Here at GraniteGrok, we spank ’em when they’re wrong… and thank ’em when they’re right-
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While we have been somewhat tough on possible presidential wannabee Mitt Romney (here and here), today we congratulate him for his stance on a visiting terror state leader. Today’s (Sept. 6) Boston Herald reports:
Gov. Mitt Romney is refusing to provide customary police escorts and VIP treatment for Mohammed Khatami’s controversial visit to Boston this weekend, citing the former Iranian president’s regime of terror and torture..
Romney, a likely 2008 GOP presidential candidate, has taken a stance against the Iranian leader’s speech at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Sunday, ordering state police not to assist in the security normally afforded visiting dignitaries.
This is fantastic news- a politician with some backbone unwilling to pander to this country’s enemies! The Herald quotes Romney:
“State taxpayers should not be providing special treatment to an individual who supports violent jihad and the destruction of Israel,” Romney said.
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Romney said Khatami oversaw Iran’s secret nuclear program and supported torture, religious persecution and the destruction of Israel.
“Khatami pretends to be a moderate, but he is not,” Romney said. “We will never make progress in the region if we deal with wolves in sheeps’ clothing.”
Hear! Hear! The only downside to the story is this:
The U.S. State Department issued Khatami a visa to visit Washington, D.C. and Boston and will provide security.
While the taxpayers at the state-level are off the hook, all of us who pay federal taxes are not. The only funding I wish to supply for this visit is for the bullet this terror leader rightfully deserves…
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Yes- I am still bitter about 1979- when the new world war started.
