[Update: Governor Romney’s Statement on Ahmadinejad’s possible visit to Ground Zero]
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement regarding the possible visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Ground Zero in New York City:
“Ahmadinejad’s shockingly audacious request should be met with a vehement no. It’s inconceivable that any consideration would be given to the idea of entertaining the leader of a state sponsor of terror at Ground Zero. This would deeply offend the sensibilities of Americans from all corners of our nation. Instead of entertaining Ahmadinejad, we should be indicting him.”
First off, Ahmadinejad shouldn’t even be allowed inside this country and it’s absolutely absurd that he’s coming to this country.
First take a look at what Governor Mitt Romney has said about it…
Monday, Sep 17, 2007
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(857) 288-6390Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney released a letter sent to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging “the United Nations to revoke any invitation to President Ahmadinejad to address the General Assembly.”
In his letter, Governor Romney wrote:
“The Iranian regime under President Ahmadinejad has spoken openly about wiping Israel off the map, has fueled Hezbollah’s terror campaign in the region and around the world, and defied the world community in its pursuit of nuclear weapons – capabilities that make these threats even more ominous. As General David Petraeus testified last week, Iran is also supporting Shia militia extremists and violence that is taking the lives of American soldiers and undermining the Iraqi government.”
Governor Romney believes that the Iranian regime’s record demands that the United Nations “take a strong stand against Iran’s President Ahmadinejad.” Failure to take such a stand would be a setback to efforts to address the dangerous and deadly actions taken by Iran’s leaders. If the United Nations fails to act, Governor Romney wrote that “the United States must reconsider its level of support and funding for the United Nations as we look to rebuild and revitalize effective international partnerships to meet 21st century threats.”
Today’s letter builds on the comprehensive strategy to prevent a nuclear Iran that Governor Romney laid out in January 2007 at the annual Herzliya Conference in Israel. As part of this strategy, Governor Romney called for the diplomatic isolation of Iran. He also encouraged public pension funds to strategically divest from any businesses associated with the Iranian regime’s dangerous activities. In September 2006, Governor Romney ordered state government agencies not to support the visit of former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami to the Boston area because of the Iranian regime’s dangerous actions.
Read: Governor Romney’s letter to the U.N. Secretary-General. Also, read: Governor Romney’s strategy to prevent a nuclear Iran.
But, this one takes the cake…From Fox News, it’s titled Iranian President’s Visit to Ground Zero Denied. This man has nerve, and I don’t mean that in a positive way. I can not believe that this man who’s touted the complete and utter destruction of the state of Israel is going to be allowed inside the United States. Not to mention his nuclear program, and his threatening postures toward the world at large.
I don’t like the UN anyway, I’d like to see it’s doors closed forever and the the US to reclaim that land as it’s own. We are the United States of America, not the United States of the world.
I don’t like the UN either.
However, even if US diplomatic isolation is reasonable, UN diplomatic isolation is the same as saying there are no peaceful solutions. That is, Iran must come around and Iran must come around after it is nuked.
Ironically, though Romney does not want to use UN diplomacy to ease tensions, he is quite willing to use the UN to indict a head of state. The word “indict” does not have a legal meaning in the context. It is stronger than “sue”. The lawyer in Romney is playing with words. Romney wants the UN to arrest someone on US soil to establish UN sovereignty over the US. (I don’t think he minds; he believes he rules the UN.)
If we get rid of the UN (Yay!), then we must leave some door open for diplomatic solutions.
The president of Iran said the holocaust did not occur. Then he came to Columbia University and said it did. He still is a bad man, but we should use this as diplomatic progress. It should not be used as an event to provoke war.
In his letter to the UN Romney seemed to be saying that if the UN did not do what he wanted, he would shut it down and start his own organization. So, we still end up with some sort of world something.