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Old 09-24-2007, 03:34 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post
I think Ahmadinejad has scored quite a major publicity coup by doing exactly what Bush and others have tried to do - going over the heads of the politicians and the press and talking to the people directly.

Even though he flubbed a lot of the questions.

I think Columbia should take him up on his offer to visit any Iranian University they choose and talk to Iranian students and faculty directly.
Somehow I doubt that students or faculty of Columbia University will be visiting Iran anytime soon.

And, if they do visit, I think it is very likely the audience there will be "hand-picked" by the regime, if you know what I mean.