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Dear Obama, It’s Time to Return Your Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s Why.
The Daily Beast ^
| 9-6-13
| Kirsten Powers
Posted on 09/07/2013 7:10:41 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
How does a Nobel Peace Prize winner justify launching missile strikes in Syria? Or for that matter, a five-year drone war in the Middle East? Kirsten Powers says: he simply cant.
Military action is, of course, sometimes necessary to maintain peace. Kosovo and World War II are good examples. But the president has not demonstrated that missile attacks in Syria would do anything to achieve peace. Worse, by all accounts, Obamas red line threat was an off-the-cuff remark, not a well thought-out strategy. The U.S. should not attack another country because the president was careless with his words and now wants to protect his personal credibility.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dailybeast; drones; droningaboutdrones; israel; kirstenpowers; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; russia; strikes; syria; unitedkingdom; war; waronterror
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:14:41 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: afraidfortherepublic
But, but, but, but (to paraphrase Chris Wallace), Obama INTENDS to be peaceful. It’s only others that are forcing him to attack Syria alone.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:21:02 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: norwaypinesavage
Barack Obama will "Fundamentally Transform America" into a smoking ruin, BY STARTING WORLD WAR III.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:28:15 AM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:28:59 AM PDT
by
mrmeyer
("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
To: afraidfortherepublic
He’s trying to get the Superbowl ring that Putin stole.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:29:36 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Travis McGee
Obama, leave off the Dear, the American people want the truth about the four Americans you allowed to be murdered in Benghazi?
To: afraidfortherepublic
This guy could declare war on the whole world and they would still give him the Nobel Peace Prize. The award became totally meaningless when it was given to him less than 3 months after he became POTUS.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:33:06 AM PDT
by
kempster
To: afraidfortherepublic
Can’t blame him for accepting the Noble Prize, rather it is the prize givers who should be admonished for giving a prestious (formerly) award to such an obvious shammer.
I have no doubt that the “august” body that presented it to Obama did it to tweak America’s “bigoted” nose.
I will now have to go back into history and see if they did similar things for the Germans before World War II.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:33:07 AM PDT
by
BilLies
(WHOSE YOUR DADDY, BARAKO?)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Another libtard flakes off....
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Don't twerk me, Bro!)
To: kempster
"The award became totally meaningless when it was given to him less than 3 months after he became POTUS." I would say it was before that...
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:44:22 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
Sorry, I agree with you. I forgot about that snake.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:45:44 AM PDT
by
kempster
To: afraidfortherepublic
How does a Nobel Peace Prize winner justify launching missile strikes in Syria?
How is a community organizer qualified to be the president?
How does a pothead get into Columbia?
How does a mediocre student make Harvard Law Review ?
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:46:15 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: EEGator
Can’t we just call it the Nobel Piss Prize?
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT
by
JerseyDvl
(Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Military action is, of course, sometimes necessary to maintain peace. Kosovo and World War II are good examples.Fixed.
From 2001 to the end of the Bush presidency in 2009, 625 American troops died because of the war. Under 0bamas watch, more than twice that many, some 1,500 soldiers, have died. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed as well.
It's encouraging that lib, Kirsten Powers, even brings this up this gnawing, disturbing statistic. Thanks to suicidal Rules of Engagement.
But nothing undermines the notion of 0bama as a leader for peace more than his five-year Middle East drone war.
Ya think, Kirsten? Dear Kirsten. Dearest Kirsten. MEMO: Your President is a fraud. An enemy of your country. An enemy of truth.
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posted on
09/07/2013 7:50:36 AM PDT
by
USS Johnston
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
To: kempster
Can’t blame you for forgetting him. Goodbye to bad rubbish.
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posted on
09/07/2013 8:09:30 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: JerseyDvl
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posted on
09/07/2013 8:10:54 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: mrmeyer
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posted on
09/07/2013 9:06:17 AM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Obama + Syria = Nobel Peace Prize
Lib logic at it’s finest.
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posted on
09/07/2013 10:42:51 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
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