Heck, I thought all this was going to be about a talibani Yale had hired- not admitted as a student.
I don't see any "moral" question about admitting anyone to college. It's just school.
Even inmates in prison for awful crimes take college courses.
Perhaps the government should have kept him out. Maybe they had their own reasons to let him in.
Two women who will join voices at Yale tonight.
Natalie Healy lost her Navy SEAL son Dan in Afghanistan last year when a Taliban rocket hit his helicopter. Ms. Healy, who notes that her son had four children of his own, is appalled at Yale's new student.
"Lots of people could benefit from a Yale education, so why reward this man who was part of the group that killed Dan?" she told me.
"I want to tell [Yale President] Richard Levin that his not allowing ROTC on campus is one thing, but welcoming a former member of the Taliban is deeply insulting to families who have children fighting them right now."
Ten days ago Ms. Healy met Malalai Joya, a member of Afghanistan's parliament, when she spoke near her home in Exeter, N.H. Tonight, Ms. Joya will speak at Yale on behalf of the Afghan Women's Mission.
She is appalled that many people have forgotten the crimes of the Taliban...
next week, Yale will mail out 19,300 rejection letters to those who applied to be in its class of 2010.
"I can't imagine it'll be easy for Yale to convince those it rejects that the Taliban student isn't taking a place they could have had,"