dated….
Posted by: Dave | Sep 8, 2006 3:02:17 PM
If Ahmiginidad’s rhetoric is controversial in our community, please list those who are arguing with him. Otherwise, there is no controversy. It is rather considered INFLAMMATORY rhetoric.

Posted by: Dennis | September 9, 2006, 11:36 am 11:36 am

Are there any leaders of any countries that have ever been refused access by the U.S. to the U.N. building in New York?
If Yes, then this guy should be denied access.
If No, then we have no precedent for doing so.
Apparently, if the U.N. would have been around in 1940 or early 1941, Adolph Hitler could have stopped in.
The U in UN stands for useless. The pseudo institution does more harm than good. I think the whole bunch should be given their eviction notice and the realestate sold for a productive use. That would let us get on with our war with Muslim facists without the pretense that you can negotitate with these animals.

Posted by: Robert L. Barney | September 9, 2006, 11:36 am 11:36 am

Why worry about a visa? Let him come in through Mexico like everyone else.

Posted by: Dale | September 9, 2006, 11:40 am 11:40 am

If this vile, anti-Semitic, terrorist-supporting piece of radical Islamist filth sets foot in the US, it should be immediately sent to Guantanamo, and never see the light of day again.

Posted by: John | September 9, 2006, 11:42 am 11:42 am

It is quite embarrassing to read the aggressive comments being posted on this website. There are lots of intelligent, thoughtful Americans out there. But you can tell from these postings. Read some history, try to understand the world around you. Try to approach issue in a fair , evenhanded manner. No wonder when measured world wide Americans score so low on educational tests. Last I heard the US placed 27th on math and reading tests. This year your SAT scores dropped 15%.

Posted by: Frank | September 9, 2006, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Take Ahmadinejad into custody, send him to Guantanamo, flush his Koran down the toilet, and interrogate him with coercive measures.

Posted by: Roastedredpeppers | September 9, 2006, 11:49 am 11:49 am

For some reason this reminds me of a quote I heard once from a survivor of the Jewish Holocaust. He said, “When someone tells you that they plan to kill you, believe them.”

Posted by: Geoff | September 9, 2006, 11:51 am 11:51 am

We have given this sawed-off tyrant enough attention. Have some testicles, George, and deny the visa!

Posted by: brent | September 9, 2006, 11:53 am 11:53 am

well this is strange developments,one minute he hates us next he wants to came visit.

Posted by: georde whytes | September 9, 2006, 11:55 am 11:55 am

I do not want this man, a knowwn terrorist , who wishes to destroy, not build , in MY COUNTRY!

Posted by: rose | September 9, 2006, 11:56 am 11:56 am

He should be arrested and put on trial for taking hostages in the US Embassy in Tehran. US soil, US laws apply. There should be accomodations available in Leavenworth, KS.

Posted by: Uncle Sam | September 9, 2006, 11:57 am 11:57 am

I trust this guy more than I do Bush. In a debate this guy would tear Bush a new asshole.
And by the way do you see any Iranian troops in Mexico or Canada. Just whose country has been invading soveriegn nations with no proof of guilt. How many people has this guy killed in comparison to Bush? In a side by side comparison of deeds this guy would come off looking like a saint.

Posted by: Bill Owens | September 9, 2006, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

Here’s some free speech for you Al…”Screw You!”
Free speech does not include the “right” to incite the masses to violence and genocide. Free speech does not include arming terrorists to attack your enemies while hiding behind civilians. Free speech does not include kidnapping and holding Americans as hostages (for 444 days!). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. And yes, these are criminal acts, NOT free speech.
Let’s route his plane through the Bermuda Triangle…maybe it will disappear.
Get the US out of the UN, and the UN out of the US!

Posted by: Jay | September 9, 2006, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

Your headline uses the word “Hardliner” this is a complete mischaracterization of this individual. He is a racist anti-Semitic NeoIslamic Fascist. His so-called rhetoric is hate filled speech. His actions are tantamount to hate crimes as they incite to violence. Your article fails to state that this man sanctions genocide and the annihilation of a people based on their faith. Your correspondent (appeaser) should be ashamed at the caliber of this article

Posted by: jonathan Adams | September 9, 2006, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

We ought to grant him a visa, and then arrest him upon arrival for being a party to the seizure of the American Embassy in Teheran.
Or (dreaming now), we could put a jumbotron in front of the U.N. with a slide show of holocaust pictures to underscore the folly of his denial.

Posted by: Jennifer W. | September 9, 2006, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

Right before this pig comes over, Pres. Bush should sign an executive order reversing Gerald Ford’s executive order preventing us from taking out leaders of enemy nations. Make this public, and then INVITE the pig.

Posted by: Do What's Necessary | September 9, 2006, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

“Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither”
Where are all the true Americans? Yes, I am scared of a nuclear capable Iran, a terrorist-filled middle east, and everything else we have had to deal with in the last ten years and will continue to deal with in the future. My family are Israeli born Americans. I not only fear what will happen to us in the US but what will happen to the rest of my family in Israel. But we cannot abandon the great principles that have made the US what it is today. It didnt become the most economically, politically and culturally powerful nation in the history of mankind because of cowardly citizens. Where are the American ideals of equality, liberty, democracy? We cannot just ditch these principles because we are scared. Yes it seems unfair that terrorist play the in the same game with different rules, but that is what we have to accept by being a free and democratic country. If someone doesnt like it, then we no longer stay democratic. This country was founded on Juan Stuart Mills idea’s on Liberty, lets keep it that way.

Posted by: BN | September 9, 2006, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

We should allow the nutball into the country but not as a recognized diplomat. And then we should give his whereabouts information to every survivor and family member of the hostages from the Theran Embassy takeover in 1979. Ahmadinejad was one of the leaders and one of the interrigators of that whole thing, and is technically a wanted criminal in the US for vioilating soverign US land. He should be allowed in the US, then arrested sued by all survivors of the hostage-taking and not allowed to leave until the process is completed.

Posted by: Christopher | September 9, 2006, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm

I hope someone puts a gun to the Iranian’s head nad blows his brains out.

Posted by: Whatadork | September 9, 2006, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

It’s hard to believe that you progressive liberals are so hate filled and mean spirited that you are more supportive of this middle eastern Hitler than you are of your own country and its elected president. While you may disagree with Bush, he was elected by the majority of the people and he represents the People of the United States.
This just shows that today’s progressives are the same marxist progressives of the 20′s. Anything goes as long as it advances the cause of world socialism and decreases American sovereignity.
The early American’s had a solution for people like you, they covered them with hot tar and feathers and deported them.
Who wouldn’t kill Marx, Lenin, Mao or Stalin if they had a chance today now that we know how they slaughtered millions upon millions of their own people to advance their ‘progressive’ (what a nasty euphemism that is) causes?
When you all are beheaded or bowing 3 times a day to the east, you will look back at these days and wonder why we were so gutless not to take him out before he became the grand caliph of the Islam.

Posted by: Jack | September 9, 2006, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

I do not agree with the man, but he has courage to step foot on our soil. I wish our president at least had a little courage and was willing to put himself in danger in exchange for his closely held ideals (see Iraq and 2,641 casualties). We are not world police and our government is doing everything it can to maintain fear. Let Ahmadinejad come over and express his ideas. If any of us still want to think for ourselves, we can then have an educated debate. Welcome to the age of the nanny state and the return of McCarthyism.

