I've met some cool Iranian people.

Better to error on the side of caution and ban all Iranian "students" from sensitive fields of study.  That goes for flight school too.

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I KILL YOU!!!!!!

I bet the neighbors of the 9/11 bombers thought they were 'nice' guys too.

I wish we could, but it looks like we'll learn too late, like England.

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By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Western Culture: If we didn't know better, we'd say the news out of England suggests the British are hell-bent on killing their civilization. But, of course, we do know better — don't we?

So how does this article relate to singling out people based on race alone again??????

You surely don't believe this ban was about race! 

No, if they did background checks on these students. But what about an Iranian who becomes an American citizen? He/she still cannot study nuclear physics? What if they want to become an engineer and work for the government? If you say "too bad" it's funny because it already happens. Schools should focus on background checks on ANY person of ANY race who wants to study nuclear technology.

The article from England is not related to the original posted article. The article from England tells of people bending over backwards to be politically correct. Got that. The first article is about banning all people of a particular nationality from studying a particular subject in school.

The Dutch are just trying to be politically correct when they shouldn't.   Being PC instead of truthful is always a mistake in my opinion.   Nationality has nothing to do with it.  It's simply a non Muslim nation not wanting students from a militant  Muslem nation to study nuclear technology at its universities. 

But there's always more to stories like this.  Since the Dutch government is also curently trying to ban burqas, my guess is they are having problems with the identity of students who refuse to uncover their faces.  

The people of the Netherlands have a right to run their country the way they see fit in my opinion.  Iran needs to understand that and send their students somewhere where they are welcome.         

Should the Dutch be persecuted because they don't want to educate people intent on "wiping Israel off the map" ?

I don't think so.

Correct, but alot of your average everyday Iranians could care less about wiping Israel off of the map.  Stereotyping is stereotyping, ban everyone studying nuclear technology unless they pass a check or ban no one.  Doesn't make sense.  Remember also that at one time Iran was our ally.  My Iranian co-worker was trained by the US Navy. 

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:  Matthew 12:25