'President Obama's Heroes: A Bunch of People Who Would Not Approve of War in Afghanistan'
Alternet, Posted by ZP Heller on October 23, 2009 -- On September 8, 2009, a school girl named Lilly asked President Obama who he'd have lunch with if he could pick anyone alive or dead. The president chose Gandhi, explaining that Gandhi's nonviolence inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez in the United States.
All three of these men--Gandhi, MLK and Chavez--were committed to nonv
More..iolence and opposed war as a foreign policy tool. Similar to his invocations of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount during the campaign, the president continues to cite "inspiration" from luminaries of nonviolence, only to reject their philosophies when it comes time to govern. Less..
Added: Oct 24 2009 In: education
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