What do you think about the story that follows? And, more important, what would John Sexton, a true thought leader with more experience in academia than most anyone, think about it?

In the immediate wake of 9/11—indeed, on 9/12, while the WTC embers still burned unendingly—a Yale University professor led a seminar discussion in which some students suggested that it was the different life circumstances of American university students from those of the 9/11 perpetrators that caused the previous day’s events. The professor actually added his own two cents—hardly worth more: He saw little difference between Hamas suicide bombers and American soldiers who died fighting in World War II. Just imagine! Sort of like—Hitler must have had his reasons, let’s consider?

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