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Originally Posted by GoS
@ The covering up the Bush administration stuff. If Obama came out and released all of this info and especially if he tried to try anybody, the nation would become far more polarized than it already is. The far-far-right would become more and more enraged, and (possibly rightly) accuse him of just pleasing the far-lefties. There are other ways to show that you are tough on these war crimes.
I'm not gonna argue that he deserved it, because I don't think anyone will change their mind.
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I totally agree. Obama's a uniter, not a divider - as the Nobel Committee emphasized today.
I'm not sure I agree with the awarding of this prize to him at this point in time, though. This will give Obama a shot in the arm politically, and I think that's a VERY good thing. But this award is supposedly "non-political." The Nobel Committee, I feel, showed very well today that (as everyone knows, really) it's just simply not true; it
is a political award, with political motivations and goals behind it. I'm pretty much a Liberal - kinda-sorta - and that means I can "see another Liberal coming up Fifth Avenue." Obviously the people that made this decision are Liberals. And the thing is, these points-of-view are OPINIONS, NOT facts. Suggesting otherwise is very dangerous, i.m.o., and I feel that in a way the Committee stepped over a line today. (And maybe even got a little "out of place," frankly.)
Having said that though, as someone who's basically an Obama supporter, there's part of me that's like, "What!? WHOA, WAY to GO, DUDE!
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