President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
By KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writers
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Published: October 9, 2009
OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 9, 2009. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt, center, won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson, right, won in 1919. AP Photo
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Obama says he will accept the award
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the problems of the 21st century.
A beaming Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn't sure he had done enough to earn the award, or deserved to be in the company of the others who had won it before him.
But, he said, "I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the challenges of the 21st century."
Obama will travel to Oslo, Norway, in December to accept the award.
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Many observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline and has yet to yield concrete achievements in peacemaking.
Some around the world objected to the choice of Obama, who still oversees wars in
Iraq and
Afghanistan and has launched deadly counter-terror strikes in
Pakistan and
Somalia.
The
Norwegian Nobel Committee countered that it was trying "to promote what he stands for and the positive processes that have started now." It lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to reduce the world stock of nuclear arms, ease American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthen the U.S. role in combating climate change.
The peace prize was created partly to encourage ongoing peace efforts but Obama's efforts are at far earlier stages than past winners'. The Nobel committee acknowledged that they may not bear fruit at all.
"He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us."
The selection to some extent reflects a trans-Atlantic divergence on Obama. In
Europe and much of the world he is lionized for bringing the
United States closer to mainstream global thinking on issues like climate change and multilateralism. At home, the picture is more complicated. As president, Obama is often criticized as he attempts to carry out his agenda — drawing fire over a host of issues from government spending to health care to the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.
U.S. Republican Party Chairman
Michael Steele contended that Obama won the prize as a result of his "star power" rather than meaningful accomplishments.
"The real question Americans are asking is, What has President Obama actually accomplished?" Steele said.
Obama's election and foreign policy moves caused a dramatic improvement in the image of the U.S. around the world. A 25-nation poll of 27,000 people released in July by the
Pew Global Attitudes Project found double-digit boosts to the percentage of people viewing the U.S. favorably in countries around the world. That indicator had plunged across the world under
President George W. Bush.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Jagland said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has made no secret of his admiration for Obama, called the decision the embodiment of the "return of America into the hearts of the people of the world."
But Obama's work is far from done, on numerous fronts.
He said he would end the Iraq war but has been slow to bring the troops home and the real end of the
U.S. military presence there won't come until at least 2012.
He's running a second war in the Muslim world, in Afghanistan — and is seriously considering ramping up the number of U.S. troops on the ground and asking for help from others, too.
"I don't think Obama deserves this. I don't know who's making all these decisions. The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity," said
Ahmad Shabir, 18-year-old student in
Kabul. "Since he is the president, I don't see any change in U.S. strategy in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Obama has said that battling climate change is a priority. But the U.S. seems likely to head into crucial international negotiations set for
Copenhagen in December with Obama-backed legislation still stalled in Congress.
Former
Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the prize in 1983, questioned whether Obama deserved it now.
"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far. He is still at an early stage. He is only beginning to act," Walesa said.
"This is probably an encouragement for him to act. Let's see if he perseveres. Let's give him time to act," Walesa said.
Last year's prize winner, former
Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, saw the award as vindication that Obama "is ready to seriously seek a solution to the question of
Israel and
Palestine," he told Finnish broadcaster YLE.
"Of course, this puts pressure on Obama. The world expects that he will also achieve something," Ahtisaari said.
Unlike the other
Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, the peace prize is given out by a five-member committee elected by the
Norwegian Parliament. Like the Parliament, the committee has a leftist slant, with three members elected by left-of-center parties. Jagland said the decision to honor Obama was unanimous.
The award appeared to be at least partly a slap at Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for his largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the
U.N. to the center of the world stage.
"You have to remember that the world has been in a pretty dangerous phase," Jagland said. "And anybody who can contribute to getting the world out of this situation deserves a Nobel Peace Prize."
Until seconds before the award, speculation had focused on a wide variety of candidates besides Obama:
Zimbabwe's
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator, a Chinese dissident and an Afghan woman's rights activist, among others. The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year's prize, though it was not immediately apparent who nominated Obama.
"The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it's given to someone ... who has the power to contribute to peace,"
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of
South Africa, who won the prize in 1984, said Obama's award shows great things are expected from him in coming years.
"It's an award coming near the beginning of the first term of office of a relatively young president that anticipates an even greater contribution towards making our world a safer place for all," Tutu said. "It is an award that speaks to the promise of President Obama's message of hope."
