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In reply to the discussion: Hans Blix on the terrible mistake of the Iraq war. [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)48. I look at it
like this: they were looking at Obama through the same glasses many of us were, that early in his presidency. He sounded like a man deserving of the Nobel, he looked the part, he campaigned for the part, he got the job, then he showed up with a pure DLC cabinet and embraced many of the policies of the prior administration. It took awhile for this to all become apparent, and there was and still is a lot of denial about it. So I am not ok with it, he didn't deserve the Nobel, no way.
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LOL, I think Blix and ElBaradei were behind the President getting the Nobel Peace Prize early in his
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#5
I took it in the spirit intended. As a big upraised middle finger to George W. Bush from the
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#32
Blix and ElBaradei are always generous with language. They let the facts speak for them.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#4
The mindset of aggressive neo-cons who believe in american exceptionalism no matter the circumstance
Babel_17
Mar 2013
#41
mainstream media shoved that war down our throats with propaganda, starting in 2002 nt
markiv
Mar 2013
#8
They weren't the only ones who missed the weapons inspectors angle. Even non-mainstream media missed
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#13
I especially despise Condoleeza Rice for her role in the tragedy. She is arrogant.
olegramps
Mar 2013
#9
She was willing to do anything and say any lie for Bush/Cheney. She was the perfect loyal servant.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#11
I thought her family was in the oil business for many years before, and during the Iraq War.
DhhD
Mar 2013
#15
Do you have a link? The only thing I have ever seen is that her dad was a basketball coach.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#30
She headed Chevron's committee on public policy before going to work for shrub. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#49
No, YOUR take is revisionism. He has been saying the same thing all along, as has the world.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#27
Not correct in this case. The UN said it was every other country's business.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#29
If, in fact, it was every other country's business why didn't Lesotho invade Iraq?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#31
Simple answer? If the Weapons inspectors weren't let back in, they could have.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#33
The problem is, now, that they remain unindicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#36
I remember my response on my blog to that was, with the no fly zones in place? Not possible.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#38