Suddenly and surprisingly, we have a Bush-like Obama Doctrine. To the applause of liberal hawks and formerly critical neocons, the president declared in his Nobel Peace Prize speech that the U.S. will continue to wage war—though naturally, only “just” war—anywhere and against anyone it chooses in a never-ending struggle against the forces of evil. His antiwar supporters can take seats on the sidelines. It’s all reminiscent of John F. Kennedy and the prescient George Ball, and afterward Ball and Lyndon Johnson. In the early ’60s, JFK—reluctantly, we are told by his admirers—decided to send 16,000 “trainers” to Vietnam to teach the South Vietnamese how to play soldier and to stop the Communists from sweeping over Southeast Asia. Vast quantities of money and assorted advisers were shipped without accountability to the corrupt gang of thugs running and ruining that country.'
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I always thought Obama's Nobel peace prize was a little too early and premature. I mean was in power for 5 minutes and the next thing you know, a Nobel peace prize.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, these days there are so many things that are fixed, you never know if a person is getting something because they are truly worthy, or because they are popular.
Sign of the times really.
Besides, it comes as no surprise that Obama and Bush are virtually clones of each other.
Again, these days it doesn't really matter who you vote for, it's all fixed with the sinister agenda.
Different President, same old crap. Can I see a pattern forming here?