I really don't have much problem with Columbia University in New York inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak. As a supporter of pretty much unfettered academic freedom, I believe if the school thinks the mystical Mr. Ahmadinejad has anything useful to say, by all means let him speak.

But I think I would draw the line here:

“If Hitler were in the United States and he wanted a platform from which to speak he would have plenty of platforms to speak from in the United States. If he were willing to engage in a debate and a discussion, to be challenged by Columbia students and faculty, we would certainly invite him.” ((Link courtesty of Webloggin)

I have it in my head somehow that Dwight Eisenhower, when offered the opportunity to personally accept the surrender of a German general, refused. So unspeakably loathsome did he find the Nazis that he wouldn’t dignify them with his presence, even at the moment of triumph