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Sat Aug-07-10 01:15 PM
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With the July KIA totals in for Afghanistan and the uncounted Predator Drone causalities in AfPak, the NPP is looking more and more like a bad joke. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/:banghead: |
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Sat Aug-07-10 01:20 PM
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| 1. Maybe they need a Nobel War Prize |
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An award that honors someone opposed to war.
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Sat Aug-07-10 01:21 PM
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Sat Aug-07-10 01:27 PM
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| 3. Because allowing the Taliban to resume control would be a big improvment in world peace. |
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Sat Aug-07-10 01:42 PM
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| 4. No military action can stop them |
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They will out wait everyone.
Only through diplomacy can anything constructive take place.
War breeds hatred against the West.
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Sat Aug-07-10 01:58 PM
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| 5. The Nobel Committee disagrees. |
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I value both their knowledge and their opinion on the subject more highly than yours.
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Sat Aug-07-10 02:03 PM
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| 7. Do you have data supporting the idea that there was more violence there prior to the invasion? n/t |
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Sat Aug-07-10 02:15 PM
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| 9. Then they are ignoring Afghanistan's history |
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Barack H. Obama The Nobel Prize in Peace 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/Here's a link to the text of the speech too... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/obama-nobel-peace-prize-a_n_386837.html |
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