How extremely stupid of students at Rutgers to let go of the opportunity ....

to be able to question one of the gang members of the Bush war machine if she sleeps well at night for destroying a country like Iraq and killing more than a million of its citizens, a country that had no link to the 9/11 murderers. Why give up the opportunity to grill her why Saudi Arabia was shielded by the Bush administration when almost all the 9/11 murderers were Saudi citizens and holding Saudi passports?  

I fail to understand why students hold these protests to prevent speakers from saying their say.  They should in fact encourage such events but insist that the administration slot in a "question and answer period" and designate a few students from within the protesting group with a list of questions to put to the warmongers. When the warmongers coming to the universities to spout their lies and lay their hands on those fat checks, realize that the students will be putting them in the hot seat they skillfully usually avoid .... watch how they will make themselves disappear.

From AP:
....Condoleezza Rice Backs out of Rutgers Commencement.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

Rice said in a statement Saturday that she informed Rutgers President Robert Barchi that she was declining the invitation to speak at the graduation.

"Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their families," Rice said. "Rutgers' invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time."

The school's board of governors had voted to pay $35,000 to the former secretary of state under President George W. Bush and national security adviser for her appearance at the May 18 ceremony. Rutgers was also planning to bestow Rice with an honorary doctorate.

But some students and faculty at New Jersey's flagship university had protested, staging sit-ins and saying Rice bore some responsibility for the Iraq War as a member of the Bush administration. Barchi and other school leaders had resisted the calls to disinvite Rice, saying the university welcomes open discourse on controversial topics.

The news of Rice's decision came a day after Barchi spoke with students protesting Rice's planned speech and told them the board of governors would not rescind its invitation...........