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LUVMBDiesels · #24 09-24-2007, 09:46 PM

Several students said they had strong personal feelings on the issue of U.S.-Iranian relations.
Ms. Shirakhon, the student who sported an antiwar message on her bikini and shorts, said she feared the prospect of an American armed confrontation with Iran. “What I am really afraid of is that it seems ignorance and fear and anger are here again,” she said. “And no–President Ahmadinejad is not a symbol of our freedom. But — and trust me on this — his power in Iran grows a little bit more every time we put that military option on the table.” American threats against Iran represent for Mr. Ahmadinejad, she said, “a big gift-wrapped package of fear that he can use to defend anything.” Eitan Bendavid, who graduated from Columbia College in the spring and teaches once a week at the campus Hillel, said, “You may be right, President Bollinger, that Ahmadinejad has the right to speak his min, but why help his cuase and grant him even the smallest trace of legitimacy by opening our university doors to him?” Mr. Bendavid asked, “Are there any red lines?” when it comes to who can speak on campus.
Before the talk, Mr. Bendavid predicted, to cheers, “This talk will probably be just as dishonest as a discussion with Hitler would have been, and equally as dangerous.”
Annie Correal contributed reporting.

It seems that at least some of the students of CU are finally waking up to reality.