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And he calls himself a professor of law?

Iranian President Ahmadenejad is about to visit New York to attend the General Assembly.

Now, the Iranian President may well be irrational, and even dangerous in many respects, but should he be subject to arrest in New York. JTA reports:

"On Monday, a team of lawyers and diplomats who want Ahmadinejad tried for inciting genocide will call on the U.S. Department of Justice to arrest the Iranian president when he lands on American soil. The call comes as Jewish groups are preparing for a full-court press on the Iran issue in meetings planned with world leaders gathered for the yearly assembly. Also on Monday, a protest rally is planned across from U.N. Headquarters."

Not to be outdone, the ever-irrepressible Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor - also described by Larry Wilkerson, Colin Powells's former Chief of Staff when he was Secretary of State as "AIPAC's lapdog" - has joined in the fray and said, as JTA reports:

"He is an international war criminal. He has repeatedly violated the anti-genocide convention. He is as guilty as the Rwandans who are convicted and sentenced to years in prison for inciting genocide."

Hey? Where is there killing, mayhem or anything like it a la Rwanda, or anywhere else for that matter, at the instigation or incitement of the Iranian President?

By all means protest, even loudly, about the Iranian President's outlandish statements, but to equate the man to anything in Rwanda shows, clearly, that Dershowitz, even if a professor of law, isn't to be taken seriously.

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