More Thoughts on Khatami

There's an excellent letter over at Solomonia that a guy wrote to Harvard about Khatami's visit. The writer gets across a good point while being humorous.

I feel Khatami's invitation to Harvard was a case of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". The current administration has labeled Iran's government as evil, therefore Khatami is someone for the liberal elite to embrace (even if they have to hold their noses). The greatest irony of this is Bush is the one who ultimately approved that visa. Khatami would have been the first to squash any dissident speaker.

I frequently attend lectures in the Harvard Square area and Khatami is just an extreme example of the pervailing attitude; patriotism is for the simple minded.....nothing is black and white, everything is shades of gray....that taking a stand is being judgemental....

Sorry, sometimes a thing is just wrong, like Khatami speaking on the eve of 9/11. Sometimes a thing is just right, like protesting that event and Mitt taking a stand against it.