I'm looking for the irony in this post, but can't find it.
We have a president who has mostly continued the worst policies of his predecessor: expansion of the war in Afghanistan, continued 'preventive detention' without trial or access to judicial review, continued and expanded handouts to the very rich, secret meetings and agreements with big pharma, and much more. And for this he gets the Nobel peace prize? This is like giving the prize to Cheney because the US didn't invade Iran.
As a bare minimum qualification for receiving the peace prize, the recipient should not been responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians. Obama fails to meet that very low bar. He has continued and expanded the use of Predator drones in Afpak, and seems inclined to further expand their use throughout northern Afghanistan.
The workings of the Nobel prize committee are a dark mystery. But here on PDA I would expect something other than worshipful paeans to a president who has backed off from nearly every progressive stance he took during the election campaign.
Alexa
· 2 months ago
Well said. And thank you for proving that progressives can't be class acts sometimes.
Alexa
· 2 months ago
Oops --
was that freudian? Probably. I meant, of course, that progressives CAN be class acts sometimes. And just to be clear, I'm referring to the author of the article, not the comment above this one.
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We have a president who has mostly continued the worst policies of his predecessor: expansion of the war in Afghanistan, continued 'preventive detention' without trial or access to judicial review, continued and expanded handouts to the very rich, secret meetings and agreements with big pharma, and much more. And for this he gets the Nobel peace prize? This is like giving the prize to Cheney because the US didn't invade Iran.
As a bare minimum qualification for receiving the peace prize, the recipient should not been responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians. Obama fails to meet that very low bar. He has continued and expanded the use of Predator drones in Afpak, and seems inclined to further expand their use throughout northern Afghanistan.
The workings of the Nobel prize committee are a dark mystery. But here on PDA I would expect something other than worshipful paeans to a president who has backed off from nearly every progressive stance he took during the election campaign.
was that freudian? Probably. I meant, of course, that progressives CAN be class acts sometimes. And just to be clear, I'm referring to the author of the article, not the comment above this one.