Obama is the third sitting U.S. president to win the award:
President Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 and
President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the prize in 1919.
Wilson received the prize for his role in founding the
League of Nations, the hopeful but ultimately failed precursor to the contemporary United Nations.
The Nobel committee chairman said after awarding the 2002 prize to former
Democratic President Jimmy Carter, for his mediation in international conflicts, that it should be seen as a "kick in the leg" to the Bush administration's hard line in the buildup to the Iraq war.
Five years later, the committee honored Bush's adversary in the 2000 presidential election,
Al Gore, for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming.
In July talks in
Moscow, Obama and
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed that their negotiators would work out a new limit on delivery vehicles for nuclear warheads of between 500 and 1,100. They also agreed that warhead limits would be reduced from the current range of 1,700-2,200 to as low as 1,500. The United States now has about 2,200 such warheads, compared to about 2,800 for the Russians.
But there has been no word on whether either side has started to act on the reductions.
Former Peace Prize winner
Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the
International Atomic Energy Agency in
Vienna, said Obama has already provided outstanding leadership in the effort to prevent nuclear proliferation.
"In less than a year in office, he has transformed the way we look at ourselves and the world we live in and rekindled hope for a world at peace with itself," ElBaradei said. "He has shown an unshakable commitment to diplomacy, mutual respect and dialogue as the best means of resolving conflicts."
Obama also has attempted to restart stalled talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, but just a day after Obama hosted the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in
New York, Israeli officials boasted that they had fended off U.S. pressure to halt settlement construction. Moderate Palestinians said they felt undermined by Obama's failure to back up his demand for a freeze.
Obama was to meet with his top advisers on the Afghan war on Friday to consider a request by
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to send as many as 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan as the U.S war there enters its ninth year.
Obama ordered 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan earlier this year and has continued the use of unmanned drones for attacks on militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a strategy devised by the Bush administration. The attacks often kill or injure civilians living in the area.
Nominators for the prize include former laureates; current and former members of the committee and their staff; members of national governments and legislatures; university professors of law, theology, social sciences, history and philosophy; leaders of peace research and foreign affairs institutes; and members of international courts of law.
In his 1895 will,
Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."
The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided not to inform Obama before the announcement because it didn't want to wake him up, committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said.
"Waking up a president in the middle of the night, this isn't really something you do," Jagland said.
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Would you mind explaining?
An axe handle wide, wow.
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On which Planet do you spend most of your time ????
Earl, that's really a sad statement cause how could you find an IQ lower than Bush? "your IQ is well below that of most past presidents so that's too much to expect"
Harry Hoyler
Nearly every award, from the Noble family of awards, to the college football awards, has become more of an opportunity to make a political statement than a device used to give positive attention to an individual whose actions might normally be overlooked.
Pathetic. How the founders of these awards, like Mr. Noble himself, would feel if they were alive to see what a laughingstock their awards are becoming.
stinkerpants, Oklahoma City - Oct 9, 2009 at 4:14 pm
wow...if that is true, I like Toby Keith even more. A man of values, not afraid to support Obama.
Cause he didn't send them over there in the first place you dipsh1t.
He would serve himself well to tell the Nobel folks that after further consideration : Thanks...... but NO THANKS !!!!
I have to admit ryan, Edmond...I do love cheap beer!
1. Cheap beer
2. Guns, lots of them
3. No laws for guns
4. Toby Keith
5. Hate
6. Hating black presidents
6. White people
7. Armageddon
Won himself a noble prize
to give to babies momma
Mmm Mmm Mmm Barrack Hussien Obama
Now he's in good company
gave the money away to charity
Mmm Mmm Mmm Barrack Hussien Obama
got the repubs crying foul
and Lech Walesa asking How?
Mmm Mmm Mmm Barrack Hussien Obama
Wins the nobel for being Charming
Like Al Gore and his Global Warming
Mmm Mmm Mmm Barrack Hussien Obama
Mmm Mmm Mmm Barrack Hussien Obama
So which of the 3 categories do Ezra Klein and Peter Beinart fall in to?
John, Oklahoma City - Oct 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm
LMAO!!!
1. Hamas
2. Taliban
3. The Republican National Committee
Great company the RNC is keeping nowadays.
I hope he will give some of this prize money to his brother who is still living,(by all reports)in a small Mud Hut in Africa somewhere.
