On Oct 9, 9:59*pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:

The spectacle of Mr. Obama mounting the podium in Oslo to accept a prize
that once went to Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi and Mother Theresa

and henry kissinger. the right kinda ignores that...

would
be all the more absurd if it follows a White House decision to send up to
40,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. However just such a war may be deemed
in Western eyes, Muslims would not be the only group to complain that peace
is hardly compatible with an escalation in hostilities.

hardly, if the escalation is justified.

unless, of course, you're an appeaser from the right


Mr. Obama's prize is more likely, however, to be compared with the most
contentious prize of all: the 1973 prize to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
for their negotiations to end the Vietnam war. Dr Kissinger was branded a
warmonger for his support for the bombing campaign in Cambodia; and the
Vietnamese negotiator was subsequently seen as a liar whose government never
intended to honour a peace deal but was waiting for the moment to attack
South Vietnam.

the difference is, of course, our defense activities in afghanistan
are justified; kissinger's war mongering and mass murder in vietnam
wasn't

The achievements of all
previous winners have been diminished.

sour grapes