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Old Apr 14, 2011, 2:38 pm
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USirritated
 
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Originally Posted by jtrue28
I wonder if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got that treatment when he came over to speak at Columbia University in 2007. I have a feeling none of th SS would take a bullet for that SOB.
That could go either way. While the US government probably does not consider Ahmadinejad "distinguished," which would seem to indicate that he not be protected, the US government might choose to protect him here, simply because of the huge international fallout which would occur if he were attacked or assassinated on US soil.
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