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From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 21, 2013 4:52 am
Subject: [mukto-mona] King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14012-king-i-have-a-dream-obama-i-have-a-drone
King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.
Saturday, 19 January 2013 09:43 By Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Website | Op-Ed
<< In his eleventh month as president -- while escalating the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, a process that tripled the American troop levels there -- Obama traveled to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech, he cast aspersions on the peace advocacy of another Nobel Peace laureate: Martin Luther King Jr.
The president struck a respectful tone as he whetted the rhetorical knife before twisting. "I know there's nothing weak -- nothing passive -- nothing naive -- in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King," he said, just before swiftly implying that those two advocates of nonviolent direct action were, in fact, passive and naive. "I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people," Obama added.n his eleventh month as president -- while escalating the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, a process that tripled the American troop levels there -- Obama traveled to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech, he cast aspersions on the peace advocacy of another Nobel Peace laureate: Martin Luther King Jr.
The president struck a respectful tone as he whetted the rhetorical knife before twisting. "I know there's nothing weak -- nothing passive -- nothing naive -- in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King," he said, just before swiftly implying that those two advocates of nonviolent direct action were, in fact, passive and naive. "I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people," Obama added. >>
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Re: [mukto-mona] King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.
Drone is a VERY short term "Quick-fix" for a long term issue. Obama needs to think deeply about this and so far he has not been able to understand the effect of such misguided policies. Every bomb from drone (That kills a civilian) works as a requiting tool from violence prone groups.
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