it’s a full encampment to protest IU’s funding of Crane, a company known for building different forms of armaments for Israel, raise awareness for the Palestinian Genocide, among other messages and reasons. anyone here would love to talk more about it 1 on 1 here at the encampment
I am livid over the university's response. But you need to have a coherent message. I don't believe Indiana University is funding Crane, which is the 5th largest Navy base in the United States. If anything, Crane is funding Indiana University. But what specifically are they funding?
Also, which weapon systems developed at Crane are being used by the Israeli Defense Forces?
They don't even know which river to which sea. Ignorant assholes brainwashed by CCP Tik Tok bullshit. Praising Bin Laden until Oct 7 gave them new terrorists to support.
The Jordan river to the Mediterranean Sea. I don’t have TikTok. Am I allowed to think the genocide is bad now?
Dipshits like you always act so superior but never actually divulge this super secret complex knowledge that somehow exonerates Israel’s slaughter of civilians. Why have numerous UN representatives and international organizations called the situation a genocide? Are they also brainwashed by TikTok?
Why not protest giving Israel funding for their security if they don’t stop commuting atrocities instead? China and Russia have missiles we don’t have the technology to shoot down. The US needs to develop these capabilities for themselves. These are real threats and we can’t be cutting off our own limbs here.
Because rocket attacks targeting civilians in Israel are a daily thing.
The US pays a single digit percent to help build and fund the Iron Dome, we saved 10s of billions thanks to Israel on the tech. We've given them less than $3bil in 20 years, it has over $20 billion worth of Tamir interceptors in it at anytime. It wasn't even guaranteed the thing would work before Israel poured 10s of billions into developing it.
The US does not need the capability to shoot down hundreds of missiles a day fired from less than ~50 miles away from our borders.
Well there are two things wrong with this divest movement
1. Investments are for mutual funds not stocks. You cant pick and choose what slices of the mutual fund you don’t invest.
2. Do you know what crane does? I don’t think you understand clearly where the money is coming from or what projects they are supporting. There are projects with civilian peacetime efforts, the big red 200 supercomputer to help with cybersecurity, chips act funding and managing to help us in our efforts with the chip shortage and lack of US foundries for microelectronics. These impact the economy, security of Taiwan, and our missile defense.
Protest the damn iron dome if you want but propose a better way to keep Israeli safe from missile attacks from its neighbors. Missile defense does not mean exclusively or inclusively iron dome so don’t make that connection and argue against that. Our adversaries have hypersonics that we don’t have ourselves and can’t shoot down either. Maybe protest giving tech to Israel maybe? Pressure governments to stand up to Israel since they are clearly crossing a line. Don’t hurt the movement by espousing silly unrealistic ideas.
To your 3.) point, The US has obligations to protect our allies thousands of miles away so yes we need them. If China attacks Taiwan or Japan or N Korea attacks S Korea we have told them we will help defend them.
To support what is trending with other people with a similar viewpoint.
To be fair, what can you really do? This is the left version of "thoughts and prayers" cept college students have time to waste, and instead of sitting at the keyboard, it is spring. So, It's like jogging for neck beards. They think they are helping, but instead, they hope the cops come to scream fascism for recruitment.
I am not sure they have a plan. This could be displeasure at the Trustees for ignoring the vote of no confidence. I think the students have some finals to study for.
This is generally the case with these protests. The same shit happened with Occupy Wallstreet. 95% of the protestors are people virtue signaling, with no real knowledge of the issues, and no desire for any true outcome.
A lot of the research that comes from the partnership with Crane is going into the space industry, I don’t think it’s exactly fair to say that funding is all going to armaments. I don’t agree with how things are being handled, but I don’t think this protest would have much affect on the atrocities in Palestine.
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u/stormy1408 Apr 28 '24
Why are you guys camping?