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wants to know why....

peace, at least according to Rush Limbaugh, must be considered "emasculating"? Or at least the neutering of America?

President Barack Obama was awoken this morning with the news that he had won The Nobel Peace Prize. I assure you, the surprise was not lost on Obama, who, amidst many who started off the day saying that it was too early for him to get the award as he hasn't DONE anything yet, admitted that he himself does not deserve it. But for the conservative pundits it was again proof of some fey, European conspiracy. Basically, Limbaugh, and others, believe that the honor was given to him in order to keep him from bombing Iran and throwing more troops at Afghanistan, thus "emasculating" the nation.
Why is it...rather...why MUST we feel that the only way to deal with our enemies is to bomb the hell out of them? Pundits like Limbaugh cannot see that this did not work in Iraq. And it is presently not working much in Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden, the man who actually attacked us, is still on the loose, the Taliban has risen again despite supposedly being shut down in Afghanistan many moons ago, and a whole new slew of terrorists started up in Iraq, BECAUSE of our invasion. Officially, MORE people want to kill us, because we took the "pre-emptive strike" policy. And MORE bombing is not the way to get all this to stop.
Gandhi, Mandela, Tutu, King; would the conservative pundits honestly call these people "emasculated" - LESS than men - for trying to fight their fights peacefully? Would these people who call themselves Christians say that JESUS was "neutered" by his stance of turning the other cheek? Violence was used against them, their governments abused them, but did they look to bombs and violence as ways to fix their situations? No. They used peaceful civil disobedience. They may not have dealt with someone attacking their country, but, again, the bombing hasn't brought us justice has it? Not that I've seen.
It is appalling that Limbaugh and others seem to think that the only way for our country to appear forceful and, shall we say "manly" is if we remain the bully on the international playground. We are not the only country in the world. There are other people here and they are not our underlings.
Europe, and a good bit of the rest of the world did not appreciate George making a bully pulpit out of the White House. During Obama's campaign, they, along with the majority of our country, saw hope and change on the way. They saw that yes, the majority of our people wanted out of this war and this tyranny. So while the award may be early, one can't deny that the Nobel committee saw just enough change, hope as well as a light towards a more peaceful world with the election of our President; thus found Obama worthy of this prize. Obama took our country on a sharp turn down a more positive and diplomatic path, but he - and therefore, we - still have a lot of mess to trudge through. We must help him uphold the promises that led to this honor.

KEEP PAYING ATTENTION!!!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 1:19 PM