Anti war pukes at Stanford protest Rumsfeld

CNN:

Students and professors at Stanford University are protesting Donald Rumsfeld's appointment to a campus think tank, saying the former defense secretary does not uphold the "ethical values" of the school.

Shortly after Rumsfeld's appointment was announced in September, professor Pamela Lee began an online petition from faculty members opposed to bringing him to the Hoover Institution.

Since then, the petition has gained more than 3,500 signatures, including nearly 300 faculty members from such diverse disciplines as law, computer science, electrical engineering and drama.

"We view the appointment as fundamentally incompatible with the ethical values of truthfulness, tolerance, disinterested inquiry, respect for national and international laws, and care for the opinions, property and lives of others to which Stanford is inalienably committed," the petition reads.

"As word of the letter got out, my inbox was flooded with messages from professors, students, staff and alumni asking to sign on," said Lee, a professor of art history.

The petition's signers include hundreds of Stanford students in addition to the faculty.

"He's a war criminal," said Sam Dubal, one petitioner, who also created a Facebook group called "Rumsfeld -- You Are Not Welcome at Stanford!"

"He's not worthy as an established member of Stanford," Dubal said.

Despite the protests, school officials say that it is well within the Hoover Institution's right to appoint Rumsfeld.

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I am glad to see that the Hoover Institution is standing up the modern McCarthyism of a leftist campus lynch mob. There is zero substances to the allegations against Rumsfeld. He is in fact a thoughtful articulate man who could run rings around them in a fair debate. That is one thing the anti war left could not stand. That is why they would rather shout down people like Rumsfeld than have a reasoned debate. That is how they earned the title of anti war pukes. Where is the ACLU standing up for the rights of those with unpopular ideas?

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