Obama's chance to earn his Nobel Peace Prize

[Enrique]

http://www.progressive.org/mpgray020911.html

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Obama should consider his own legacy and let the American people know whose side he’s on: the dictator’s, or those who clamor courageously for democracy.

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Unlike Obama, ElBaradei actually earned his Nobel Peace Prize. When he headed the International Atomic Energy Agency, ElBaradei stuck his neck out against President Bush and his false claims about Iraq’s nuclear weapons program.

In demanding an end to Mubarak’s dictatorship, ElBaradei stands alongside Nawal El Saadawi, a leading Egyptian feminist, sociologist, medical doctor and writer. He stands alongside Ahmed Maher, a leader of the secular, pro-labor April 6 movement. He stands alongside Asma Mahfouz, whose Internet video outlining Mubarak’s abuses went viral. He stands alongside Wael Ghonim, a Google employee detained for two weeks by Egyptian security forces as the protests began. He stands alongside dissident Ayman Nour, a former presidential candidate and member of the Egyptian parliament who was imprisoned for four years by the Mubarak government for political reasons.

They — and millions of other Egyptians — are facing and fighting injustice. Meanwhile, Obama seems intent on managing injustice.

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[harun]

3. So you support oppression of the Egyptian people?

[AtomicKitten]

4. What's the remedy? Are you suggesting Pres Obama should invade Egypt?

Let's check the score of the Oppression Olympics:
Invading Afghanistan = bad.
Invading Iraq = bad.
Invading Egypt = good. :shrug:

Pres Obama is doing precisely what he should and is expected to do, respecting the Egyptian people acknowledging it is their country, their revolution, their destiny.

[dionysus]

5. i'll take made up conclusions for 1000 alex.

[ProSense]

2. "Unlike Obama, ElBaradei actually earned his Nobel Peace Prize."

Obama earned his prize for his work on nuclear non-proliferation, which is ongoing: Securing loose nuclear material (video)

He can always work to earn another.

[Sheepshank]

6. Article is implying Obama sought out and pursued the Noble award...bull n/t