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Originally Posted by dean_acheson
Baggy,
I went to American University, in DC, where I earned a JD in law and a MA in international affairs, and was there on 9/11.
It wasn't a week before the faculty and majority of the student body had decided that the terrorists were not at fault, but the United States, since we are an imperialist power. That is the midset of the acadamy in this country, for the most part. The poor terrorists are just reacting to all the horrible things that the United States have done to them.
Lovely. Most of the IR professors I have had the enjoyment of having to listen to would also tell you with a straight face, that the United States and the Soviet Union were equally at fault for the Cold War.
Not to be a total jerk, but when the ex-hippie crowd retire from the acadamy, I won't be too upset.
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Yep. Most of the IR classes I took I spent a good deal of my time rolling my eyes. IMO, it is a crime how many of my classes (I am a Political Science major) have been professors preaching.
PD