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...dealt with the man’s actual political position as a pacifist and a pro-Western reformer. In 1997, Khatami won election three-to-one on the strength of young people passionate about the prospect of change (sound familiar?). Yes, theocratic authority overcame its democratic counterpart and stunted Khatami??€™s suite of reforms, but his very viability speaks volumes about the power of the vote in the putative “Axis of Evil...
...Ahmadinejad himself is an extremist, not a tyrant, and must be understood as a product of the same political apparatus that is churning in California and New York today. After Khatami??€™s impotence was proven, his young proponents didn’t change their minds or leave town, but became disillusioned enough not to turn out to polls (how about this?). The end result was a victory for Ahmadinejad and the conservative mullahs in the form of a 62 percent majority—a victory larger and more legitimate than either of his current American counterpart?...
...spokesperson for the Romney campaign said that the ad, which criticizes Khatami??€™s support of the terrorist group Hezbollah and his reported persecution of Jews and Christians, is aimed at highlighting Romney’s record on human rights...
After outcry arose over Khatami??€™s invitation to speak at an Institute of Politics forum last September, Romney—who received a joint degree in business and law from Harvard in 1974—refused to provide state security forces for Khatami??€™s protection...
...protest and boycott the speech. Others on campus preach the need for tolerance of speakers who put forward opposing viewpoints regardless of their extremity. Meanwhile, the administration plans to go forward with the speech as planned. Alhough this may sound like a description of former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami??€™s address at Harvard last September, it actually applies to the reception that former University President Lawrence H. Summers will likely receive tonight just up the road at Tufts University. When Summers’ appearance at Tufts was announced, professors and students cried foul, pointing to his infamous comments...