'Khatami's academic enablers'

"Harvard's Kennedy School of Government welcomed former Iranian President Muhammad Khatami last week. The current Iranian government led by its anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has sent Khatami on a 'charm offensive' to neutralize America's resolve to seek sanctions against Iran.... Nazi Germany used 'charm offensives' to diffuse and obfuscate their aggressive intentions, much like the Islamic Republic of Iran is doing today.... Comparisons with pre-WWII Germany are being validated with Iran's aggressive posture and the West's weakness and appeasement.... The Harvard Kennedy School of Government that excels in downplaying threats to the West, and whose academic dean, Stephen Walt, argues for abandoning Israel, has assumed the historical role of an 'appeaser'. Inviting Khatami simply confirms this diagnosis."

Joseph Puder in Front Page Magazine, 5 September 2006