The international politics behind Obama's Nobel Peace prize

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littlebigsky wrote:

He should of refused it & told them to shove that million dollars up their noses. That would teach them not to try & buy a politician from the United States.

Lance Winslow wrote:

This prize raises the stature of all Americans after nearly a decade of international scorn. Bravo, Obama!

Lance Winslow wrote:

This prize raises the stature of all Americans after nearly a decade of international scorn. Bravo, Obama!

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littlebigsky wrote:

He should of refused it & told them to shove that million dollars up their noses. That would teach them not to try & buy a politician from the United States.

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Bama Yankee wrote:

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Obama is a Chicago politician. It is a given in Illinois that any Chicago politician can be bought. The only discussion is "how much."

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Dan USA wrote:

To be President of America is enough to warrant the Nobel Prize. All of our past presidents deserve the award. And I (drab white guy) am pleased that Obama got the award. For he comes across as being of no specific race, and even he needs to learn as he moves ahead. And all is fine in America, while we work on our economic problems.

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johanson wrote:

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Why? Americans have won it in the recent past; AlGore and President Carter, to name a few. If you are blind to the fact that this is a political nomination, pure and simple, then there really is no hope!

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Dan USA wrote:

To be President of America is enough to warrant the Nobel Prize. All of our past presidents deserve the award. And I (drab white guy) am pleased that Obama got the award. For he comes across as being of no specific race, and even he needs to learn as he moves ahead. And all is fine in America, while we work on our economic problems.

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Just passing thru wrote:

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The Nobel Peace Prize is about the politics of peace, so yeah it's definitely political. That's why warhawks like Reagan, Bush I & II, etc would never win and why leaders like Carter, Gore, and Obama do win.
OSLO (Reuters)- Following is the text of the announcement Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee giving the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama:
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
"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. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
"For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BarackObam...

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johanson wrote:

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Let's see, under Reagans watch, the Berlin wall came down and the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union unraveled. Millions of people gained there freedom, but Regan never received the award...

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johanson wrote:

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Let's see, under Reagans watch, the Berlin wall came down and the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union unraveled. Millions of people gained there freedom, but Regan never received the award.