Civilian Deaths Up 24% Since Obama

[AllieBaba]

And of course, American casualties in Afghanistan under Obama are also at all-time highs...

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U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan Hits a Grim Record

Posted on Aug 28, 2009

telegraph.co.uk

Powerful roadside bombs, a favored weapon of the Taliban, have pushed up the U.S. military death toll in Afghanistan.

With the death of a U.S. service member Friday, August now stands as the deadliest month ever for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Forty-five American troops have been killed so far this month, a disturbing sign that conditions in the nearly decade-long war are not getting any better.


Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan Hits a Grim Record

No shit, genius. We have actually been focusing on Afghanistan as opposed to Iraq since Dubya and DICK were booted from office.

They weren't booted, they served out the maximum of 2 terms. There's a difference.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The Nobel "Peace" Prize is about as credible as the UN is at this point..."The Nobel Prize represents not Peace,but Internationalism,World Government,and a UN/NATO type approach to global affairs. Barack Obama has totally neutralized the Anti-War Left."

Well said Dr. Paul. This President is currently in the process of actually expanding the War in Afghanistan to now include Pakistan as well. He has steadily increased the number of bombings inside of Pakistan since becoming President and is likely to begin sending troops into Pakistan in the near future. "Peace" Prize?? Pretty bizarre stuff.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

The Nobel "Peace" Prize is about as credible as the UN is at this point..."The Nobel Prize represents not Peace,but Internationalism,World Government,and a UN/NATO type approach to global affairs. Barack Obama has totally neutralized the Anti-War Left."

Well said Dr. Paul. This President is currently in the process of actually expanding the War in Afghanistan to now include Pakistan as well. He has steadily increased the number of bombings inside of Pakistan since becoming President and is likely to begin sending troops into Pakistan in the near future. "Peace" Prize?? Pretty bizarre stuff.

He did, after all, promise to nuke Pakistan during the camapign last year.....

 

[LibocalypseNow]

This administration is currently planning to expand the War into Pakistan. Since taking office,this President has increased the number of bombings inside of Pakistan exponentially. They are going to escalate and expand this War very soon. This so-called "Peace" Prize he received really is just another scam in the end. It's just another case of the Western European Leftist Internationalists trying to dictate our Foreign Policy. They have done this in the past and i'm sure they will do it again in the future. Who knows,maybe even the two Nazis in Iran & Venezuela will be next to receive this distinguished "Peace" Prize? Hmm?

 

[Sinatra]

Scathing Washington Times editorial titled, "A Nobel for Nothing"...

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The news Friday that President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was met with widespread incredulity and skepticism. "For what?" was the most uttered phrase of the day. The almost universal sense of disbelief was reinforced when word spread that the deadline for nominations had been Feb. 1, less than two weeks after Mr. Obama entered office. By rights, the nomination should have been diagnosed as a symptom of an extreme case of Obamamania and quietly discarded.

Certainly there have been less deserved awards of the Nobel Peace Prize, such as the 1994 award to Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat, or the 2007 nod to former Vice President Al Gore for his big, scary science-fiction movie. However, Mr. Obama stands out as history's only recipient who even the Nobel Committee admitted won more for what he hopes to do than anything substantive he actually has done.

Mr. Obama stands on the shoulders of giants. Other presidents who have won the award - Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter - received recognition for concluding major peace agreements. Comparison to major human rights champions such as South Africa's Nelson Mandela, Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and India's Mother Teresa diminish Mr. Obama even further. A record 205 nominees were considered for the 2009 prize, among them Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has risked more, suffered more and done more for peace than Mr. Obama, and the Cluster Munitions Coalition, which was nominated for persuading nearly 100 countries to sign a multilateral treaty banning cluster bombs. We await a similar success from our president.

This award was so disproportionate to Mr. Obama's achievements that it weakens him; it casts a glaring spotlight on his utter lack of accomplishments. The timing is awkward, coming on the heels of Mr. Obama's embarrassing failure to bring home Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid and coinciding with tense debate over the escalation of the war effort in Afghanistan. The White House lamely spun the award as a "call to action," but this message ironically reinforces the sense that Mr. Obama has been largely inactive in office.

The president should decline the award in favor of a more deserving recipient. That would show leadership and strength of character. It also would demonstrate faith in himself and his presidency that some day he actually will do something worthy of the award. There is more to making history than simply voting present.


EDITORIAL: A Nobel for nothing - Washington Times