But he did bring an end to violence in Chicago before he left town did he not ???
This Award is Hypocrosy at it's highest level and will be a blessing to the Rupublicans for a long time to come...watch for it on Saturday Night live tomorrow ...it will be the gift that keeps giving.
"May the Force be with you", Yoda, "Luke, I am your father", a movie that brings together Greek tragedy/Arthurian Legend/Roman mythology/Japanese chambara/Persian mythology/Taoist philosophy AND a Wookiee!
L-O-S-E-R-S!!
hahahahahahah;;;;;low blood pressure today
Stinker, the elitism remark was based on your repeated line of "you're from (small town)...real forward thinking there!". People in small towns read the same papers, magazines and books that you have access to. You're no better than they are because of your geographical location. If you live in an urban environment, are you automatically smarter than a wheat farmer in the panhandle? You seem to think so. That, my friend, is elitism.
Dale a tu obama alegria Macarena...
Obama should give this money to soldiers who have lost limbs due to explosives...and accept the award on the Behalf of our American Forces who are the REAL PEACEMAKERS / PEACEKEEPERS of the World....
This award is a slap in the face to all Americans and to those who have served this Country...Nobel Prize ????
We Don't Need No STINKIN'NOBEL PRIZE !!!!
GIVE IT BACK !!! to the WIMPS that awarded it !!!!
They are AMERICA HATERS !!!!
1. Hamas
2. Taliban
3. The Republican National Committee
Great company the RNC is keeping nowadays.
He has international arrest warrants for mass murder in Chile due to his support and installation of Pinochet. If he ever did decided to visit even Spain, he would be extradited to Chile or charged in Spain for genocide of Spanish citizens at the hand of Pinochet.
This is the Nobel prize for you!!
As the story reads, it was decided in Feb. shortly after Obama took office and is awarded to liberals now.
It is NOT an honor I would accept if offered. It is a disgrace and insult to decency.
Its a meaningless award based on leftist ideals and management. It has no value today and really should be disbanded.
Pathetic.
Pathetic. Normal, but still pathetic.
Hey, jiohdee! Perhaps he ought to pay back the American taxpayer for his multi-million dollar vacation to Copenhagen. Maybe he could buy some of AlGores sham credits for his massive carbon footprint.
This is too easy!
NEXT!!!
"It's not April 1, is it?" one said.
Apparently fools day has been moved to October!
Pathetic.
Don't get involved when the grown-ups are trying to talk
Following meetings with U.S. military in Kuwait and Iraq in January 2006, Obama visited Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.
He left for his third official trip in August 2006, traveling to South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Chad. In a nationally televised speech at the University of Nairobi, he spoke forcefully on the influence of ethnic rivalries and corruption in Kenya.
Obama worked with Russ Feingold (D–WI) to eliminate gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and require disclosure of bundled campaign contributions under the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act", which was signed into law in September 2007.
He joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections.
Obama also introduced the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act", a bill to cap troop levels in Iraq, begin phased redeployment, and remove all combat brigades from Iraq before April 2008.
Later in 2007, Obama sponsored with Kit Bond (R-MO) an amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges, and calling for a review by the Government Accountability Office following reports that the procedure had been used inappropriately to reduce government costs.
joined Chuck Hagel (R-NE) in introducing legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism.A provision from the Obama-Hagel bill was passed by Congress in December 2007 as an amendment to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries. After passing both houses of Congress with bipartisan majorities, SCHIP was vetoed by President Bush in early October 2007, a move Obama said "shows a callousness of priorities that is offensive to the ideals we hold as Americans."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
The crazy righties have hijacked the Republican Party and have no boundaries, no shame and have proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It's no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore – it's an embarrassing label to claim.
Now, what do you suppose Michelle Obama will wear to the ceremonies? And will she give a press conference to recall how she sat on her daddy’s lap and watched Dr. Ralph Bunche, the first African-American win the Nobel Prize in 1950? Oh! That was before she was born.
In Copenhagen, while strutting for the Olympics, she said she sat on her father’s lap watching Carl Lewis win the Olympics. She would have been 20 years old at the time – a tad bit late for sitting on daddy’s lap. But time and dates are inconsequential to the First Lady.
What’s done is done. He won. A lot of good people have, in fact, won the peace prize but a lot of really noble people did not.
