Full text at the link. Don't want to burden Fred. :-)
Nutjob may be nuts but he's no dummy when it comes to manipulating a discussion. At least he's smarter than Bollinger, who's probably off licking his wounds (including his new a$$hole) somewhere. Or at least ought to be if he's even aware of it.
He got Bollinger to agree with the idea that the existance of "Palestine" still wasn't decided. Great. That'll get lots of play over in Iran. Especially his answer "Well, thank you for your cooperation!", I'm sure. And I'm also sure that on top of that they'll be sure to trumpet the part about how he's the President of a "prestigious" American university and supposedly an expert on international affairs.
He didn't answer a single question that he did not want to. If he did, it was regurgitated rhetoric. He got the audience to applaud on several occasions. Swell. That will get lots of play over there, too. A total propaganda victory for Nutjob in the eyes of the news-starved Iranians, who cares about what the West thinks because they'll think what they think no matter what.
And everyone here is giving each other high-fives. Because they don't know that in the eyes of what is important, they have been had.
That's my take. |