With these mealy-mouthed words, the chancellor of UC Irvine rejects a petition from the student government calling for the removal of a trustee who acts as honorary consul to the civilian-massacring government of Syria.
But no – I mean, we’ve seen with our own eyes that even though the guy is a regime official who hasn’t said a word about the blood on the streets back home, he’s a good guy! And after all, he’s not a paid agent of the regime! He’s a volunteer agent.
See the reasoning, kiddies? All better… all better…
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The local NPR station has a vastly reassuring statement from the guy.
“Although Dr. Chehabi agreed to meet with NPR, he refused to be recorded. He won’t discuss the Assad regime, but says personally, he opposes the shooting of unarmed civilians.”
Cool! Me too.