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The Nobel Committee has answered: “Thou Obama, art the fairest of them all.”
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To be honest, I DO get a genuine kick out of reading these things. I am self employed and gotta go earn a buck. Later.
This post brought you in part by The Race Card. When you're losing argument to someone with a valid point and you have nothing else to say in return make sure you use The Race Card. The Race Card it's every you want to whine about meaningless Bull Crap.
Sorry....you begged for it... :)
The Nobel Peace Prize does perform one useful purpose: It serves to identify the enemies of middle Americans.
I CANT EVEN BE A PROUD AMERICAN WITH THIS JOKER AS A PRESIDENT HE HAS NOT DONE ONE DAMN THING AND YET HE GETS A NOBEL THOSE GUYS ARE SMOKING CRACK(PROBABLY WITH OBAMA) IM ASHAMED TO CALL AMERICA MY HOME WITH THIS NO GOOD PERSON AS A PRESIDENT, AND BEFORE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE GO ON THAT ITS ALL ABOUT RACE, OR ABOUT DEMORCRAT OR REPUB. CAN JUST SHOVE IT!! IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME JUST AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE COUNTRY IN THEIR BEST INTREST AND HE DOES NOT. SO GO AHEAD START BASHING MY CHARACTER,,IM DONE WITH THIS WEBSITE, OUR COUNTRY HAS NO HOPE WITH HIM
THIS COULD NOT BE MORE TRUE!!!!
Evil:
–adjective
1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; an evil life.
2. harmful; injurious: evil laws.
3. characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering; unfortunate; disastrous: to be fallen on evil days.
4. due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character: an evil reputation.
5. marked by anger, irritability, irascibility, etc.: He is known for his evil disposition.
–noun
6. that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct: to choose the lesser of two evils.
7. the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin.
8. the wicked or immoral part of someone or something: The evil in his nature has destroyed the good.
9. harm; mischief; misfortune: to wish one evil.
10. anything causing injury or harm: Tobacco is considered by some to be an evil.
11. a harmful aspect, effect, or consequence: the evils of alcohol.
12. a disease, as king's evil.
–adverb
13. in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.
—Idiom
14. the evil one, the devil; Satan.
Def. 1, 2, and 4 best describes Obama. I am sure someone can argue for other def. but 1, 2, and 4 are the best.
did the great bush boys ,,,ronald reagan,,,,carter clinton,,,,nixon (lol) win a NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Is it just me or did I see carter in there?
Seriously? I actually feel dumber for having read your post. You really should lay off the Keith "drama queen" Olberman and Rachel Mad Cow Maddow and your unwashed skanky Michael Moore. For every right winger you toss out into the conversation there is a left wing liberal weiner to balance it out...
i know it says Kabul but obviously this guy is a stupid, redneck, repubiKKan from okiehomo!
Look who's been attacking whom. In the protests and such, Pelosi was saying conservative rhetoric fueled hate and violence and described the Harvey Milk assassination. However she failed to point out that today's violence spawns from the conservatives dominating the debates with liberals which yields "ad hominem" attacks from liberals. A prime example is the people calling others "hillbillies" and "racists" and "bigots." Not only that, but they overlook the fact that liberals are physically attacking elderly people against rationed medicine (biting the dudes finger off) and the liberal that killed the anti-abortion guy in Michigan.
Whose rhetoric perpetuates hate? One needs only an objective viewpoint and independent thinking, rather than being biased and regurgitating party-lines or resorting to name calling, that seems to be the liberal way.
uh, no. i guess u didn't even bother 2 read the article????
And I am a little prouder and taller that one of us has been recognized so.
destroy US economy = no more military budget = no global police force = nukes tossed at Israel = nukes tossed back at Persia and Arab nations = China reclaiming Taiwan by force = global conflicts over natural resources = most poor nations resorting to Oligarchy governments and some even back to feudalism = we're back to 1280 A.D. but with the weaponry to wipe out civilizations on a whim
Yeah, this sounds like a solid plan. I'm glad you thought this one through!
Buzz, please tell me that was tongue-in-cheek. With the US out of the global picture, what will China do with that military? Will they stop at the shores of Taiwan? Will they then turn to the dark continent and on to other areas deemed important in terms of natural or cultural resources? Yeah, all of the conflict in the world is caused by our warmongering ways. Down with us.
