Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

He's coming to New York.

I can't believe it.

Six years into our "war on terrorism," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a strategic ally of al-Qaida, is flying into New York to speak at the United Nations.

Much of the controversy over this trip has focused on whether his request to visit Ground Zero should be honored. That, to me, is a distraction from the real issue – should he be allowed to visit New York under any circumstances, and, if he is, what should be done with him when he arrives.

My preference would be to let him come, then have him and his entire entourage handcuffed and frog-marched into custody after which they would be transported to Gitmo as enemy combatants. But that's just me.

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Let's look at this rationally.

• Iran is undeniably a strategic ally of al-Qaida. Even if it weren't, it shares Osama bin Laden's objectives of destroying both Israel and the United States by any means necessary.

• Ahmadinejad is the personification of this anti-American and anti-Semitic policy of hatred and violence.

• The Iranian president will not be coming alone. He will be accompanied by Iranian intelligence agents whose goal will be to seek out American security vulnerabilities.

• They will be flying over New York, the site of an air attack just six years ago, looking out the windows and taking notes.

• They will be traveling, presumably without blindfolds, through New York City and surrounding areas, observing bridges and tunnels and other strategic terrorist targets.

• Iran commands a terrorist organization bigger in manpower and resources than al-Qaida. It is called Hezbollah. It has attacked targets all over the world.

• Ahmadinejad himself is not your run-of-the-mill head of government. He has been a secretive operative for the Iranian regime dating back to the takeover of the U.S. Embassy through a period when he was suspected of personal involvement in foreign assassinations.

• He will use his visit to the United Nations and his chats with international reporters to further his objectives of worldwide jihad against the U.S.

• His country is currently killing U.S. troops in Iraq with proxy terrorists, bombs and weaponry.

• His country is currently killing civilians in Iraq and undermining our efforts at bringing freedom and stability to that part of the world.

• His country has been testing missile technology designed only to create massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks on targets that might very well include the United States – attacks that potentially could kill millions and reduce our nation to a second-rate power overnight.

What am I missing here?

Why are we permitting this?

Why have we permitted it in the past?

Aren't we currently making contingency plans to attack Iran's nuclear installations for fear of what they portend for the future?

This guy is the leader of Iran. He's a terrorist. He is the chief executive of a terrorist nation – probably the leading terrorist nation in the world today.

What kind of a war is this, anyway?

Every day, ordinary, loyal, taxpaying Americans are practically strip-searched in our own airports to make sure they're not terrorists. But next week, we allow one of the world's best-known terrorists to fly into our largest city – and he probably won't even be forced to remove his shoes for inspection!

I don't get it.

It's insanity.

It's a double standard big enough to drive a truck bomb through.

Remember who we're dealing with here – it's President I'm-in-a-jihad. That's his name. That's his modus operandi. That's who he is. That's who he will always be until we deal with him.

I don't want to bomb and kill innocent Iranians in a war looking more and more like it's inevitable.

But I do want to eliminate their evil leaders who keep the Iranian people captive and threaten the civilized world with their twisted evil ideology, money, power and weaponry.

Instead, we treat them like privileged princes with full diplomatic immunity.

Is this any way to run a war?

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