What a surprise, a Columbia University Professor says something that sane people couldn't comprehend thinking.

Columbia University professor told an anti-war gathering that he would like to see "a million Mogadishus" — referring to the 1993 ambush in Somalia that killed 18 American servicemen.

The man wants to see 18 million Americans dead. That would be 18 million young Americans not attending college, which may in turn mean that you may lose your job. Oh, silly me, with your way of thinking, they will make you Dean.

At Wednesday night's "teach-in" on the Columbia campus, Nicholas De Genova also called for the defeat of U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites) and said, "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military." And he asserted that Americans who call themselves "patriots" are white supremacists.

So Dick...er, Nick wishes the US military to be destroyed. I get it, if our military is gone, we can become a communist utopia.

De Genova's comments about defeating the United States in Iraq were cheered by the crowd of 3,000, Newsday reported. But his mention of the Somali ambush — "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus" — was largely met with silence.

I see, defeating the military is exciting to the crowd, but soldiers dying gives most of them pause. What were the ones who weren't largely silent thinking?


A call Friday to De Genova, 35, an assistant professor of anthropology, was answered with a recording that said his voice mailbox was full.


Columbia spokesman Joe Kennedy said the university was preparing a statement about the event.

Of course Joe didn't have the balls to condemn Nick himself, he better find out what the University thinks.

History professor Eric Foner, who helped organize the teach-in and spoke after De Genova, said Friday, "I disagreed strongly and I said so. If I had known what he was going to say I would have been reluctant to have him speak."

At least Eric understood the gravity of the comments. How long until he's accused of censorship?

He said De Genova was a last-minute invitee, was just one of about 25 speakers and "did not represent the general tone of the event, which was highly educational."

Of course the event was highly educational. Sounds to me like everyone had a great time. Check out the headline: Columbia Teacher Comments Irk Some; I would hope it would irk most, but then I must be in the minority. I really hope these people don't cheer everytime an American gets captured or killed, I can't be so sure anymore.