[Peace-discuss] A Debate on the US in the Mideast

[C. G. Estabrook]

AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana, wishes to 
sponsor a debate in the fall semester on the current American wars in SW 
Asia and N Africa - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, 
and Yemen.

Members of the university and the community are invited to participate 
in a formal debate on the resolution -
RESOLVED: THE US SHOULD WITHDRAW TROOPS AND WEAPONS FROM MENA (MIDEAST & 
NORTH AFRICA)

Each side (affirmative and negative) will be afforded two opening 
‘constructive’ speeches, and two closing ‘rebuttal’ speeches, for a 
total of eight talks, each of five minutes - followed by questions and 
comments from the audience.

If you wish to participate in this debate - or have suggestions for 
those who might - contact <cgestabook at gmail.com>.

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Two generations ago, in 1967, Americans first began to object to the US 
government’s war in SE Asia, five years after it had begun with 
President Kennedy’s invasion of South Vietnam, in 1962.

Today, in 2017, we are more than fifteen years into the US government’s 
wars in SW Asia. The Obama administration - the first administration in 
US history to be at war throughout two presidential terms - was able 
largely to distract Americans from the Mideast killing for which they 
were responsible. But debate about US wars in the Mideast was raised 
again by the Trump administration. We Americans - in the academy and in 
general - should consider what we are doing.

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