Did I hear Obama evoke MLK in his Nobel speech?

[rollingrock]

Did I hear that right? Did Obama say in his Nobel acceptance speech that he was a product of Dr. King's nonviolent philosophy, nonviolent response to conflict? So he evokes Dr. King's memory in a crass attempt to somehow justify expanding war and violence in Afghanistan? what an incredibly cynical and disgusting thing to do. Did he really have to go there? I thought the whole speech was kind of an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak, but that part in particular was especially cringe-worthy. What a slap in the face to both King's and Ghandi's memory (who was the former's role model). Something I thought only someone like Bush (or some other Repuke) was capable of stooping to. I guess I was wrong!

"Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity. In a real sense, Mahatma Gandhi embodied in his life certain universal principles that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe, and these principles are as inescapable as the law of gravitation."

--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.