Please, please... if the degrees are to be in marshmallow subjects (such as the idiot Gates tries to teach at Harvard), send them somewhere else than the US.
There is no need to support the weeds currently infesting our universities. Let’s let most of the idiot course departments die quietly.
And - a sincere note of apology to the many, many talented and accomplished English majors, etc., out there. You know you’re good, and I know you’re contributing much to the country.
However, it appears that Harvard, Yale, Colorado University, etc. don’t know who you are, and choose to hire the losers.
I'd be more worried about the 10,000 Saudi students.
Vet them properly... and since the Iraqi Government is paying, they should be welcome. Education is a fine way of raising a new generation for Iraq.
The only downside I see is that they will be made more Anti-American by visiting liberal-dominated campuses.
I remember the case of a Kuwaiti student in California, who wrote a very pro-American essay... and was bashed viciously by his liberal prof.
Now is the time that we need the crusades, and 52% of our fellow countryman elected Suleiman the (not so)Magnificent.
Hey great!!!! Besides the free education (which we pay) let’s throw in free healthcare, let them bring their entire families, put them at the head of the line for jobs, give them all union benefits and we can throw in welfare for those that can’t or won’t work, give them citizenship so they can vote for the DemocRATS. Great country here in Obama-land.
I have a better idea: Let’s send the Ward Churchills, Gates etc. types OVER THERE to teach (one way tickets of course)
I think this is a good idea... take for instance Saudi Arabia... most of the college graduates are men... and they all majored in religious studies (guess which one?).
It is so bad that Saudi Arabia has to import specialists to do the work... doctors... engineers... and so on... (I got this from National Geographic several years ago... so I can't provide the link).
I dont think this necessarily a bad thing. My concern would be that Al Qaeda interlopers would be part of the mix.
Such negativity. I think it’s a good idea. For Iraqis that is. They need people to get experience in a western Democracy... while they can.
These kids lived through hell on earth and now they’re going to be punished by putting them into America’s socialist schools? Shameful
Re: some of the comments on this thread. We overthrow their brutal dictator, point them in the right direction toward democracy, help them fight off threats to that democracy. Then when they show signs of standing on their own two feet and wanting to join the civilized family of nations, we b*tch about that too. Only on FR.
The coming Muslim flood? What kind of idiotic comment is that? First of all, we’ve spent years, thousands of lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars to help the Iraqis. Do you believe that it has all been a waste? More importantly, there are over 1 BILLION Muslims in the world. You think that 10,000 college students is a coming flood? Moron.