Oxymoron of the Year! Or, at least in my lifetime.

Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize

By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer

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OSLO – President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”

Ay yi yi! is this what we have come to, folks!? Giving out PEACE PRIZES to people who are currently declaring war? Hmmmmm…

Just nine days after ordering 30,000 more U.S. troops into battle in Afghanistan, Obama delivered a Nobel acceptance speech that he saw as a treatise on war’s use and prevention…

In them, Obama refused to renounce war for his nation or under his leadership, saying defiantly that “I face the world as it is” and that he is obliged to protect and defend the United States.

“Let us reach for the world that ought to be,” Obama said. “We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace.”

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I once read a book called ‘1984′ that talks about doublethink – simultaneously holding and exercising opposing thoughts and accepting the reality of that fallacy.

WAR= PEACE,  SLAVERY= FREEDOM,  IGNORANCE = STRENGTH

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“No matter how justified, war promises human tragedy,” [Obama] said.

at last! a promise he can definitely keep! 🙂

I am not a critic of War itself.  I’m all about a good fight. But i am a serious critic of failed policies and continuing failed policies.

Pres Obama speaks of history -well let’s look at this summarized history of the current Afghan occupation…

In 2001, pResident Bush fumbled his way into this invasion under the pretense of hunting down Osama bin laden and ‘smoking out’ terrorists from their caves. it was a gung-ho cowboy approached that his administration has since admitted they didn’t consider all the angles.

Now here we are nearly a decade later, and so far Obama is doing absolutely NOTHING different from the previous guy! Just an eloquent promise of ‘change‘….some sort of change that will come about by doing the EXACT SAME THING that got us where we are int he first place?

No sir, Mr Nobel Peace Prize, Sir. That is NOT change….

That, my friends, is the definition of INSANITY. 😐

-Jay