[Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda

[Raia Hamad]

What time does this start? 

On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook 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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