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-the dollar is collapsing around us
-the 2009 budget deficit will reach the $1.4 Trillion mark this year
-he has used tax dollars to take over GM and can the CEO
-he has a cabinet full of czars with questionable backgrounds
-he has achieved NOTHING since his arrival in D.C.
now make some comment about FAUX news or Rush or call me a redneck.
I'm sure that BHO has a perfectly legitimate reason for not releasing his long form birth certificate, his Harvard Law school records, his passport, Occidental college records and spending millions in legal fees to keep those out of the public view.
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BHO is the smartest. Mmmmmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmmm.
His IQ is around 148. Mmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm.
The youngest President of the Harvard Law Review. Mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm.
Approval rating almost double what W had. Mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm.
Wins Nobel Peace Prize! Mmmmmm, mmmm, mmmm!
I take the Nobel Peace Prize with a grain of salt. When this little organization awards Arafat (a terrorist) a Nobel Peace Prize, there's something fundamentally wrong with this organization and it tarnishes the other Nobel Prizes. Mr. Obama has not done anything of substance yet in his 9 months in office other than sprouting platitudes and apologizing for the existance of this country.
Did this country make some errors of judgment in the past? Yes. But, we overcame these things and strove to be better. Yes, this country is not perfect, but we've made a lot of progress compared to other countries. The United States of America is the best country in the world. We've liberated other countries from bondage, funnelled money and food to other countries in need and welcomed refugees from corrupt political regimes. All i can say to those of you who despise this country is this: Why are you still here if this country is so bad? What's keeping you from going to these other countries whose form of government you desire to live under? You'd rather stay here and take of the blessings this country has to offer you and bad-mouth our country at the same time. I consider you to be even lower than a traitor, because you are cowards - hiding behind your version of "patriotism" while throwing slurs against those who desire to put this country first and to defend what freedoms we have left.
Lefty, how about you start thinking for yourself once in a while? Didn't anyone ever teach you how to think critically and logically instead of babbling the "party line"? I have never toed the party line and I have never voted along party lines. I select the candidate based upon what he or she has to offer our city, state or nation. Their re-election depends upon how they perform once in office and whether or not they carried out what they promised to do during the election...and if their allegience is to the constituents or to the establishment.
The issues of today is more than Republican versus Democrats, liberals versus conservatives. It's how can we keep the torch of freedom brightly lit while standing strong for truth and justice and our way of life. It's about maintaining standards or do whatever feels good. It's about making sure that whatever we do, we must make sure that the torch of liberty and the blessings of freedom does get handed down to the next generation, otherwise all the blood and labors of our forefathers were ultimately in vain.
Think about that. . .
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One of the Highest Dropout rates anywhere !!!
Why don't we surge the troops in there ???
So much for the value of the award.
The AWARD was not designed for this.
Where everything is Bassakwards ???
Where wrong is right and right is wrong.
It is the world we live in now.... but only for 3 years and 2 months more.
CHANGE IS TRULY COMING !!!
Maybe with the money he recieves he can finally do something about Michelle's BIG 'OL BUCK TEETH !!!!
Mmm Mmm Mmmm !!!
Former president Bush has been awarded the War Pig Prize. Bush was quoted as saying that he was thrilled to be recognized for his senseless killing of thousands of U.S. soldiers and the slaughter of 10s of thousands of Iraq civilians. He chuckled as he recalled how he used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq and how easy it was manipulate the American population with his lies. He was said to be flying immediately to Nuremberg receive his prize where he will be.... treated like the war criminal he is.
Obama's speeches and policies will never prevent Iran from achieving status as a nuclear power. He has yet to figure out a policy for Afghanistan. Even his domestic policies have a potential negative global affect, as the US may not have the wealth to continue to be a world leader in the near future. There is a HUGE difference in TALKING a good game and DOING good things. Apparently, talking is all it takes to win a Nobel Prize (still waiting for that global warming Mr. Gore - also a Nobel Prize winner...).
Look at Yevgeny Yevtushenko's Wiki page and just see how this man has done centuries of more to benefit this world than Obama could do in 100 lifetimes. The fact that Yevgeny Yevtushenko has not won and Obama did from just 7 months of service is a rock-solid-fact that the Nobel is nothing but a tool of the left, for the left, by the left.
Obama should thank him for his incompetence.
Congrats to Rio for their Olympic bid!