Khatamimania

With former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami set to speak at Harvard University on September 10, it does well to remember that as dangerous as current president Ahmadinejad is, his predecessor Khatami was a liberal in that part of the world. People should keep that in mind before gagging at the idea of a prominent Iranian political figure speaking at an American university the day before the September 11 anniversary. Sure he has made the usual obnoxoius comments about US policy fueling terrorism but nothing worse than you might hear coming out of the mouth of Bill Maher (however I wouln't want either to speak at the National Cathedral). It also does well to keep in mind that Iran is not as monolithically Shi'a Persian as it is often portrayed.