Posted by: anothercitizen | September 9, 2006, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm

The ignorance of some people displayed here is disgusting. You are as radical as you perceive him to be if you think it is a good idea to just assassinate him.
I am no Christian, but I think the teachings of “love thy enemy” should apply here. Treat them how we wish to be treated. Iran and their president are mad at us for what we have done to them in the past. Nuking them won’t solve any problems in the longterm. We’d just have the rest of the world angry at us and then what? Nuke them too?

Posted by: Reiss | September 9, 2006, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm

To be fair Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be to allowed into the USA.
He absolutely should deliver his speech at the UN and before he leaves we should absolutely detainee him, and after 444 days let him go home, in peace.
Fairness is the root of happiness or maybe what goes around comes around, eh?

Posted by: Dave Rissa | September 9, 2006, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

I think I know why he wants to come. He is setting up the biggest suside mission of his own, He will have one of his own shoot him, causing him to be a Martyr on US Soil. That could inturn lead to WW3

Posted by: Thom | September 9, 2006, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

What if Ahmadinejad is the “ulitmate suicide bomber”? Usuallty dignatiaries go through fluffly security anyway when traveling into the United States on official visits. If we apply too much security to screen him and his “possee” then we look like the Right Wing state to the world press. So, let’s say Ahmadinejad will be bringing with him a small briefcase full of _____________? (Insert your own version of hell to NYC; vials of chemical weapons? Some new virus? Just ordering the pilot of the Iranian president’s jet to “divert” on a suicide dive into the White House/Capital?

Posted by: Alex Galvez | September 9, 2006, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

Yes, he is coming. But not until he first visits Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, who some Americans actually support in his anti-American crusade. Then they both travel to Cuba to meet with dictator Fidel and attend the growing anti-American Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), before arrive in New York. Watch for strident anti-American rhetoric and baseless charges to rally many around the world and even here who want nothing more than to see America fall. “Ah, but remember, we’re the real enemy…”

Posted by: Dan | September 9, 2006, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

It sounds like it is time for a few people to step up and take one for the team and end this piece of craps life.

Posted by: HK | September 9, 2006, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Hey this Nutcase from Iran, should not be granted entry into the US period! To make a example out of him and make him follow the rules!
It in the end if we do deny him the Visa, He will be more ticked off and hopefully act more like the lunatic which he his.

Posted by: Mike PEtry | September 9, 2006, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm

Let him speak and you will see it is all political rhetoric designed to unite the Muslim people.
He is all talk just like Saddam. .

Posted by: Joe Wilson | September 9, 2006, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

Aren’t we supposed to be a democratic society that respects free speech? Sure this man has said some inflammatory things, but to call him a terrorist is a bit extreme. Has he personally done anything? We should look in the mirror and see through the eyes of history what things we have done to make others question our values and morals. Who is the only country in the world to have used nuclear weapons on civilians? Or when civilians die in a bombing raid to get one terrorist,we call it collateral damage. Oops sorry. Then we freak out when some of our civilians die. So gee,,I guess we could be called terrorists as well. Please dont think I condone the things this guy says, I just think we have to look at both sides of the story. Violence in any form just escalates and breeds more violence. We do need to talk AND listen.

Posted by: steve | September 9, 2006, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

First things firs, Bush is the best president since Regan, maybe even better.
That said.
Since Ahmadinejad uses the denial tactics (No Israel, No holocaust, No Nukes….) we should use the same approach and refuse to recognize him as a legitimate leader of Iran thus not honor his request for Visa. Doing everything by the book when dealing with cheaters and liars will cost us more than we can afford. Look at Bill Clinton and his gang, they cheated, lied, stole and got away with it. Now they even have say in what can and what can not be broadcast on Network TV. Clinton and his inept gang got us in this trouble to start with.
Coming from communist country I am sick to my stomach seeing the evil of Socialism taking roots in this great country.

Posted by: Beau Philips | September 9, 2006, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

The president of Iran whom, held sway during the American Hostiage crimes in the late 1900s is applying for a Visa to rub our American Noses in his celebration of the attack on 9/11 while he and his whacos danced and celebrated in the street in Iran.
We shoul hang the S.. the same way he hung the defensless CIA operative during Irans’ murdering of innocent Americans.
We should have executed the same promis that Russa made to their religious leader when Iran stormed the Embessays.”We will make you a greese spot in the desert if you dont call off your dogs that are attacking our embessy”

Posted by: Jim | September 9, 2006, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

Arn’t we good buddies with israel? Then why would we allow someone like this into our country. Isn’t he everything that we as Americans are not? Isn’t this the type of person that we are trying to eraticate? The terrorist. The man who actually believes that women arn’t as smart as men. Come on…this is a no brainer! No way should we allow this man access to our country. The UN doesn’t like it? OH NO! Like it is really that important to us that we stay on their good side. And don’t give me that “everyone has rights” crap. When a country is at war, and yes, we are at war all the time all over the world, all bets are off. That is just the way it is. How can we possible allow someone into our country that doesn’t believe in the holocause?!! The man needs a brain not a visa.

Posted by: Mimi | September 9, 2006, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

We are actually contemplating letting this terrorist in our courtry? We are crazy.

Posted by: Pam | September 9, 2006, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

Most of the posters here sound crazy. Look, as long as Iran is a member of the UN and the UN building is in NY, the president should be allowed to attend. It is not for the US to decide who can attend or who cannot. Otherwise the UN should be relocated to a neutral UN country. That would be a significant loss of business for NYC.

Posted by: Tom | September 9, 2006, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

Deny the visa. I want to see which democrats object and why they object. Then you’ll see who’s side they’re on.

Posted by: bud | September 9, 2006, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

ya i agree with a lot of people, just let him land, and hopefully a patriotic law enforcement officer will just whack him and if they try to prosecute the law enforcement officer they probably wouldn’t go through with it because he would be a hero.
on the other hand, if we do assasinate Iran’s president it may incite a nuclear attack on the United States, because you never know if the next “president,” (and i say that in quotes because its not really a presidency) will be worse and just blow everyone and everything up

Posted by: Ticked OFF | September 9, 2006, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Amazing how liberal bloggers side with a fanatical dictator, who has no concern for human rights, in their continued hate mongering toward Bush.
Further demonstration of the depths to which some sink in their pursuit of political power.

Posted by: Leonard | September 9, 2006, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

Iran president,give him a vesa,and when he leaves cuba shoot down the airplane,case closed.
C

Posted by: C martin | September 9, 2006, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

His airplane should have a mechanical malfunction over the Atlantic, courtesy of us.

Posted by: danbar | September 9, 2006, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

You don’t just arrest him upon arrival. It’s bad press.
Instead you either set up an attack by a “deranged mad man” or you poison him somehow, take him to a US hospital and cover up the fact that he was poisoned by saying he had an irregular heartbeat or something.

Posted by: Ninkompoop | September 9, 2006, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

Listen to yourselves. You say this guy is an uncivilized oppressor then, in the same breath, suggest assassinating him before he can be allowed to speak at the UN. I mean, come on. It’s laughable.

