Posts tagged “barack obama”
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David Swanson on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 2009
From Daybreak author David Swanson, on the subject of Barack Obama’s being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning:
What a sick, sick joke. . . . Please stop telling me that the way to get Obama to actually work for peace is to cheer for him having received a peace award as a war monger. I respectfully find this well-intentioned and counterproductive. We can’t influence a president and shouldn’t want power to rest with a president. This takes us away from forcing the House to cut off the money for the war, which is the best chance we have. Not to mention the little glitch that Obama has not done anything to celebrate. Protesting a war-making president is bad enough. Celebrating him and pretending he’s peaceful is beyond pathetic. I get that it’s intended as strategic and smooth and taking advantage of big news and so forth. But intentions don’t save lives.
Tags: articles, barack obama, current events, david swanson, daybreak, nobel peace prize, politics/government
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Erna Paris in the Globe and Mail: Obama must appoint a special prosecutor
May 7, 2009
Without clear accountability for state-instigated crimes committed in the name of the American people, Mr. Obama will be seen as lacking the moral fibre for which he is admired internationally. He will be seen as facilitating the impunity of the powerful, as having backed down on the substantive change he promised. The “Yes we can” shouted so loudly by so many Americans included the restoration of their country’s reputation as a place where law rules and human rights are respected.
For the full article, check here.
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