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I guess I bit off more than I can chew.... I feel like real conservatives aren't into fear mongering, confrontational, editorial misdirection. I feel like a real conservative understands the difference between fighting the good fight and behaving as if war were something to be used as entertainment. Did you ever notice how at the beginning of the (second) Iraq war it came with it's own graphics? Like it was the superbowl or something.

Fox news is reserved for people who can't tell the difference between important news and plain old sensationalism.

I didn't mean to offend anyone Fox, honestly I wouldn't even have posted that bit If I had thought your username and Avatar weren't ironic.

Be afraid, be very afraid. Next, pet stories!

Threat level orange! Orange!

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Zinn's take:

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October Surprise - Peace Prize to a War Criminal

Posted: 2009/10/12
From: Mathaba

The Nobel Committee's tradition is long and inglorious, but for the well-informed no surprise. Consider its past honorees:

-- Henry Kissinger;

-- Shimon Peres;

-- Yitzhak Rabin;

-- Menachem Begin;

-- FW de Klerk;

-- Al Gore;

-- The Dalai Lama, a covert CIA asset;

-- Kofi Annan, a reliable imperial war supporter;

-- UN Peacekeeping (Paramilitary) Forces that foster more conflicts than they resolve;

-- Elie Wiesel, a hawkish Islamophobe;

-- Norman Borlaug, whose "green revolution" wheat strains killed millions;

-- Medecins Sans Frontieres, co-founded by rabid war hawk Bernard Kouchner, now France's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs;

-- Woodrow Wilson who broke his pledge to keep "us out of war,"

-- Jimmy Carter who backed an array of tyrants and drew the Soviets into its Afghan quagmire that took a million or more lives;

-- George C. Marshall, instrumental in creating NATO and waging war against North Korea;

-- Theodore Roosevelt who once said "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one"

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The Nobel Committee's Twisted Logic in Announcing the Award

It reflects Obama's

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Obama gave a very good speech when receiving his prize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNl83fbJNI

My knee jerk antiwar leanings aside, I was pleased that he pointed out that the US has underwritten security around the world for many decades. I oppose all the stupid wars, but it is not honest to shout at the United States for her mistakes while at the same time ignoring the contributions she has made since WW2.

I am not a fan of President Obama. This largely because I believe he has sold out his beliefs for political realities (I'll refrain from ranting about Larry Summers). Well, what can he do. The contemplative, interesting guy who wrote Dreams has two wars and a depression on his plate. But he took time to lecture Europeans about fundamental values, which always gets me excited. "I face the world as it is". Very true. "The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it." Also very true. The speech was humble yet firm. It was honest and realistic. He defended American actions while allowing that America has made mistakes. None the less, he is an extreme disappointment in my opinion. Speeches, no matter how well written and delivered, are not a substitute for good policy.

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Published on Thursday, February 2, 2012 by Common Dreams

Nobel Peace Prize Jury Under Investigation

Probe: Has Nobel Peace Prize Lost Its Way?

- Common Dreams staff