[Peace-discuss] [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda

[C. G. Estabrook]

   Absolutely.

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more," as Shakespeare's favorite 
war-criminal, Henry V, put it...

It's Obama's Operation Barbarossa.


On 8/30/10 9:29 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>
> Plus, according to press reports, the speech will not just be about the "end 
> of the War in Iraq" - it will be a pivot to the War in Afghanistan:
>
> Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus
> Mark S. Smith, Associated Press, Thursday, August 26, 2010; 4:43 PM
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082604739_pf.html
>
> Vineyard Haven, Mass. - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President 
> Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the Iraq War to the 
> war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.
>
> Administration officials have portrayed the 8 p.m. EDT speech as an important 
> pivot point from a war that candidate Obama said should never have been fought 
> to a conflict that President Obama sees as vital to the nation's security.
>
> Previewing the speech as Obama vacationed on Martha's Vineyard, Deputy Press 
> Secretary Bill Burton said Obama also wants to thank U.S. troops who've fought 
> bravely in Iraq.
> [...]
> Burton said the Oval Office address "commemorates an important milepost in 
> American history." He said Obama will use the occasion to speak "directly with 
> the American people about what our mission is in Afghanistan (and) the fact 
> that more of our efforts and focus are now on fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan."
> [...]
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu 
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>                 The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
>
>                 "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the
>                 War in Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of
>                 President Obama's declaration of the end of the combat
>                 mission, and stay for a discussion afterward."
>
>                 I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
>                 administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over.
>                 Obama continues to order mass murder in the Middle East in
>                 pursuit of America's neo-colonial project in the region. I
>                 hope you will have someone to point that out in the discussion
>                 afterward..."), to which they (?) replied
>
>                 "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's
>                 address will be followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the
>                 issues. For the record, I don't disagree with you at all --
>                 but it is still a historic moment, and a fantastically rich
>                 opportunity to talk about dozens of different things."
>
>                 I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new
>                 undergraduate members - should show up.
>
>                 And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
>
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> Robert Naiman
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