Columbia University continues to ban the U.S. military Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from campus because “the U.S. military remains closed to openly gay personnel.”

But the same Columbia University is hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose country executes homosexuals.

UPDATE:
I admit I’m surprised with Columbia President Bollinger’s introduction of Mahmoud. It was refreshingly harsh towards the terrorist leader. I will try to find the transcript and post it.

Highlights of Bollinger’s intro

“Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator.”

Bollinger assailed Ahmadinejad’s “denying” of the Holocaust as “ridiculous” and “dangerous propaganda.” He called the Iranian leader either brazenly provocative “or astonishingly uneducated.”

He said he doubted Ahmadinejad would show the intellectual courage to answer the questions before him.

Ahmadinejad responded to this intro by whining like a child about respect and courtesy. Priceless.

More, see Update 3 below.

UPDATE 2:
It’s quite telling that liberals aren’t rushing the stage to prevent Ahmadinejad from speaking or tossing a pie in his face. I guess they don’t feel obliged to suppress his comments.

UPDATE 3:

Here’s the video of Bollinger’s intro:

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Clip 2

UPDATE 4:
Here’s my response to Mahmoud last year.