Comments on: Obama Gets $680 Billion Military Budget, Wins Nobel Peace Prize http://griid.org/2009/10/09/obama-gets-680-billion-military-budget-wins-nobel-peace-prize/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff Smith (GRIID) http://griid.org/2009/10/09/obama-gets-680-billion-military-budget-wins-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-402 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:07:17 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=1060#comment-402 I would disagree, the committee based their decision on what he has said, not what Obama has done. They acknowledged what he has said about reducing nuclear weapons and reaching out to the Muslim world. He indeed has rhetorically done both of those, but there is no evidence that US policy and practice since Obama took office has done anything to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons that the US has or done anything to positively reach out to the Muslim world. These are not my expectations, rather the expectation of millions throughout the world.

]]> By: Khrysso Heart LeFey http://griid.org/2009/10/09/obama-gets-680-billion-military-budget-wins-nobel-peace-prize/#comment-401 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:56 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=1060#comment-401 What you have neglected to report is that the Committee stated clearly that another major justification for their choice was that Obama has done much to rehabilitate the US’s reputation that the foregoing eight years had demolished.

You are asking them to fulfill the terms that you have set forth, not the terms that they set forth. Why should the Committee be held accountable for failing to live up to your expectations?

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