Posted on 08/24/2006 4:43:05 AM PDT by unionblue83
Talk is cheap. At least, that’s what we are taught to believe in a society built not just on action, but on a respect for political minorities. But in a society where political minorities are considered enemies of the state, and where political discourse is tightly controlled, talk carries a far greater weight than it does here.
The disgraced former president of Iran, Hojjat-ol eslam Mohammad Khatami, wants to speak in Washington, D.C., next month, and the State Department has already indicated it will welcome his visit.
This is pure foolishness of the type Lenin described when he famously noted that the capitalists would sell the rope with which the Communists would hang them.
Although Khatami has not yet formally applied for a visa, his talk at the Washington National Cathedral next month was approved by the office of Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, according to the Washington Post.
This is the same Nicholas Burns who said last Friday that the United States would push for United Nations sanctions on Iran if Tehran does not accept a U.S.-backed package of incentives aimed at halting its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.
Okay, so this is Washington, where talking out of both sides of the mouth is taken as a career-enhancing fashion statement. Still, it doesn’t require an exceptionally brilliant mind to understand that the terror masters in Tehran plan to use Khatami’s visit to further their goals, not undermine them.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
ping.
Maybe the American people need to hear for themselves how Iranians lie!
"Khatami is being sent to Washington by the regime with a similar purpose: use happy talk to distract the United States from crafting serious international sanctions that would inflict real pain on this regime and possibly help spark a home-grown rebellion.
Would Washington have welcomed Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels to address the German Bund in 1940?
I don’t think so.
All the more reason why George W. Bush should step up to the plate and Just Say No, because Khatami’is purpose is similar to that of Joseph Goebbels in spreading Nazi propaganda."
I've been waiting for Timmerman's response to this news. He didn't disappoint. Great piece!
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Ten to one the Defartment of State will shuck and jive behind the scene and end up getting its way and the yahoo will end getting the okey-dokey to come and defile the National Cathedral even worse than it already is.
Thanks for the ping and the article. It is a good piece.
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