Posted by: Dusty | September 9, 2006, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm

There is no secret to the motives of the Iranian leader. However, if this administration is selective with who it chooses to have a dialogue with the outcome will not be a positive one. The world is not as black and white as some would care to believe. This is a new world and different times we may not agree with what this man says but we need to start talking with one another.
Labeling a nation evil and refusing dialogue is counterproductive to real change. This shallow notion leads to perpetual conflict.
John Florez

Posted by: John Florez | September 9, 2006, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

WW3 is upon us. Wake up America!!!! If we are thinking strategically and smartly, we need total energy independence. The quick-fix is a crash building of thousands of nuclear reactors. The second is a Manhattan Project for Fusion energy.
We can fight these lunetics, or we can leave them to live in the 7th century with a policy of containment. If they strike out of their fenced in area, we make it clear that the entire area, every city, every military base, every water plant, every oil field, will be nuclear bombed until they are completely gone.
One always hopes for the best and one would assume that there are sane people in Iran. But who would have thought that Germany would have done what it did.

Posted by: Ron Yochum | September 9, 2006, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

This is like that Jack Nickolson movie about the invasion from Mars.

Posted by: Lenny | September 9, 2006, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

the problem is the non-stop soft-pedalling of the press when covering these issues.
Is there some sort of special Thesaurus you all use to avoid calling a maniac a maniac?
And why are you so glib to describe the shortcomings of the US at any chance, in as potent verbage as possible, but then so effette when it comes to wankers like Ahmedinijad?
You’re all afraid to be outcast by you also deluded media peers in the media, and you’re afraid of the jihad.
Step aside and let someone ready to tell the truth have this column.

Posted by: WT | September 9, 2006, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm

As far as I’m concerned, Ahmadinejad and the UN can stay out of our borders. They are equally evil, but one is more obvious about it. Compare the UN Charter to the US Constitution and figure it out for yourself.

Posted by: Bill | September 9, 2006, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm

We need to figure out as a country what we want to do. Do we want to kick ass? Or do we want to decrease tensions. If it’s the latter we’ve got to engage Iran in talks, regardless of the idiotic statements made by thier puppet-head president.

Posted by: Jones | September 9, 2006, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

“Controversial rhetoric”? I think a good reporter could use the term “hateful lies” and be accurate. Our queasy reporters have given some degree of creedence to the most ridiculous comments of Ahlmadinejad; and the worst thing that has happened to him as a result of his mendacity is that the price of his oil has gone UP. So naturall he has made still other ridiculous remarks. We need to laugh at this guy. Point of history: some of our worst enemies of the past are now our best friends. If he will be our guest we must treat him well. He also needs to see us firsthand. Our economic system, system of government, tolerance for other religions, and love for others will always keep us on top, and the sooner he learns this the sooner he can possibly wise up. His own government and religious leaders have screwed him. Everyone deserves a chance to see the truth.

Posted by: Maverick | September 9, 2006, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

There are people so obsessed by what others SAY that they are blinded to what they themselves (or their nations) DO.

Posted by: EE | September 9, 2006, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

Hey, Al, that’s American with a capital “A”. You Americans spew garbage in the form of free speech? What does that mean exactly? Who spews, all Americans spew garbage, huh, you make no sense.
I for one would be glad to see the UN moved to your country, wherever that is, or move it to Europe, and you all can sit around and conspire against America, while the Islamists take over your countries.
Oh and please take the America hating liberals with you.
By the way, why shouldn’t we be able to decide, you ungrateful twit. If it wasn’t for us Americans, you’d all be ruled by fascists and communists. Idiots.

Posted by: Reaganite | September 9, 2006, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

Dude I’m totally getting his autograph!!

Posted by: Bob | September 9, 2006, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm

This man promotes controversy w/the US to hold he and his fragile group in power…we must undermine this and promote forces from within Iran to turn him and his goats out to pasture

Posted by: J | September 9, 2006, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

Where ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise.
Please educate yourselves about the role of the UN, the authority invested in it, its membership and what they are entitled to. It is simply just located in the US. Surely you would not expect it to be located on demoted Pluto.

Posted by: UNerved | September 9, 2006, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

“What part of *worldwide* don’t you understand?”
What part doesnt *he* understand? He is the one who is giving the world the middle finger with his nuclear ambitions. Instead of siding with this evil incarnate of hitler, who dont you listen to iranians dissidents? Americans have every right to protest his visit, we do have a free country, too bad iranians dont. We know the US isnt perfect but we dont have to pay for mistakes that happened 30 years ago or bc delusional radical islamists are angry at the great satan.

Posted by: joeyt | September 9, 2006, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

I suspect that Mr.Ahmadinejad is a very, very high ranking mason and rosicrucian. One could also reasonably suspect that he will be secretly meeting with Bill Clinton and the elder Bush in the meditiation room at the UN building.

Posted by: buck | September 9, 2006, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

Maybe Mr. Ahmadinejad’s application should be held up for 444 days; the number of days he and his cohorts stormed our embassy and held our citizens illegally.

Posted by: Kurt | September 9, 2006, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm

I don’t realy like the idea of the U.S. letting him come here. How ever maybe at the meeting he will take his shoe off and hit it on the table. The media should be aware. If the U.S. looses the war against terrorist, freedom of speech will be the first right taken from us,right before our heads are sawed off. wake up liberals. we can all sing cum by yha later.The U.S. needs to stop fighting with compasion and start to fight to win.

Posted by: kevin | September 9, 2006, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm

Can we PLEASE now start seriously thinking of moving the UN out of the US?

Posted by: Victoria | September 9, 2006, 2:59 pm 2:59 pm

why not let these TERRORIST leaders remote broadcast from their countries?…why let them here. or better yet…let them broadcast from the NYT since they are their biggest supporters here…

Posted by: Betsy Ross | September 9, 2006, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm

Hey mike I see you have given a typical liberal argument and I quote you from above “I think this is great!! George Bush is a total moron and will loose any debate against Iran.” hmmmm, that is intriguing. Do you realize what you are saying? You are saying that George Bush or any Republican US president for that matter, who supports freedom, democracy, free speech (as you have illustrated above), rights for women, and the idea that psycho countries should not have weapons that can obliterate a 70 mile radius and kil people up to 2500 miles away will loose an argument against a little man who thinks that we should all be subject to islamic rule and stands for: no freedom of speech, absolute dictatorship, causing chaos to bring on the end times, lying, death, hate, racism, and destruction. Hmmm, you may want to rethink your statement. This is not about politics this is about survival. If you honestly think Amamfordeathandjihad is right, maybe you should plan your next vacation in Iran because they agree with you.

Posted by: DAVE-THE RIGHT ONE | September 9, 2006, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm

Wasn’t it only a short time ago that Mr. Ahmadinejad stood in front of a slideshow which featured an hourglass and two balls with the U.S. and Israeli flags falling to the bottom (the proverbial “time is up”). Symbolic rhetoric or threat, I sincerely hope that the visa is denied.

Posted by: Michael | September 9, 2006, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm

I agree with Victoria, How about we move the U.N. into a volcano.

Posted by: DAVE | September 9, 2006, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

Keep the president of Iran out of the US. And Let’s get out of the UN while we’re at it as well.
It is a worthless organization, full of anti-semetic nimrods.
John Bolton Rocks

Posted by: joe | September 9, 2006, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

Please let him come to Idaho…I’m very sure he wouldn’t apply for a visa again…for anywhere.

