War and Peace

| Sun Nov. 29, 2009 9:37 AM PST

On Tuesday Barack Obama will announce a major escalation of the war in Afghanistan.  A week later he'll be in Oslo accepting his Nobel Peace Prize.  Pretty good timing, no?

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History

Someone really needs to learn history ('Nam, Afg, etc.). Good lord.

How many folks will trumpet the 10 year cost of this folly (vs the babblings about the -- paid for -- "costs" of HCR)?

This is the change I voted for, indeed.

It's actually pretty funny,

It's actually pretty funny, but not in a haha sort of way. As often as he backtracks to mollify the right, I wonder if he now has to be "tough" in Afghanistan to undo the Nobel prize connotations.

he is not back tracking to

he is not back tracking to mollify the right... this is who he said he was. The idea that he was the anti-war candidate WAS a fairy tale. Bill was right.

I guess it would be unprecedented

I guess it would be unprecedented if they rescinded the prize between the announcement and the acceptance. But in all honesty they ought to consider it.

The Peace Prize Committee

The Peace Prize Committee made their poop in public, and now they deserve to have their nose rubbed in it.

Don't have a cow, man

'Cause we're all* having our noses rubbed in it.

*Almost everyone who voted for Obama, and thought he was the peace candidate.

Irony

Nobel Peace Prize + US Escalation in Afghanistan. Sort of the ultimate irony, huh? I'm very disappointed by Obama in a whole host of areas. It sometimes feels like a nightmare.

> escalation ooh! Vietnam

> escalation

ooh! Vietnam analogy!

Remember when Kevin and his clan last used that term? Then they were proved wrong and whoops, down the memory hole it went and they started calling it "the surge" like everyone else.

War is peace.

War is peace.

Don't worry. Obama will

Don't worry. Obama will show his "peace" side when it comes to Iran. His "smart diplomacy" has failed; Iran has shrugged off all new IAEA complaints and requests for inspections. The IAEA published a "strong" letter of condemnation; Iran responded by announcing the development of 10 new uranium enrichment facilities. It's quite clear Iran is damning the torpedoes and proceeding full-steam-ahead towards a robust nuclear weapons program.

Obama will do nothing.

There's your peace.

shout down the War Uncle Tom

The president needs to be disobediently opposed. He should not be able to open his mouth without someone shouting mass murderer. Every initiative of the president should be opposed until he corrects his Af-Pak oppression policy.

There's your peace.

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Don't worry. Obama will show his "peace" side when it comes to Iran. His "smart diplomacy" has failed; Iran has shrugged off all new IAEA complaints and requests for inspections. The IAEA published a "strong" letter of condemnation; Iran responded by announcing the development of 10 new uranium enrichment facilities. It's quite clear Iran is damning the torpedoes and proceeding full-steam-ahead towards a robust nuclear weapons program.

Obama will do nothing.

There's your peace.

How long will this curse

How long will this curse continue, where Democrats have to act "tough" to appease the right-wing Neanderthals who still have way too much iinfluence in this great nation of ours?

How many times will we charge full-tilt into the abyss so as to not appear weak in our own eyes? My guess is we'll keep doing it until we have nothing left to charge with, and then we will turn on one another, fighting over "who lost" whatever the final debacle will have been.

Fucking sad is what it is. I expected better of Obama, yes, I did, but in truth I'm not all that surprised.

The globe of United States

U.S is so strong that no country would take it, so Obama could do whatever he wants, but remember that every empire shall fall!

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