• Divest from the University of California

    From MATT MUNSON@1:123/140 to ALL on Saturday, February 14, 2015 14:59:58
    As UC Riverside alum Æ03, I am deeply embarrassed by the
    undergraduate students who supported the divestiture of
    Israel. Last year the student government of Riverside
    approved a resolution supporting divestiture and now the
    University of California Student Association did the same
    in early February.

    The hostile attitudes towards Israel only lead to
    increasing animus against the Jewish people who are on the
    campuses of the UC system. Our campuses should no longer be
    a proxy venue for the Middle East conflict. Nothing is
    going to change locally when it comes to worldwide affairs.
    Either lobby your congressional representatives or move
    there if you want change to happen either way.

    Unless UC students gain some common sense, I implore the
    students to reconsider their rash opinions on divestiture.
    Until then, I hope conservative alumni and friends of
    Israel divest from the UC system until things change
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to MATT MUNSON on Thursday, March 05, 2015 01:54:45
    Hello Matt,

    As UC Riverside alum Æ03, I am deeply embarrassed by the
    undergraduate students who supported the divestiture of
    Israel. Last year the student government of Riverside
    approved a resolution supporting divestiture and now the
    University of California Student Association did the same
    in early February.

    The Prime Minister of Israel came to America yesterday
    and tried to tell Americans what to do, and how to do it.
    I found his remarks both demeaning and insulting.

    There he was, standing before the Congress, having no
    regard to the President or the Office of the President,
    telling Americans that he knew better than everybody
    else what needed to be done with Iran -

    Stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, by any means
    necessary, except negotiation.

    In other words -

    The Prime Minister of Israel, educated at Harvard, wanted
    America to go to war with Iran. He wanted Americans to fight
    Israel's war. Just like he wanted (and got) George W. Bush
    to invade Iraq. Yes, that was Bibi telling George what a
    swell idea it would be to get rid of Saddam Hussein.

    I did not see any Israeli troops invading Iraq when GWB
    pulled the trigger. How many American lives did we lose
    in that mad escapade?

    Republicans want American boots on the ground. But none
    are willing to say it. At least not publicly. If they
    cannot get American boots on the ground in Syria, or again
    in Iraq, where is the next best place? Iran. Like John
    McCain once sang on Saturday Night Live - "Bomb bomb bomb,
    bomb bomb Iran".

    The hostile attitudes towards Israel only lead to
    increasing animus against the Jewish people who are on the
    campuses of the UC system.

    Why should we (Americans) fight Israel's wars for them?

    Our campuses should no longer be a proxy venue for the Middle East
    conflict.

    Young people do the fighting, and the dying. Old people
    give the orders, and count the profits. While the Prime
    Minister of Israel complains about Iran's wish to build
    nuclear weapons, he fails to inform the world about Israel's
    own stockpile of nuclear weapons, which it got from the
    knowledge and technology from the good ol' US of A.

    Nothing is going to change locally when it comes to worldwide affairs.

    Why should it? AIPAC owns so many congresscritters it
    basically owns the USA.

    Either lobby your congressional representatives or move
    there if you want change to happen either way.

    It is a worldwide conflict between the Arabs and the Jews.
    The Arabs own the oil and the Jews own the banks. And guess
    who owns the most congresscritters?

    Unless UC students gain some common sense, I implore the
    students to reconsider their rash opinions on divestiture.
    Until then, I hope conservative alumni and friends of
    Israel divest from the UC system until things change

    The more things change, the more things stay the same.

    --Lee

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