Posted by: faroglobal | September 9, 2006, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm

Sure let him in. I can’t wait to see how the liberals & the media try to force there spin on us. Well look forward to hearing how smart he looks in his jacket.Maybe he can get Michael Moore to travel around to all the schools and burn flags. I’m sure he would like that. Freedom of speach is an American right. Convert to Islam or die totaly is an infringment on my rights. Americans are not all misguided liberals. It’s time for America to stop fighting with compassion and start fighting to win. Don’t do it to be liked by the International community. do it for the our rights and our laws. Peace talks haven’t worked anywhere in the world even with the UN involved. Or we can wait for more video’s threating how blood is going to fill or streets. Come on Lib’s connect the dot’s. Step aside and let the people who are willing to save your necks from the people who want to saw your heads off do their jobs.

Posted by: kevin | September 9, 2006, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm

I cannot believe some of these comments. Were supposed to be one of the most “civilized” countries in the world, setting an example for others to follow. So what, his views and beliefs are differnt then ours. Does that justify bringing harm or harrasment to him? I thought thats what the terrorists do. Destroy those who do not share your beliefs. Yes, he may have said some things that are fictatious and offending, but do you honestly thing that harming or harassing him is going to change his mind, or help bring an end to the current crisis? You people make me ashamed of being an American. Get over your hatred before its too late. There is an oppertunity here for something truely great to happen. Dont blow it.
Jimbo

Posted by: Jimbo | September 9, 2006, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

I love the fact that the religious dictator of Iran “Challenged” President Bush to a debate over who has a better plan for the welfare of the world. I don’t think its much of a challenge. consider that any American third grader could out debate a pre-enlightenment thinker like that total relic. Once the gas prices drop back below a dollar..I doubt he will have much to say when he’s broke and trying to contain the spread of democratic society throughout hiown country (which can’t stand him). If their was a global vote today…I hardly think many would vote for oppression and the intolerance of a fundamentalists Islamic regime. Liberals pull your head out.

Posted by: Brian | September 9, 2006, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

a lot of very interesting comments. We sure need laughter. Unfortunately this guy is no laughing matter. We should send him packing one way or the other, and the UN, too.

Posted by: Karl | September 9, 2006, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

Accord Ahmadinejad diplomatic privileges for coming here?
What part of, “international law” do YOU not understand?
The man was part of a team that kidnapped Americans and held them hostage. Americans who had the same diplomatic status in Iran that Ahmadinejad is seeking to travel here.
Why should we respect his request when he clearly could not accept ours? When international diplomatic law is violated by one nation, the nation violated is under NO obligation to accord diplomatic rights to anyone of the offending nation though the US did so at the time.
That felon, who violated US law by commiting his crimes on US territory, has no respect for international law, much less ours. We would not be out of place to arrest and try him, which we should.
Ahmadinejad coming to the US will play as a publicity stunt to show he’s unafraid to set foot in our country, to prove he can be a Daniel walking into the den of snakes and come out unharmed. We’re fools to allow him here at all unless it’s to arrest him. Let him address the UN in Geneva if he’s so hot to do so.

Posted by: Jason | September 9, 2006, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

THE U S SHOULD DO NEW YORK A FAVOR. MOVE THE UN SOMEWHERE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. LET THAT LITTLE MIDGET GO SPEW HIS NONSENSE SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN ANYWHERE ON U. S. SOIL. LET FRANCE HOST THE U N FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. THERE, I FEEL BETTER ALREADY!

Posted by: JIM | September 9, 2006, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm

He is doing this because he can. He wants to prove to his followers what he has always said about the USA in private, that we are humorously weak and foolish because of our desire to be politically-correct. He is basically smearing cr*p across our face as he grins from ear to ear. The last thing he ought to be doing on 9-11 is standing on our shores and mocking Americans whom his religion killed 5 years ago. I prefer standing on his oil fields next 9-11 with a sign stuck in the ground reading “American Property”.

Posted by: Chad | September 9, 2006, 4:44 pm 4:44 pm

If this guy actually shows up here to speak at the UN, let the UN provide the security for him. Why should the US have to handle it?

Posted by: Jen06 | September 9, 2006, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm

I assume that the CIA will arrange that he will not be able to go to the bathroom without being monitored. Try to get some video of him whacking down a large scotch, or better still in an intimate situation with a member of either sex. Even better could a fatal traffic accident not be set up? Let him in for a taste of freedom!

Posted by: Rick | September 9, 2006, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm

I have to agree with the poster above who asked…
“Do you people ever look at yourselves?” You gotta wonder?
Still dumbfounded on how one can still tell the difference from Rep. & Demo…they are all sold out. The media owns you and tells you how to think? Do you people ever look deeper on your own?
I’m not a Christian, however I love the simple truths, such as:
Love your enemy, thou shall not kill and the golden rule (Muslims have an exact passage as well)
Do unto others as you would have them do to you….in case you forgot.
Look within and you’ll see how owned you are.
You call this a constitutional gov still? sheesh.
Let the man speak, why not?

Posted by: Tony | September 9, 2006, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm

WE DO NOT WANT HIM HERE!
While we are at it, lets get rid of the United Nations too.
What a waste they are.
Its more like the United Nuts.

Posted by: pam | September 9, 2006, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm

Why do we believe he would actually “land” his plane at an airport? How long would it take for us to decide it’s strayed off course and do something about it if he decides he wants a whack at 80 virgins (or, whatever their number is) and pilot it into another target on our turf.

Posted by: Rolly | September 9, 2006, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

Maybe Ahmadinejihad can bring some of HIS lawyers with him, so they can pressure the U.S. media to stop all the unfavorable treatment of him!

Posted by: Verballistic | September 9, 2006, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm

Maybe Ahmadinejihad can bring some of HIS lawyers with him, so they can pressure the U.S. media to stop all the unfavorable treatment of him!

Posted by: Verballistic | September 9, 2006, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

Perfect. An excellent opportunity to save the tax payers billions of dollars. One well placed round from a US military sniper’s ’308′, and ‘ka-pow’…no more yappy little, leg humping, mut to deal with.
International incident? I think not.

Posted by: Arc Angel | September 9, 2006, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm

Many of these posts suggest that the conservative solution to terrorism is to simply kill them. Conservative policies in Washington have been killing terrorists for the last four years yet terrorism has gotten worse and most people in the US do not feel any safer. Simply killing terrorists does not stop terrorism as we have seen. Simply killing the President of Iran or other terrorists ignores the fact that terrorists have friends and loved ones who will seek revenge as new enemies of America.

Posted by: Mike G | September 9, 2006, 5:23 pm 5:23 pm

Wow with all the comments of kill him, blow him away, ectect. I can see now the country that truly praise death and worship it, sad, death worshippers are.

Posted by: Drake | September 9, 2006, 5:48 pm 5:48 pm

I think this terrorist(Iranian president) should be treated like a terrorist and be arrested for his threats against the US and Israel. He should never be allowed to step foot in the US!He is a THREAT to us! He should never be given a VISA! Mr. Bush, you said we should NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS! THIS IRANIAN SHOULD BE ARRESTED ONCE HE STEPS FOOT ON U.S SOIL! REMEMBER 9-11!HE IS A NAZI IN A HEADSCARF WHO WANTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND THE U.S! WHAT IS OUR GOVERNMENT THINKING TO LET A TERRORIST TO VISIT NY FOR TALKS?! STARTING TREATING HIM AS A TERRORISTS, ARREST HIM FOR HIS THREATS!!! WAKE UP AMERICA, WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLUMBER!! HE IS A THREAT AND HE IS ANOTHER HITLER, BUT HE WEARS A HEADSCARF!!

