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Barack Obama gets Nobel's Peace Prize

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Re: Barack Obama gets Nobel's Peace Prize

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"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."

I'm happy for him, and I'm glad to be rid of Bush too, but isn't that a little premature ?

Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Gorbachev made sense at the time, but plenty of these nobel prizes seem to be very politically motivated and not because of actual achievement.

For instance, Al Gore won the prize, as did Yassar Arafat.

Re: Barack Obama gets Nobel's Peace Prize

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"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." I'm happy for him, and I'm glad to be rid of Bush too, but isn't that a little prem…

Hard to believe, the guy didn't do nothing yet , he has no achievements just successful talk show appearance, I am afraid that the fact he is pushing U.S. to the edge had a big weight in that decision.

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"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." I'm happy for him, and I'm glad to be rid of Bush too, but isn't that a little prem…

Hard to believe, the guy didn't do nothing yet , he has no achievements just successful talk show appearance, I am afraid that the fact he is pushing U.S. to the edge had a big weight in that decision.

He has done some things, for example http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/b...

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hard to believe, the guy didn't do nothing yet , he has no achievements just successful talk show appearance, I am afraid that the fact he is pushing U.S. to the edge had a big weight in that decision.

He has done some things, for example http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/b...

YES WE CAN !!!

Re: Barack Obama gets Nobel's Peace Prize

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Pres. Obama pushed for diplomacy with enemies when it was politically risky for him. I think this was both right and courageous. But they should have waited till his diplomatic efforts bore some fruit to give him a Nobel. Awarding it now shows remarkable lack of faith in him AND diplomacy.

Way to jump the shark, Nobel peace prize committee!

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