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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1001077)	2/19/2017 11:24:58 PM
From: James Seagrove	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1575341

You should be real proud of the Nobel Prize Cordell Hull, 1945: Hull, a US politician, was given the prize for his role in establishing the United Nations. He is a controversial winner, says Time, because of an incident in 1939 when he was President Roosevelt's Secretary of State. The President was amenable to helping 950 Jewish refugees aboard a ship called the SS St Louis settle in America. But Hull and a group of Democrats from the American South voiced "strong opposition", threatening to withdraw support for Roosevelt if he let the ship dock. The president buckled, the SS St Louis was turned around and many of its passengers became victims of the Holocaust. Yasser Arafat, 1994: One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Arafat, who led the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) for three decades, was handed the award alongside Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and his foreign minister Shimon Peres. The trio were cited for their work on the Oslo accords which created "opportunities for a new development toward fraternity in the Middle East". Supporters compared Arafat to Nelson Mandela, says Time. Opponents called him an "unrepentant terrorist with a long legacy of promoting violence". Barack Obama, 2009: Riding high on the goodwill sparked by his election victory the previous year, Obama was a popular winner. At the time, America's first black president said he didn't deserve the award. Four years down the track, plenty of people seem to agree with him. In an article published by the Daily Beast last month, Kirsten Powers says it's time for Obama to give his Nobel Peace prize back. She cites his determination to attack Syria, with or without a UN Security Council resolution, as one reason; the escalation of a "pointless and failing" war in Afghanistan is another. But the main reason Obama should turn in his prize is his "five-year Middle East drone war" which has killed an estimated "500 to 800 innocents", writes Powers.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1001077)	2/19/2017 11:29:21 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575341

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) said world leaders, diplomats and defense officials don’t know what to make of President Donald Trump, leading them to question whether the U.S. can be relied on. Speaking from the 53rd Munich Security Conference, Kasich said leaders are saying, “We’re just not sure” about America’s alliances. “We can hear from the vice president, we can hear from Gen. [James] Mattis, we can hear from Gen. [John] Kelly but we’re not sure about the president and it is vital that the administration be on the same page,” Kasich said, referring to Trump’s defense and Homeland Security secretaries. “There is question that in a time of crisis, where will America be?” Days before his inauguration, Trump called NATO “obsolete” and said member countries weren’t paying enough during an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper. On Friday, however, Mattis told conference attendees that Trump has “thrown his full support behind NATO.” In his interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Kasich said that’s not enough for foreign allies he’s spoken to at the gathering in Munich. Kasich said Trump needs to say loud and clear that the U.S. stands with the “Western alliance” and stands “strong for NATO.” “The president’s people have all said it, but frankly, he needs to be heard in a more clear and a more passionate way,” Kasich said. “So it is really critical that they speak with one voice on all these critical matters of national security.”