Posted by: Caroline | September 9, 2006, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm

I’ve seen a lot of different opions here. One of UNOUT’s statements were right on target. He’s our enemy isn’t he?

Posted by: dave | September 9, 2006, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm

Most sane people belive that peace talks with mad men are just as much of a waist of time as peace talks from the UN. All of the peace talks didn’t assure peace for the Jew’s. How many years was the UN in Lebeon WATCHING THE HEZBO’S BUILD UP THEIR TERRORIST MINDSET. They destroyed any chance for peace for the Lebeon people,(WITH THE SUPORT FROM IRAN). They did this to kill Jew’s.We know what Ahlmadinejade wants The American people should have one thing to say to him and his plans for us and the Jew’s. “NO”!! With the help of the media & the liberals Americans forget who are the bad guys. The people of Iran chanted in the streets death to America in the Carter years. Wake up Lib’s.You say these people hate us because of our ways.Don’t group all of us good Americans in with the NOT INHALING,WOMENIZEING,LYING ON THE STAND,ADAULTORATORS. After all the Lib’s & terrorist have incommen. Freedom of speach only applies to them,They thurst for power,They promote death to unwanted children.Looking at the rest of the world terrorist don’t like France or Spain or any place the LIB’S think we should be more like. The world kwows that the LIB’S are just as scare of terrist.Show some spine,not your hate for Bush.

Posted by: KEVIN | September 9, 2006, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm

Maybe he’s going to walk the walk and blow himself up at the assembly? You know, set the example of a good martyr.

Posted by: bottleslingguy | September 9, 2006, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm

I’m hoping an american suicide bomber will give him a great big hug right as he pushed the button.

Posted by: JB | September 9, 2006, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

I think holding him in the US for 444 days would be a sufficient time to run him through the border check point. He should have Jimmy Carter with him, holding his hand.

Posted by: ted | September 9, 2006, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm

I can’t believe the amnount of americans posting on this that are beleiving the rheteric told to you by your government. Liek someone mentioend above.. how can you believe this government anymore? You can’t!
FOr all of you who say “kill him” That’s a load of BS, WHat has he done?
AFter all, which nation on earth has the most nuclear weapons on the planet? THE U S A. You also armed many many nations with nuclear weapons…. i bet some of you don’t even know that US companies helped fund the first nuclear facility ever built in Iran.
It’s sad watching america fall into oblivion as you are right now. You were once a great nation with good values and good intentions. Your country is falling apart. I can see it from Canada… infact… everyone can see it, but the 51 percent of americans that voted for Bush.

Posted by: Andrew | September 9, 2006, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm

LOL…..who are they going to hand a Visa out to next, Osama Bin Laden?

Posted by: Willie | September 9, 2006, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm

you people that think it’s cute that this little man wants to come into this country just to rub it in, citing things like, “Bush might learn something,” etc. are the type of people that this lunatic is catering to…and you continue to lap it up right out of his hand.
most of you are just miserable people who sit and complain on these sites all the time. I suggest you pursue a solution to what you see as a problem instead of wasting yours and everyone else’s time complaining. If you are here in America and you are one of those people, please leave. we just want to live life and be happy and prosperous and watch our families grow and be healthy. we don’t need nihilists among us. if you hate the US so much why are you here?
there must be some reason…you are either a hipocrite or a terrorist. unless you are actively pursuing a solution to what you are complaining about, you are a hypocrite…what is your part?
I agree with free speech and open dialogue, but there have to be limits. what? limits on free speech? what the hell are you saying?
like yelling fire in a crowded theater for a simple example. there have to be boundaries, and this guy coming here to repeat what he has already said a thousand times is insanity…completely unacceptible. it’s a big eff you US, it’s citizens and anyone who disagrees with me and doesn’t convert to Islam immediately.
this guy needs to learn his place. before he came up with the idea to take on the world, he was hated by most people in his own country and on the verge of driving their economy into the ground. If we had not said a word aout their nuke plan, he would have fallen from power quickly. the moment he stood up to the world body about “Iran’s rights” etc, he became the “greatest President in the history of Iran” and now enjoys broad and deep support from the masses. his taking the US and it’s allies on is the SINGLE source of his support/power.
I would be shocked if this terrorists actually came to the country.
I think it will blow over and never come to fruition. He will probably claim that we wouldn’t let him in or that a threat against his life is too great and his advisors can’t allow it. but if he does follow through and make it to this great land…
bottom line: if he does make it here, he will never make it out, and it will be completely within our right…and noone can deny the United States of America of our Natural Right…to defend ourselves.

Posted by: Chad | September 9, 2006, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm

Everybody should protest strongly about the visa, including the Bush administration. No doubt the liberals would win the day and the visa would be granted. He could then have an unfortunate “accident” on the way – who would accuse the US/CIA? Afterall, they strongly opposed allowing him in…………
On a separate note, I would dearly love the opportunity of moving to the US. However, as a “true” British national (my British ancestry only goes back a thousand years or so), I have more chance of building my own spaceship and moving to the moon than obtaining a green card/residency as most people from civilised western countries are severely restricted when applying to move to the US. Yet if I was from some third world African or Asian country, including Muslim countries, I would be positively “welcomed” into the US with open arms. No need for a skill, to speak English or make any real contribution to the US either.
I can’t even apply under the green card lottery for 50,000 people held each year – as a national from a first world country, and especially being a Brit, I am prevented from applying. No problem with somebody in Iran applying though, for instance!
So if all you Yanks are wondering why so many Muslims/hispanics/non-speaking foreigners are pouring through your borders, believe me, a lot of Brits would love to go there – it’s sadly just so hard for us that it’s not worth bothering to try!
Would I have anything to offer the US? Well, I am a law abiding, English speaking, christian with 22 years experience in law enforcement trying to make the UK a better and safer place. Sadly, no room for people like me in the US!! If only I was an asian taxi driver………………….

Posted by: True Brit | September 9, 2006, 7:57 pm 7:57 pm

Just shoot down the plane before it lands in the USA.

Posted by: Al | September 9, 2006, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

UMM you do know that Iran is a member state of the UN.
Oh and if you didn’t know. Iran had elections where they elected this man. He has every right to come to NY.

Posted by: Andrew | September 9, 2006, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm

Hosting the United Nations in the United States is a testament to the civility and beacon of freedom that is the United States and its people. Our maturity and willingness to hear opinions (and rantings) that we disagree with are the hallmarks of our democracy. Without these we are no better than anyone else.

