You can read a report on last night's "Is War Necessary?" teach-in at the University of Oregon here. Five professors from the University's Concerned Faculty for Peace and Justice spoke on topics ranging from how the U.S.'s woeful dependency on oil affects foreign policy to how attacking Iraq would jeopardize the security of everyday Americans and increase anti-American sentiment. The money shot was delivered by political science professor Jane Cramer, whose capacity for moral equivocation and wildly illogical conjecture far surpassed even the considerable abilities of her colleagues. Here is the Daily Emerald's account of her talk:

Political science Assistant Professor Jane Cramer said attacking Iraq because of Saddam Hussein's alleged connection to terrorism would be a mistake.

"We have to evaluate what kind of connection (Hussein) would possibly want," she said.

Cramer added it is unlikely that al-Qaida -- which is a fundamentalist group -- would support a secular ruler like Hussein. She said al-Qaida would love for the United States to topple Hussein because a fundamentalist leader would likely be elected in his place.

I'd comment, except I'm speechless with disgust. I will note, however, that the teach-in appears to have accomplished its corrosively relativistic end. Concerned Faculty for Peace and Justice hung up a poster where attendees could record their comments. Among them: "Iraq soldiers bleed and Iraqi families grieve, just as we do."