Nobel Shock shows America oblivious to its reign of terror

[kpete]

Nobel Shock shows America oblivious to its reign of terror
by Nashville fan

Fri Oct 09, 2009 at 04:34:51 PM PDT

I find it truly mind boggling how very insulated and oblivous most Americans are to the sheer hell
we have put the world through over the last 8 years.

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Why did the President win the Nobel Peace prize?

- Because he ended the policy of pre-emptive war, which basically stated that the United States can do whatever the hell it wants. - Because he ended the mindless policy of not talking to our enemies. If you won't talk to someone, how can you make peace with them?
- Because the world was weary of America's capricious selection of enemies
based on our economic interests. A wink and a nod for China, our banker, and bombs for everyone else. - Because after a war based on lies which killed THOUSANDS if not MILLIONS of Iraqis, America has been smeared by the blood of all the innocents whose only crime was to be living in the wrong oil rich country at the wrong time. - Because he ended the policy of torture and secret prisons and lawlessness that saw agents of OUR country terrorizing people around the globe.

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Those folks cheering in the streets around the world weren't cheering for the "first black President". They were cheering for an end of tyranny and oppression from the "shining beacon on the hill".

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So we Americans are oblivious and shocked at the impact our President has had on the lives of billions of people around the world, who once again can view the stars and stripes as a sign of a friend, and not a foe.

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Well done, Mr. President. Well done.


more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/9/791680/-Nobel-Shock-shows-America-oblivious-to-its-reign-of-terror

[Zix]

1. Yes it's going to be lovely.

For a while.

[vaberella]

2. Thanks for this post Kpete. n/t

[Johonny]

3. it's odd isn't it

more Americans know about Obama's dog policy and his getting arrested for breaking into your own home policy than his views of war and global warming.

[calimary]

4. Recommended heartily! We're not a rogue nation anymore. We're no longer a pariah

in the eyes of the world.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. Well said

[malaise]

6. Absolutely true

Now it's time to leave Iraw, Afghanistan and close Gitmo.

GObama!

[orpupilofnature57]

7. I think even those of us who support the president ,are so weary of long

trusted institutions, after what We've experienced at Shrub's hand , that we've thrown cold water on what should be a very proud day for all Americans.Imagine if Kkkarl had gone to prison ,Shrub & Dick Impeached ,Corporate Criminals exposed and taxed ,then we could have partied.One guy said to me today ," it's like he's done more for the world ,than he's done for us." to which I reminded him our money and domestic affairs consumed him before he took oath ,mending the diplomatic fences, post Shrub is a monumental task.

[chalky]

15. Remind your friend that we ARE actually part of that world he's dismissing so carelessly.

I will confess...though I never voiced the thought out loud, I held a deep-seated fear that if we kept on the trajectory we were going the rest of the world would eventually band together and stomp our asses flat.
In changing the direction of this country, he's done as much for us as he's done for the rest of the world.

[Kansas Wyatt]

8. I told my co-worker today that....

Obama won, because he happened to be the guy following Bush, and they were doing back flips over a normal person.*

*Not intended to be disrespectful to Obama.

[orpupilofnature57]

9. Shrub was definitely Abnormal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics

[Kind of Blue]

10. O.M.G. this reminds me of the running joke in the MidEast

during the bush era, something like Don't piss America off, they'll bring democracy to you like in Iraq.
K & R!

[Cha]

12. And, don't have

big reserves of OIL.

[Kind of Blue]

21. Oh, I forgot: invasion= democracy + oil :) n/t

[drm604]

11. K&R

This is exactly right.

[blondeatlast]

13. I was in Europe and Malaysia the summer before the election.

EVERYONE, from cab drivers to CEOs, asked me about and heartily supported Barack Obama.

They knew what it meant.

GREAT post. k/r

[Chemisse]

14. That is so true!

I'm glad you posted that. I hadn't really thought of it in that way, and that really makes a lot of sense.

[Generator]

16. Oh I get it

Though if he doesn't actually end the Iraq war and escalates Afghanistan and it is still going strong in 2012-which I fear-then they will be HIS wars. He doesn't get a pass for eight years because he didn't start the wars. Though I have no doubt he will get a pass for eight years by some on this site.

[ConcernedCanuk]

17. Ummm - I did notice that in the OP it states Obama ended numerous "policies"

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however, Barack has not ended the illegal wars and invasions, Gitmo, rendition and so on.

I do realize that the last President who bucked the military ended up dead.

Hopefully President Obama may achieve more than JFK by staying soft and alive . .

We can hope.

But make no mistake . .

The CIC is not running the country;

the military is . . .

[Hekate]

18. KnR. Thanks for this, kpete."Oblivious" to the outside world really is the word for too many Murkins

Never ceases to amaze and dishearten me.

Today, however, we celebrate at DU. Come on over to the Party Thread in GD when you get a chance. It's only for 24 hours, and after that we can all turn back into pumpkins and get rather seedy. :hi:

Hekate

[blondeatlast]

19. k nt

[Political Heretic]

20. Those cheering the award are oblivious to our ongoing reign of terror

...as if something substantive has changed.

[blondeatlast]

22. Yes, everyone who has won it before has accomplished so much more than Obama.

Peace comes in inches, unlike war--but it still comes. Carter would have accomplished much more if Sadat hadn't been assassinated. Unfortunately, real peace requires the coopperation of other nations--something Obama is actually getting, unlike his predecessor.

But enjoy your purity; it makes you so much more special than the rest of us.

[underpants]

23. In one week they cheer for Chicago not getting the Olympics and now this

Jesus freakin Christ

[blondeatlast]

24. I think DU needs an offshoot: Generally Pissed Off No Matter Who's In Charge Underground.

I grew out of my ultra-leftist, anarchistic ideals just after I finished college.

[proteus_lives]

26. Most people do.

And they realize that the world is never going to be like whatever manifesto they are reading at the moment.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. that gave me goosebumps!

:)

50th rec too. Cool!