Posted by: Bill | September 9, 2006, 8:04 pm 8:04 pm

you clarified eveything for us Bill, so now it makes sense that we sit and listen to a man who is going to preach hatred towards any “non-believer,” to “bow down to Iran or be forced to,” and “Death to Zionists/America” on the WORLD’S BIGGEST STAGE…NYC the media capital of the world. are you kidding me?!?!!!
we don’t have to allow that and to let him do it would be wrong. to allow it would be aiding and abetting a terrorist.
and Andrew,
the people who voted that man into office are the same ones that were protesting in the streets a few short months later, his economic policy that blew through a years’ budget in 3 months…hmmm, i wonder what he spent it on. good thing he has a big nest of oil he can tap for more money eh? his fiscal irresponsibility irked his people to the point of massive nationwide demonstrations…his plan to defeat this?…take on the world and reignite the nuke issue that was already a source of interest to his followers. the people of iran hate us and he knew it and exploited it, and it’s that simple.
thanks for the lesson though.

Posted by: chad | September 9, 2006, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm

anyone wonder what would happen in terms of payback if we did anything to this guy?
what about when our president went to unpopular places or our govt reps or our citizens?
im hard core Republican and yes its nice to think about doing very gruesome things to him while he is here. thats not gonna cut it. i say take him out when we just turn their entire country to glass…..then dare another extremist govt of any kind decide to make even a half step move agst us or our allies. we’ve accomplish alot of things in one fell swoop..
first post ever on a blog so be gentle folks!!!
Lee

Posted by: lee | September 9, 2006, 8:35 pm 8:35 pm

Posted by: James | Sep 8, 2006 8:37:30 PM
He should be allowed to enter this country…and then we can take him straight to prison at Guantanamo and charge him with crimes of war based on Hizbollah’s raid into Israel…murdering and kidnapping Israeli soldiers and causing war and destruction of Lebanon.
JAMES YOU MIGHT BE SUPRISED TO KNOW THAT HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAS INVITED MOHAMED KHATAMI THE EX IRANIAN PRESIDENT TO GIVE A SPEACH ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11. BEWARE THE ENEMY WITHIN.
DAR.

Posted by: DAR | September 9, 2006, 8:38 pm 8:38 pm

I have a very good iranian friend. Who recently came back from Iran. The average iranian person does not hate the US at all. Infact the majority of young people in Iran are not very religious. (in a poll released a couple weeks ago)
The fact is… THE US blew it after 9/11. Afghanistan is justified by most people and by the UN. Canadian troops are in afghanistan doing noble job and as a Canadian I support that war.
There were 1 million people in the streets of Tehran after 9/11 in a candle light vigil, prayer session. THE US… BLEW IT. They could have had the whole world on their side right now but they BLEW IT! And by maniuplating the populous.

Posted by: Andrew | September 9, 2006, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm

I sure hope the President isn’t anywhere near him. You know those nuts like to blow themselves up and he might think he’s doing something good.

Posted by: Elaine | September 9, 2006, 8:53 pm 8:53 pm

It’s interesting that all you right-wing nutcases accuse Ahmadinejad (that’s how you spell it, for those of you who seem to be semiliterate) of being a “terrorist” and of opposing “Israel and the West,” when in fact he only opposes Israel, which is a terrorist, apartheid state. But your postings here are loaded with death threats and even the threat to nuke everyone in his entire country! So I guess murder is fine if “Christian” or secular folk do it, but it’s terrorism if Muslims do it? I’m overwhelmed with how peace-loving and civilized you all are, and how knowledgeable about history! I am not defending Ahmadinejad’s oppressive domestic policies–but what the US did to his country just a few decades ago was far worse–we installed an atheistic, corrupt monarch (the Shah) out of a fear of political Islam–and ended up with the Iranian Revolution, which due to our efforts was far more radical than the political Islam that existed at the Shah’s time. Not to mention the war we provoked between Iran and Iraq–we actually supported and supplied Saddam. On the other hand, in Afghanistan, we supplied and supported the Taliban against the Soviets, because at the time we were just a little more scared of the Commies than we were of the “Muslim terrorists.” Finally, I would like to note that right-wing blog comments are loaded with death threats, and even threats of genocide against all Muslims…but I don’t see any of you guys volunteering for the task. You guys talk pretty tough, but you’re actually a bunch of pansies. You let the American and Israeli armies do all the shooting while you sit back in your armchair and talk like “real men.” But that’s OK, you can just drive your Ford F-250 around town to make yourself feel manly. Or maybe knock back a few cold ones and then slap your wife around, which is the national sport of ignorant American rednecks such as yourselves.

Posted by: Muhammad | September 9, 2006, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm

Maybe Dick Cheney will take him on a hunting trip.

Posted by: Wayno | September 9, 2006, 9:13 pm 9:13 pm

The destruction of Israel, wiping it of the mat is “Controversial rhetoric?” Do you folks ever study History, like maybe the Dreyfus Affair, and the rise of fascism in Germany in 1934 to 1939? Liberals back then thought the Nazis “controversial” as well, and the likes of liberals Joseph Kennedy ( Ambassador to Britain, father of President John F. Kennedy)and Charles Lindberg embraced them.
Hey , issue Ahmadinejad a visa, then issue a secret warrant for his arrest and put him in Guantanamo, under indictment of supporting Hezbollah,Al Quada, and Hamas. Then try him.
This Fascist should not be legitimized by an appearance in any world forum, including the UN.

Posted by: Candor7 | September 9, 2006, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm

No Andrew, it is tear-jerking people like you that blow it all the time. Iran has been/is a sponsor of terrorism, -before- and -after- 9/11, candle light vigils and all.
Someone should stop this guy for good, and the world would be better off. “A Shilling for Candles”, please.

Posted by: Benji MM | September 9, 2006, 9:28 pm 9:28 pm

Allowing this man into the country, and giving him the dignified international platform of the UN, is moronic. If the government does this, I will genuinely question any last shreds of faith I may have in its ability to discern what’s best.
Ahmadinejad will have videos of Jewish protesters to send back home, furthering the image of himself as the destroyer of the Jews that he has created back home. What’s more, we must keep this man lodged in his little corner in Iran. Allowing him into the UN will only serve to legitimise him and risk undermining the general opposition to his tyrannical and terroristic reign across the world.
The US needs to say “no. you have openly denied the UN’s orders, you have openly stated your intent to destroy an ally of ours, and you have undermined our efforts in Iraq while supporting terrorist organisations. You, sir, do not warrant the privilege of presence in our country, or presence in the United Nations, which is a body of peace.”

Posted by: William | September 9, 2006, 9:47 pm 9:47 pm

Some of these people who say the Iranian president should not be allowed here are forgetting that the United States hosts the United Nations and that is part of what gives the U.S. clout in the world. I think it would be more fitting if the U.N. were in Canada. If the U.S. doesn’t want it, then give it to another country. We all have problems with Iran including Europe and North America. However, I thought the UN was supposed to be open to all member states and we are supposed to try to discuss our differences there. To the other posters with sound minds regarding the issue, we need more like you. Hosting the U.N. is a privilege, though I know many hate the U.N. When Bush ignored the UN and treated it and the world community as irrelevant which reminds me of the attitudes of some of the earlier posters, then we had chaos in Iraq.

Posted by: Basil | September 9, 2006, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm

Hitler was a head of state. Did we or would we “entertain” him.
God forbid this lunatic “A Mad Djini Dud” from stepping foot on American soil and surviving. If this government sends a visa approval it seriously weakens the President’s stand. May executive rule-RULE> Dept of State should stand down for unanimity in opposing a terror sponsor of the lowest order. The UN can relocate if it wants to! If it dictates policy here that should be the straw that breaks American interest in its opinions and “requests! Let him speak from a camera room with Nazrallah from a Beirut bunker if he must speak at all!

