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

[Frank Knowles]

Would Francis Boyle be interested?

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 7:04 PM, C. G. Estabrook <cge at shout.net> wrote:

> 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>.
>
> ============================
> 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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