[Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda

[C. G. Estabrook]

            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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