Sheldon Richman
War Is Peace
President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.We’ve come a long way since Frederic Passy.
Published by the Foundation for Economic Education
February 14, 2012 | Subscribe via RSS
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Comment by Jacob Steelman on 10 October 2009:
I thought the award was for accomplishments not for the possibility of future accomplishments. With this criteria all politicians are eligible – just ask them! Perhaps the Nobel Committee was hoping to embarass the President by putting pressure on him to withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan and be at peace in the Middle East since this President does not seem to know how to get out of Iraq, Afghanistan or avoid a confrontation with Iran.
Comment by Dennis on 10 October 2009:
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama is further confirmation, along with last year’s award to Al Gore, that the prize has degenerated into rubbish. The prize is awarded by a group of European socialists and ethical relativists or nihilists that are using it to promote a political agenda that has very little to do with peace. The award of the peace prize to Obama is indicative of the intellectual and moral decay of these representatives of European civilization and those around the world that seek to emulate them.Aside from his decision not to place missiles in Central and Eastern Europe, Obama has changed little, if anything, of substance in the United States’ imperialistic and militaristic foreign policy. Yes, Obama’s rhetoric has been less belligerent and more inclusive of the European countries than Bush’s, but again, there has been little substantive change in U.S. foreign policy under Obama. What is the purpose of the prize, to acknowledge someone who has been more inclusive of European political interests or someone who has worked significantly to promote peace? I wonder how those Pakistanis whose civilian relatives or friends have been killed or injured by U.S. drones during 2009 view Obama’s commitment to peace.The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama and last year’s award to Al Gore should disgust any true supporter of peace, and cause any principled individual to seriously question the integrity of the prize and those who award it.