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To: Oblivious who wrote (77537)	8/10/2011 9:42:32 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218255

Did these people deserve their Nobel Peace Prizes?: "Love of order, ability to fight well and breed well, capacity to subordinate the interests of the individual to the interests of the community, these and similar rather humdrum qualities go to make up the sum of social efficiency. The race that has them is sure to overturn the race whose members have brilliant intellects, but who are cold and selfish and timid, who do not breed well or fight well." - Theodore Roosevelt, champion of American colonial conquest of the Philippines, in which 300,000 were killed 1898-1902. "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." - Henry Kissinger, after organizing the bloody transition from democracy to fascism in Chile in 1973. "...I opposed this war (in Iraq) because I said that not only did we not know how much it was going to cost, what our exit strategy might be, how it would affect our relationships around the world, & whether our intelligence was sound..." - Obama, 2008 Obama's announced plans on Iraq troop withdrawal: July '07: We'll be out by March '09 Jan '08: 11 months after election Sept '08: 16 months after election Feb '09: 19 months after election now: 50,000 troops in Iraq forever