Posted by: Paul | September 9, 2006, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm

Let’s move the UN to Iran and see how the weird beards deal with this idiotic notion of political correctness. The USA does not have to allow that terrorist into their country.

Posted by: Mel | September 9, 2006, 10:33 pm 10:33 pm

Can you say “FORCED CONVERSION”..get him in front of a camera to do the old “reverse discrimination”.

Posted by: las | September 9, 2006, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm

Why can he not have a nuke or even a few?
The US have had thousands of them for more than 60 years and even tossed two nukes down upon clueless civilians.
Who is really closest to any god and what kind of a god could it be that may appreciate this degree of violence?

Posted by: RLFJRNS | September 9, 2006, 11:18 pm 11:18 pm

Al,
You go ahead and volunteer your country to host this terrorist. And while you’re at it, go ahead and pay the American’s portion of the UN Fees (We pay the largest majority of them..look it up) and then you can spout off all you want about the right to free speech. Allowing a terrorist to come here and speak even more hate on our soil, ain’t cool. And that Chavez character as well…let him go to Iran and have a tea party with “Imanutjob”. But I feel a phone call coming to my congressmen coming..big time.

Posted by: Sonotforthisvisa | September 9, 2006, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm

Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US> period. Please.

Posted by: denise | September 9, 2006, 11:59 pm 11:59 pm

He should be allowed to enter the country, and then arrested as soon as he gets off the plane

Posted by: sal | September 10, 2006, 12:10 am 12:10 am

Antoine….Hiroshima? Yeh, perhaps we should have just let Hitler finish exterminating the Jews, Blacks, and homosexuals…that would have been “the right thing.” Wake up libby.

Posted by: guill | September 10, 2006, 12:36 am 12:36 am

I bring with me a suicide mission – political Kaboom for the USA.
- Iran’s President

Posted by: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | September 10, 2006, 12:51 am 12:51 am

Does any elected official know how to stand up and say “no!”????

Posted by: ruth | September 10, 2006, 1:12 am 1:12 am

I don’t think Ahmadinejad should get a Visa or a Mastercard for that matter. Now maybe he could qualify to get a membership card to the Democrat party, I think he would fit in very well there. You liberals deserve him.

Posted by: james | September 10, 2006, 1:53 am 1:53 am

USA cannot actually deny this man right of entry into the US as he will be attending UN meetings.
For instance were OBL to be a leader of a country, he also could not be denied entry to attend a UN meeting.
Crazy it may be, but so long as the US continues to host the UN these rules regarding entry to USA for UN meetings have to be permitted to continue.

Posted by: Stuart Geoffrey | September 10, 2006, 2:01 am 2:01 am

Now, now everyone, let’s not stoke up unnecessary tensions and conflicts. What is Iran? A backward country. Who is their leader? A backward man. What is Isreal? A waste of time. What is the USA, a place for comediens to get hot under the collar.
My advice to everyone is to wake and and realize that you should forget learning ababic as pointless, scrub hebrew as useless, embrace English as the way forward, and consolidate yourself by learning Greek.

Posted by: Pan | September 10, 2006, 4:01 am 4:01 am

Let him in. Have the CIA abduct him, and then follow that with a statement by the president that” he never existed”. It would be a “controversial” statement but there are conspiracy theorists who will believe the lie and spread it.

Posted by: jm | September 10, 2006, 8:09 am 8:09 am

uncle tom in the usa? say it isnt so. well let him come on and my his plane crash before it gets here

Posted by: mike | September 10, 2006, 8:44 am 8:44 am

George W. Bush is the only person who can make an evil dictator look good (and he has done this several times).

Posted by: Phil | September 10, 2006, 8:55 am 8:55 am

listening to these comments re-enforces that there will never be peace in the world as we know it because there will always be different perceptions and disagreement over the important issues of our time. Jews will never see eye to eye with muslums just the same as liberals will never see eye to eye with conservatives. In the end, every country has watch out for its own best interest and do what it takes to survive.

Posted by: karl | September 10, 2006, 11:41 am 11:41 am

Perhaps he is a sucide bomber. That way we get rid of him and the UN in one felled swoop!

Posted by: kylesreality | September 10, 2006, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Of course the president of Iran should be allowed to speak at the UN. We obviously disagree with his thoughts but let him speak and maybe the rest of the world will see how crazy he is.
I would like president Bush to speak with him, in private if necessary, and talk about anything, no lecturing or threats just chit-chat. Maybe go to a NFL game and have a beer.

Posted by: mechlovic | September 10, 2006, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Allow him into the USA. Arrest him. Extradite him to Germany. Let him stand trial for the killing of the Israli Olympic Team in Munich.

Posted by: Jim | September 10, 2006, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Sharp shooter Vice President Cheney will take good care of Iranian Pres. AMean-MONKEYJIHAD! Or, the other plan would be to arrest him and send him to Club Gitmo in Cuba with his sub-human friends! Also, put pig fat all over his seat at the UN. Where is Jack Bauer (24) when you need him?

Posted by: Lee123 | September 10, 2006, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm

I’m pretty sure that until massive amounts (millions) of people are killed in an attack from “religious” folks who are just trying to cure “bad” people… we will never understand what a “religious war” really is. When a group says that , those who don’t believe what they do , should be “wiped off the face of the earth” , i tend to believe them. Not sure what to do about it.. but i believe them. So…. i wait for the day the “earth” becomes one. My grandkids will learn what the “one” is, or maybe their grandkids. Hummm would be interesting to come back after 500 years to see who won the “one” war.

Posted by: Joe | September 10, 2006, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

do you think this nut from i ran
is planning to fly his own plane
with nuc suit case bombs aboard and maybe hit the house,s of people like james who said bush was a moreon , or into the un headquaters, you see this guy is out to kill american,s and jews any way that he can.

Posted by: gene | September 10, 2006, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

so this maniac terrorist is planning to visit the US and any restriction that will prohibit this lunatic is going to be waived.I wonder if it has to do with the fact that this cockroach is in the process of building nuclear weapons and the americans rather play coward and pander to this evil the way they do to the saudis only because they have the so needed oil.

Posted by: FABIO | September 10, 2006, 4:15 pm 4:15 pm

Maybe the boys refueling his air craft can mix some water with the fuel when they refuel it , and drop him out of the air due to engine failure, or the people in i ran could do it they dont like the devil either, that would be doing iran and the world a favor.

Posted by: gene | September 10, 2006, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

He is the exact counterpart of George W. Bush: a religious zealot who speaks in the language his political system allows.

Posted by: Josh | September 10, 2006, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

Glad he’s coming-now we can arrest him for religious persecution!

