Mitt Responds to Ahmadinejad, and Did Ahmadi Say What I Think He Said?

Elsewhere on NRO today, Mitt Romney writes: “Instead of inviting him to speak at the United Nations and Columbia University, he should be indicted under the Genocide Convention.”

By the way, Ahmadinejad’s very first words at Columbia? A prayer:

Oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al- Mahdi and grant him good health and victory, and make us his followers and those who attest to his (rightfulness ?).

I’m no Shia theologan, but isn’t he praying for the return of the Twelfth Imam, and more or less the end of the world?