MR has sent out a post by MLDB at Daily Kos that provides a link to “The George W. Bush Library:Asset or Albatross for SMU?”
Professors William K. McElvaney and Suzanne Johnson write in the United Methodist NeXus:
What does it mean ethically for SMU to say a war violating international law makes no difference? That a pre-emptive war based on false premises, misleading the American public, and destined to cost more American lives in Iraq than the 9-11 terrorist attack, makes no difference? That the death of thousands of innocent Iraqis by our “shock and awe” bombing in the name of democracy, verified by international organizations and Iraqi doctors, is of no consequence?
These realities are not about partisan politics. Rather we are concerned with deep ethical issues that transcend politics. Do we want SMU to benefit financially from a legacy of massive violence, destruction and death brought about by the Bush presidency in dismissal of broad international opinion?
Librarians have been used as cover by the Bushes and some have protested.
Mrs. Bush has had grants named for her that existed before her husband became president. Some librarians have noted this. Some of us have been so angry at being used by the Bush family that we have made personal protests.
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