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In reply to the discussion: We droned the shit out of Yemen. No one talks about it here. But everyone's talking bout it in Yemen [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,690 posts)We easily surpassed that number during the first week of "shock and awe" with ghastly daisy cutter bombs over Baghdad, which basically shredded whole families. Then BushCo. sacrificed 4000 more Americans sent over there to secure the oil refineries.
The Nobel Peace Prize was, lets face it, a desperate plea by the rest of the world to put a stamp on the end of the Madness of King George. It was, in the end, a futile gesture meant to show the new President that the world had his back if he were to denounce his predecessor, condemn the war crimes and reverse the bully boy tactics around the globe....NOT carried out for the security of average Americans, but for the security of multinationals, who have no allegiance to the USA, to make mega-profits unhindered. Obama will no doubt, like Tony Blair, be rewarded with cushy positions on executive boards of those same multinationals when he leaves office. He made his choice early on.