Posted by: Tom Lundin | September 10, 2006, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm

Everything you just read above is what we call freedom os speech and blunt and blind democracy us style, to be imposed on everyone else. This is a practice what you preach version of freedom, now is it?
Democracy by force even if we die, we do not want it, we do not dream of it, we have seen it in action. WAKE UP people, the US has failed…

Posted by: Yakran Thimes | September 10, 2006, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

I find it hysterical that the liberal fascist left continues the myth that Bush is dumb, he is an idiot, yada yada yada. Doesn’t reflect very well that their own presidential candidates were monkey stomped in debates and the public soundly rejected the last one if not the first. Kerry must have been a complete dolt to have gotten whacked that badly.
The Mad Iranian is looking for a WW3 scenario where he gets to lead an Islamic revolution to convert the world to islamic republics. If he waits, Europe will succomb to it via attrition as its religious base has waned of late and few are Orthodox Christians. Islam can be the official state religion in Germany and France in 20 yrs. In America, let them take over the DNC and faith will suddenly make a revolutionary resurgence…just make sure its Allah (death be with him) you call Lord and God.

Posted by: JMP | September 10, 2006, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

Or maybe bush will nuke him in NY city, that is his main policy and most the posts here it seems…

Posted by: Y Thimes | September 10, 2006, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm

Earlier Al wrote here with this comment/question… “It is OK for you, americans, when you spew garbage in the name of free speech, but is a criminal act if the opposite is true?”
Well Al, yes it is OK for american citizens to spew whatever garbage they wish as private citizens. That is because we have freedom of speach. Only when the garbage incites a riot or incites people to kill it is not acceptable. So… when a leader of a country tries to spew garbage , we assume that someone will accept it for a request and try to do it. That is the totally unacceptable. Heck, that leader might even to try to have their proxy or military do “it”. If a president of the USA were to go onto camera and spew killing “orders” we would not consider it free speach nor would the “free” world consider it acceptable speach. I can do that (but i wouldnt) speach. Leaders must stop doing hate speaches. AL you need to get your head out of your arse (my free speach) and figure out that the world would be a better place if all leaders of all countries made laws that told their people that “hate crimes” and “inciting violence” was bad and unacceptable. Until then… thank you Al for your spewing of garbage and thank USA for letting me do the same. I will never thank a leader of ANY country if they spew “killing” comments. p.s. have a good day Al and to your question… yes its ok to spew for a citizen as long as its just a comment but NOT acceptable for a leader of any country that has the ability to cause killing of millions of their “opponents”. Big big difference Al. Thats why “we” think its unacceptable (you called it criminal, i didnt).

Posted by: Jim | September 10, 2006, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

Pity the poor CBP officer who is going to be ordered to stamp this idiot’s passport if he comes through JFK.
If Bush and the State Department want to grant him the visa, I hope that Mikey Chertoff has an admission stamp with his own unique number. Lord knows I wouldn’t want to be the one whose stamp number shows up in this fool’s documents, especially when he starts WW III.
We suck – Yes: WE SUCK AND WE’RE STUPID. No wonder we’re in the sorry state we’re in.

Posted by: SICK AND TIRED | September 10, 2006, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Let this nut job visit the UN and let the Israelis be his security detail in the “spirit of int’l cooperation”!

Posted by: David | September 10, 2006, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm

people terrorism was invented by american history…this is called karma, retaliation. Show this person that U.S. is a civilized nation.

Posted by: mike | September 10, 2006, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm

We have to let him in. Iran is a member of the UN, and if we want the HQ in New York, this is the way it has to be. Personally, I don’t mind everything staying in Switzerland. But for the time being, despite this guy being right up there with Stalin and Kim Jung-Il, he needs to be allowed to come and speak. Be the bigger and more open citizenry America. In a country as closed and authoritative as Iran, freedom and openness are the best opposition.

Posted by: Palmer | September 10, 2006, 8:14 pm 8:14 pm

Remember, we have freedom of speech. of course he should speak there, the news organizations should cover his entire speech, not bits and pieces.

Posted by: michael seamark | September 10, 2006, 9:41 pm 9:41 pm

Isn’t there a mosque near the UN that his plane could be flown into?

Posted by: doobeedoo | September 10, 2006, 9:46 pm 9:46 pm

Stone him to death, as these pigs have done to so many of their women.

Posted by: Son of Salmon | September 10, 2006, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm

Most of those here wouldnt know what freedom of speech or freedom of expression was if it jumped up and bit them on the backside.
The american posters here are SO disrespectful that they wont even do the guy the courtesy of spelling his name right but would rather try and smear him by making fun of his name.
Be ashamed america, be very ashamed because you are slowly but very surely destroying all the freedoms you built yourcountry on.
My 5th or 6th remark to ABC….lets see if the censor lets this one go public (but I wont hold my breath).

Posted by: Patriotic Brit | September 10, 2006, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm

Just curious – can he pick up a ballot and vote while he’s here in our country? Seems like everyone else has a say in our government nowdays..

Posted by: Pat H | September 10, 2006, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm

Give him the VISA and then arrest him for state-sponsored terrorism under the new terroris laws. Dare the world to do anything about it.

Posted by: Roger Ford | September 10, 2006, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm

What are some of you thinking? Shoot the guy? Now let’s see… if you were to do that you would not only incite an instant war with Iran, China, North Korea, and possibly others, but you would throw gasoline on the fire that is already a storm among radical islam. I don’t like the bum any more than you do… but for goodness sakes, think! I’m not saying that singing “Koombaya” around a campfire is the answer, but we need to be just a little more rational here.

Posted by: another Dave | September 11, 2006, 12:05 am 12:05 am

Too many comments to read all of them, but I find it profoundly sad how so very many people on here seem to be so eager to avoid the moral high ground. It’s such a shame that so many people are so eager to stoop to the level of whatever other evil they see….

Posted by: jacy | September 11, 2006, 12:16 am 12:16 am

hay we cant let this dud nowhere neer our land,what better way for him to blow a nuk.on his plain in the u.s.land,in the name of his gyhad we must stop him befor that can happen,there would be no new yourk. God forbid

Posted by: chuck raney | September 11, 2006, 12:34 am 12:34 am

Give him the VISA. Let’s outsource our presidency like the rest of our jobs.

Posted by: dick | September 11, 2006, 12:39 am 12:39 am

Folks ,
Our terrorist President George W Bush is responsible for far more deaths of innocents and terror around the world than this little despot. Instead of mocking the spelling of his name , look long and hard at the absolute lies and manipulation by the terrorist Bush administration

Posted by: Reality Check | September 11, 2006, 1:24 am 1:24 am

How about a citizens arrest to try him for his part in taking over the embassy in Tehran? Seems to me it we should keep him for a year and then let him go.

Posted by: Rick | September 11, 2006, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

What if Osama wanted to come to our country and try to talk at the UN? Would we allow him? As it sounds like…we would.
Does that make you feel safe?
DON’T ALLOW HIM ON OUR SOIL!!!

Posted by: Tyler Mortensen | September 11, 2006, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm

America sleepy Gov’
1)modi – refuse
2)Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – approved
USA to deny visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister … “We respect their sovereign right to grant or refuse visa to any person.
what a great terrorist Mr. President George W Bush is responsible for Denial of Visa insult to indian nation” you politicians in america are worst, no other insult is enough for india.

Posted by: john | September 20, 2006, 12:03 am 12:03 am

I WISH WE HAD THE SAME CONVICTION WITH THIS WORTHLESS PRESIDENT (iran) AS WE DO IT WITH THE ILLEGAL ALLIENS. WE ARE FIGHTING THE WRONG PEOPLE IN OUR OUWN LAND. GOD HAVE MERCY.

Posted by: E Howard | September 20, 2007, 8:04 am 8:04 am

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