Comments on: Rahmatullah Hashemi: “Talibanned”

By: Suitably Flip

Suitably Flip — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:34:40 +0000

Yale No Longer Taliban's New Haven...

And so ends former Taliban ambassador Rahmatullah Hashemi's brief career as an Eli....

By: Scott_T

Scott_T — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:01:57 +0000

But the question everyone wants answered:

Would Yale of allowed the ROTC back in if Hashemi had been interested in joining that as well as go to Yale?

Hmm, the mind boggles.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:30:30 +0000

Couldn't it be possible that this extremely talented young person will be more influenced by a Yale education than Yale will be influenced by his presence?

A liberal education might be wasted on a conservative idealogue and if that is what he turns out to be then his admission was indeed a mistake.

If, on the other hand, if Yale by taking a chance on him, is able to impart the values of western liberalism then I think it could work out for the best.

I do not know how this will turn out but taking a chance on talented people usually is a gamble worth taking.

By: alene

alene — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:17:49 +0000

I think the attitude of those who all-but-recruited Hashemi (ooh, we're so transgressive and broadminded) is better contrasted with how disinterested the same people were in the Afghan women's college recruitment program, than with the anti-ROTC '70's hangover.