August 30, 2006
Santorum Expresses Outrage After Bush Administration Permits Khatami To Visit U.S.Senator Rick Santorum made the following statement today.
I am outraged to learn that former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami’s request for a visa to visit the United States has been approved by the Bush Administration. Mohammed Khatami is one of the chief propagandists of the Islamic Fascist regime. He was elected as a so-called reformer, but he presided over a dramatic worsening in the material and political conditions of the Iranian people. During his presidency, the suppression of free speech was so great that the organization ‘Reporters Without Frontiers’ branded Iran “the greatest predator of free press in the Middle East.” When Iranian students demonstrated against the regime in 1999, Khatami’s government arrested thousands of people, some of whom remain in prison to this day.Like it or not, at least Bush isn't meeting with Khatami, like someone else I could mention.
Posted by Matt Margolis on August 30, 2006 11:09 PM
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Khatami is a moderate, and was immensely helpful toward us after 9/11. He was forced out by the Muslim extremists currently in control in Tehran.
President Bush as well as Secretary of State Rice extended Khatami a visa because he is considered to be one of the good guys in Iran -- and a potential ally in the long run.
Let's try to keep this in mind before we demonize an entire country.
Posted by: Herbsuperb8 at September 6, 2006 12:58 AM
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