Illinois conman Barack Obama outdid George Orwell's imagination yesterday when, after announcing the beginnings of yet another US aggressive war on a defenseless and harmless nation (or in this case two nations, Afghanistan and Pakistan), he picked up his Peace Prize and made what is without doubt the most obscene and cowardly speech ever made by an American President on the subject of war."When a wise man points to the moon, the idiot stares at the finger." -- Confucius
Obama's theme? The Way the World Is
According to this guy, who only holds his increasingly-degraded office because of the anti-war stance he took during the Democratic presidential primaries (and don't let any Hope-a-Dopes fool you otherwise), this is how it is:
"I am the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars"
“The instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace"
“All responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace"
"US troops should be honored not as makers of war, but as wagers of peace”
“The hard truth is that we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes”
"Nations will continue to find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified"
"The peoples of the world should get over their deep ambivalence about military action and reflexive suspicion of America, the world’s sole military superpower"
“The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice”
“The goal is not to win a popularity contest or to get an award, even one as prestigious as the Nobel peace prize. The goal has been to advance America’s interests”
“War appeared with the first man … Evil does exist in the world”
“America led the world in constructing an architecture to keep the peace … The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. … We have borne this burden not because we seek to impose our will"
“America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens"
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What a lying, precious, pretentious stooge! To convey this prison guard mentality of human nature and human possibility on such a stage, and in such a bloodless droning tone, after eight years of nothing but American aggressive war. . .
The way the world is. . . Yes, this is the way the world is for a valueless ego prick -- a weasel -- who cares about little other than being the center of attention. Still, the unmasking of this foul, reactionary character is truly stunning.
Some corporate bot this morning in the Mainstream Media -- the Cerberai of the Unspeakable -- actually called this filth "Kennedyesque." Meaning, I suppose, it bears comparison to this:
What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I'm talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind of peace that enables men and nations to grow, and to hope, and build a better life for their children -- not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women, not merely peace in our time but peace in all time.
I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary, rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war, and frequently the words of the pursuers fall on deaf ears. But we have no more urgent task. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it is unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable, and we believe they can do it again.
Let us focus instead on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions -- on a series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace; no grand or magic formula to be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process -- a way of solving problems.
With such a peace, there will still be quarrels and conflicting interests, as there are within families and nations. World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement. And history teaches us that enmities between nations, as between individuals, do not last forever. However fixed our likes and dislikes may seem, the tide of time and events will often bring surprising changes in the relations between nations and neighbors. So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly towards it.
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. As Americans, we find certain other systems to be profoundly repugnant as a negation of personal freedom and dignity. But we can still hail the people in those systems for their many achievements in science and space, in economic and industrial growth, in culture, in acts of courage.
So let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.John F. Kennedy at American University, June 1963.
As my little girl teaches me every day, that is the way the world is, the way the world dreams and hopes. Compared to that, Barack Hussein Obama is nothing but a flyspeck. And a murderer.
