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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (23347)	12/10/2009 2:29:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

I thought he took good advantage of the situation at the event to "accept the Nobel Peace Prize with a stern defense of war" President Obama today accepted his Nobel Peace Prize but still said that it is sometimes necessary to go to war. He opened his speech by acknowledging the controversy over the choice of a wartime president for the prize and saying he reserved the right to take action to protect the United States. Mr Obama said the use of force was sometimes justified, especially on humanitarian grounds, and in the case of al-Qaeda, negotiations would not cause them to lay down their arms and that a non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler. He argued that people must accept "the hard truth; that violence cannot be eradicated and nations sometimes must wage war to protect their citizens from evil regimes or terrorist groups". The President said accepting that fact is not a call to cynicism but a recognition of man’s imperfections. He also called for tough action against countries that broke international laws, such as sanctions that “exact a real price.” Iran and North Korea, which are in nuclear stand-offs with the West, could not be allowed to “game the system,” he said, referring to tactics employed by both countries in the past to draw out negotiations.... timesonline.co.uk