Georgetown U. Chair of Islamic Studies Fired

Professor Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown

Georgetown professor removed as department chair after publicly hoping for symbolic Iranian strike on US

University president confirms action against Jonathan Brown during House committee testimony after comments invoke outrage
By David Spector

A professor at Georgetown University has been removed as chair of his department and is on leave after he publicly hoped Iran would launch a “symbolic strike” on a U.S. military base, the university’s president said.

“I’m not an expert, but I assume Iran could still get a bomb easily. I hope Iran does some symbolic strike on a base, then everyone stops. I’m surprised this is what these FDD/Hasbara people have been auto-erotically asphyxiating themselves for all these years,” Dr. Jonathan Brown, the Alwaleed bin Talal chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, posted on X in June after the U.S. struck Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites.

He added, “Ironically, the main takeaways (in my non-expert opinion, and I’m happy to be corrected) from all this have nothing to do with a US attack: 1) Iran can take a licking; 2) if Israel attacks Iranian cities, it gets f—ed up pretty bad. I mean I’ve been shocked at the damage Iranian missiles caused; 3) despite his best efforts, Reza Pahlavi HVAC repair services still only third best in Nova.”

Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves testified to the House Education and Workforce Committee that Brown had been removed as chair of the department and placed on leave following the tweet.

I am an expert, and I assume Professor Brown is an elitist douchebag who is now very surprised and should be unemployed. A few short months ago his bloodthirsty screed would have gained a smattering of applause from inside the echo-chamber, and nothing more. Seems Academia has recently re-discovered the Constitution and patriotism. That or they had a Come-to-Jesus meeting with their accountants over losing Federal funding. Either way it’s satisfying to see at least SOME accountability for spewing such anti-American dreck.

Category: Iran, Schadenfreude, Schools, The Stupid is Strong