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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (418412)3/24/2011 1:47:07 AM
From: FJB  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793917
 
Obama is keeping his peace prize

By MJ LEE | 03/23/11 6:45 AM Updated: 03/23/11 9:08 PM

politico.com

President Obama defended his Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, saying that Americans “don’t see any contradiction” in him ordering an attack on Libya to make sure “people aren’t butchered because of a dictator who wants to cling to power.”

“When I received that award, I specifically said there was an irony because I was already dealing with two wars,” Obama said in an interview with CNN from El Salvador. “So I am accustomed to this contradiction of being both a commander-in-chief but also someone who aspires to peace.”

Saying he is focused on ensuring that Libyans can “live out their own aspirations,” Obama defended America’s involvement in Libya, saying, “we’re not invading a country, we’re not acting alone – we’re acting under a mandate issued by the United Nations Security Council in an unprecedented fashion and with unprecedented speed.”

And he said again that the U.S. military has already saved lives there. “I think the American people don’t see any contradiction in somebody who cares about peace also wanting to make sure that people aren’t butchered because of a dictator who wants to cling to power,” he said.

Some foreign leaders have called on Obama to return the Nobel Peace Prize he accepted in 2009 since ordering the Libya attack.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (418412)3/24/2011 3:01:43 AM
From: goldworldnet3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793917
 
A fundamental problem with Muslim countries is that they are incapable of electing good leaders and what is much more disturbing, the same is becoming true of us.

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (418412)3/24/2011 4:20:53 AM
From: LindyBill10 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793917
 
If Obama comes out of this with Gaddafi still in power, he can retire.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (418412)3/24/2011 11:59:17 AM
From: Katelew2 Recommendations  Respond to of 793917
 
The UN declaration which Obama seems to be leaning on, says nothing about regime change, only protecting civilians.

The UN declaration is broad and couched in generalities, thus allows for lots of wiggle room. For ex., if missiles blow up Gaddafi's hidey hole, killing him and his cabinet, why isn't that within the definition of protecting civilian? Yes, it's also regime change, but it's the ultimate form of protection, too.