I've avoided this thread for days because I knew where it was going to go. I wasn't disappointed, but here I dive in anyway.
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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
The difference is that a foreign country is "in charge of" this award. I certainly do question things...when the US is "in charge of" it. I'm not arrogant enough to tell folks in a foreign country what they should or should not do. That attitude is why other countries have so much hatred towards the US anyway. Instead I leave my questioning for things that occur HERE.
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Interesting approach. So, I guess all of us who protested apartheid should have kept our American traps shut, since we shouldn't tell folks in a foreign country what they should or shouldn't do. Let's stop all the complaining about Darfur while we're at it and keep our opinions about the Middle East to ourselves. And we won't even start on why the French think Jerry Lewis is so funny.
Look, I voted for Obama, I support Obama and I'd vote for him again. I actually felt bad for him when I heard he won the Nobel Peace Prize, because I could see exactly the sort of distracting criticism that would ensue. The criticism is not unfounded -- he hasn't had time to do anything. Pure and simple, I think they gave him the prize because he's not GWB, and in parts of the Europe and the world, that's enough reason right there.
It is what it is. I'm not losing any sleep over it.
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