Say What?

My university is certainly not typical, meaning it is not this bastion of leftist anti-American preaching, but it does still have some of it. In the school paper, there was recently a story about some anti-war protests that I found rather revealing in terms of what it showed (unintentionaly) about the protesters. Two quotes in particular caught my attention.

The first was from an "international speaker", or something to that effect. And what did he say about the US in Iraq? He feels that the US is hindering democracy there. That's right, the US is hindering democracy. Hello? I believe Saddam was a fairly big democracy inhibitor. This is perhaps the most ludicris thing I have heard, maybe even worse than Cindy Sheehan's "Reich-wing" remark. (Plus all her other bone headed ones). In fact, I don't think I should even have to explain this one. Any rational person can see how blatently moronic the statement is.

The other was by a professor. In effect, he was upset that the anti-war movement wasn't getting enough press. They weren't covering it. This, too, shows considerable detatchment from reality (as does the professor's resume). The anti-war movement is getting press way out of proportion to its influence. Cindy's Sheehan's protest down in Crawford was essentially a media creation, and the AP chronicled her activities in Washington virtually minute by minute. Contrary to not covering the movement, they are in effect creating the movement. They crop pictures so that you don't see that its mostly reports at these protests. Here we have a professor illustrating the absurdity of the movement for all to see.