Here’s the statement from John McCain:
“I still find it astonishing and astounding that Columbia University would welcome the president of a country that has not only dedicated itself to a policy of extinction of the state of Israel, but as he is speaking, most of the lethal and explosive devices are being exported from Iran into Iraq, endangering and taking the lives of brave Americans who are serving. Meanwhile, Columbia University’s belief in free speech does not extend to Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units being allowed on their campus to attract outstanding young men and women to serve in the military.”
Isn’t this one of the biggest questions to come out of this? If Columbia can invite Ahmadinejad to the campus to say that homosexuality doesn’t exist in Iran–essentially that homosexuality is a Western disease, a symptom of cultural decadence and moral decay–how can the university at the same time refuse to allow the United States military to operate an ROTC unit on campus?
