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Obama's 'eloquent' Nobel Peace Prize speech gets him plaudits from left and right | President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech has been lauded by both Liberal and conservative pundits for its eloquence, humility and realism. Obama's speech, laid out in clear
prose and compellingly delivered, clearly justified both the current war in Afghanistan
and his ultimate aspiration: to replace war with peace. "A nonviolent movement
could not have halted Hitler's armies," Obama had said. But more noteworthy is
the largely positive tone of reaction across the political spectrum. The Christian
Science Monitor quoted conservative former House speaker Newt Gingrich, as saying:
"I thought the speech was actually very good. And he clearly understood that he
had been given the prize prematurely, but he used it as an occasion to remind
people, first of all, as he said, that there is evil in the world." Nation.com
writer John Nichols called the address "exceptionally well-reasoned and appropriately
humble." He then quoted the Dalai Lama's reaction, which opted for a positive
outlook: "I think the Nobel Peace Prize gives him more encouragement and also
gives him more moral personal responsibility." Joe Klein, a left-of-centre columnist
for Time magazine, praised Obama for delivering "an intellectually rigorous and
morally lucid speech that balanced the rationale for going to war against the
need to build a more peaceful and equitable world." On the heels of Obama's decision
to send 30,000 additional US forces into Afghanistan - an irony the president
himself acknowledged up front -some conservatives also approved of Obama's speech.
Cal Thomas lauded Obama for saying: "We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth:
We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes." |
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