[Peace-discuss] Remarks for Thursday protest, noon on campus

[Robert Naiman]

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Champaign for his supportive
and encouraging remarks. I will do as he suggests.

On 3/14/07, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> I hope Bob will talk about Iran, and as a member of AWARE if he wishes.
>   I understood that he wanted to mention his Just Foreign Policy group,
> too.  --CGE
>
> Barbara kessel wrote:
> > I like Carl's remarks and I appreciate his always careful
> > prreparation. I agree with Karen's comments that he might add a couple
> > of other candidates to Obama, or point to Kucinich as the only one (if
> > I am not mistaken and I hope I am).
> >
> > Also would like to see 2.5 minutes devoted to Not Attacking Iran. I am
> > fairly new at being an AWARE member but there were no initiation rites
> > or fee, so since Bob Naiman was recently at an AWARE meeting and is a
> > very active member of the Iran working group, wouldn't that qualify
> > him to also speak as a member of AWARE? He is the best one on that
> > subject right now, and willing. If people feel he should not be
> > identified as a member of AWARE, then he could still have the 2.5
> > minutes, right?
> > Barbara
> >
> >
> > On 3/14/07, Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >> Carl,
> >>
> >> I like it.
> >>
> >> I think I might include several of the other presidential candidates
> >> as well as Obama -- while he is worth picking on, so is Hilary Clinton.
> >>
> >> Or maybe I would emphasize the positive by naming the very few good
> >> anti-war people on both sides of the isle-- some ARE worth watching
> >> and asking our reps to support.
> >>
> >> But then, part of the reason I am not speaking is because I can never
> >> make up my mind what is the most important thing to say or how to say it.
> >>
> >> -karen medina
> >>
> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:44:11 -0500
> >> >From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
> >> >Subject: [Peace-discuss] Remarks for Thursday protest, noon on campus
> >> >To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> >> >
> >> >[Apparently Bob Naiman and I are to divide AWARE's five minutes at
> >> >tomorrow's demo.  Here's my 2.5 minutes (delivered at the usual rate of
> >> >the news notes at the meeting).  Suggestions welcome.  --CGE]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >[1] AWARE is a local anti-war group formed just after the 9-11 attacks,
> >> >by people around here who realized that the "Global War on Terrorism"
> >> >was a fraud -- a cover for American imperialism.  The name stands for
> >> >"Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort," and it includes people from
> >> >Champaign-Urbana from their mid-teens to their mid-eighties, university
> >> >and non-university.
> >> >
> >> >[2] Among other things, AWARE holds monthly demonstrations against the
> >> >administration's wars -- past, present and future; we also arranged for
> >> >the local referendums in last fall's elections, when people in
> >> >Champaign-Urbana voted FOR withdrawal from Iraq and FOR the impeachment
> >> >of Bush and Chaney.
> >> >
> >> >[3] Across the country Americans voted against the war last fall, so
> >> >some politicians, particularly Democrats, had to begin to say that they
> >> >were against the war.  But we should realize that there are two ways to
> >> >be anti-war now, one real and one fake.
> >> >
> >> >[4] The first way is to recognize that the US government has
> >> >consistently misrepresented the situation in the Middle East -- from the
> >> >9/11 attacks through the Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction" to the
> >> >attack on Lebanon -- to justify murderous and criminal policies, up to
> >> >and including launching aggressive war -- which the Nuremberg Trials
> >> >called "the supreme international crime" (that is, worse than
> >> >terrorism).  The US should therefore withdraw completely from Iraq (and
> >> >Afghanistan), as a large majority of Iraqis wish; pay reparations; and
> >> >hold accountable those guilty of prosecuting this war, beginning with
> >> >impeachment.
> >> >
> >> >[5] But the second way to call yourself anti-war is to call for a
> >> >"re-deployment" of US forces in the Middle East, so that the central
> >> >point of the long-term US policy in the region -- control of the
> >> >region's energy resources, a decisive advantage for the US over Europe
> >> >and Asia -- can be maintained, while the US washes its hands of any
> >> >responsibility for the countries it has invaded and devastated.  That is
> >> >the way of most of our anti-war Democrats, including Mr. Obama, and it
> >> >is a cynical pretense.
> >> >
> >> >[6] AWARE wants to help build a real anti-war movement.  We meet every
> >> >Sunday night at 5pm at the Old Post Office in Urbana.  Come join us.  We
> >> >have a war to end.
> >> >
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