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Time of America to end wars

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Time for America to end wars

Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Dear Editor,
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision that honoured the first-year US president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and scepticism around the world. But critics called the Nobel committee's decision premature, given that Obama has achieved few tangible gains as he still grapples with challenges ranging from the war in Afghanistan http://www.reuters.com/places/afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to nuclear stand-offs with Iran and North Korea, and now the war on Libya.

Barack Obama and Pervez Musharraf
The raid has further strained ties between the US and Pakistan. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling for a review of billions in aid to Pakistan in light of the revelation that bin Laden was living inside a heavily fortified compound in a wealthy Pakistani suburb. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf criticised the US for attacking the compound without Pakistan's knowledge, calling it a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
Representative Barbara Lee said, "It's very important to use this defining moment, I think, to rally the American people and to remind the American people that we are spending trillions of dollars, billions every week, on this open-ended longest war in American history and that we have economic priorities, economic recovery, job creation priorities here in our own country that this money can be used for."
We've got to remove our young men and women out of harm's way, and we've got to really make sure that our presence in countries throughout the world does not create more danger and more anger toward the United States, which, as you know, diminishes our national security.
Ted Rudow III, MA

California, USA

Tedr77@aol.com

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