Hello Matt,   
      
    MM> As UC Riverside alum ’03, I am deeply embarrassed by the   
    MM> undergraduate students who supported the divestiture of   
    MM> Israel. Last year the student government of Riverside   
    MM> approved a resolution supporting divestiture and now the   
    MM> University of California Student Association did the same   
    MM> 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".   
      
    MM> The hostile attitudes towards Israel only lead to   
    MM> increasing animus against the Jewish people who are on the   
    MM> campuses of the UC system.   
      
   Why should we (Americans) fight Israel's wars for them?   
      
    MM> 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.   
      
    MM> 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.   
      
    MM> Either lobby your congressional representatives or move   
    MM> 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?   
      
    MM> Unless UC students gain some common sense, I implore the   
    MM> students to reconsider their rash opinions on divestiture.   
    MM> Until then, I hope conservative alumni and friends of   
    MM> Israel divest from the UC system until things change   
      
   The more things change, the more things stay the same.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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