A leftist, antiwar friend of mine -we are both American citizens-
laughed over our common feeling that Vladimir Putin is more worthy of a
Nobel Peace Prize than Barack Obama. And should not modern Russia have
the equivalent of our famous Monroe Doctrine ? This business of " making
the world safe for democracy " was discredited more than 100 years ago.
We recall the Canton Speech of American socialist Eugene V.Debs.
Oddly enough ,among " liberal " Democrats running for president only our ex-governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, is a true peace candidate. He opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq- " the greatest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history ". And just recently the U.S. military bombed and destroyed the Doctors Without Borders trauma hospital in Afghanistan- a horrible war crime, said a United Nations official.
What if the U.S. ruling class started a war-but nobody showed up ? And now they have no moral authority whatever to lead a " war against terrorism " anywhere on earth.
Oddly enough ,among " liberal " Democrats running for president only our ex-governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, is a true peace candidate. He opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq- " the greatest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history ". And just recently the U.S. military bombed and destroyed the Doctors Without Borders trauma hospital in Afghanistan- a horrible war crime, said a United Nations official.
What if the U.S. ruling class started a war-but nobody showed up ? And now they have no moral authority whatever to lead a " war against terrorism " anywhere on earth.
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| Vladimir Putin -candidate for Nobel Peace Prize |
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