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Posted by StrictlyRockers in General Discussion
Tue Mar 22nd 2011, 02:27 PM
How many wars do we really NEED to be involved in today? Orwell was such a prophet - endless war all the time. War is peace.

Obama promised in his campaign to get us out of Iraq by now. We are still there, in force.

Afghanistan? We are told that this war will end...eventually...unless they change their minds in the next few years.

Pakistan? This covert war is ongoing, no promises of any let up.

Iran? Another covert war that we are obviously wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on.

That's four. And now...Libya. Why? Is it just a golden opportunity for us to further our interests in the region by exerting the "influence" of our huge military? One wonders. How is this a humanitarian mission?

"In order to liberate the village I had to destroy the village." ???

Gimmee a break!! I'm ready to hit the streets!!!

SR

Nobel Committee asked to strip Obama of Peace Prize

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/3049...

The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a campaign to revoke Obama's honour after the US attacked Libya.

Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader and Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky released a statement today calling for the Nobel Prize Committee to take back the honour bestowed on US President Barack Obama in 2009.

Zhirinovsky said the attacks were "another outrageous act of aggression by NATO forces and, in particular, the United States," and that the attacks demonstrated a "colonial policy" with "one goal: to establish control over Libyan oil and the Libyan regime." He said the prize was now hypocritical as a result.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/3049...




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