Iraq.

There are unjust, illegal and immoral wars and all of them spell Iraq.Yet, the president could not get himself to name Iraq. Truthfully, hadhe done so, it would have exposed the past administration to theInternational War Crimes Tribunal and other courts of justice. Notmentioning Iraq does not absolve or insulate the past administrationfrom criminal or legal claims at the Tribunal. It only gives themprotection and cover during the tenure of the current administration.No president anywhere can make an illegal war legal, moral or just.

It was bad enough that the president was nominated for this prizewhile waging two wars and while calling for escalation in Afghanistan,but worse is that he obscenely justified war, while receiving thisprize.

Perhaps at fault here is not the president, but rather, the committeethat bestowed himthis honor. What were they thinking? It is obvious;Bush raised worldwide tension every time he spoke arrogantly of war,of fighting evil and doing so in the name of God. The world frownedupon this Texas cowboy.

Now, they have embraced president Obama. He speaks of peace but wageswar. At least he’s not Bush.

President Obama gives credibility to war. Gives it a good name. Hespeaks of committing more troops as though he were sending Boy Scoutand Girl Scout troops and Peace Corps volunteers overseas. Hiseloquent talk permits U.S. troops to continue to kill by thethousands, including through the use of unmanned drone technology. Noblood on anyone's hands here. His smooth talk makes easy theirdehumanization. He calls them incorrigibles. His predecessor calledthem evil. He calls them evil. As long as not too