Thread: Our fearless leader...

Originally Posted by gugi

Perhaps you can provide him the comprehensive list. Would you have Al Qaeda on it?

Interesting that you would even consider Al Qaeda. But not surprising.

Well, the peace prize has been a joke for more than a century anyways...

Roosevelt in 1905, after the suppression of a revolt in the Philippines
Hull in 1945, after the SS St Louis crisis
Kissinger in 1973, while bombing Cambodia and during Operation Condor
Sadat in 1978, after the Yom Kippur war
Arafat in 1984

just more dumbing down of america and the rest of the world i am afraid to see where we are gonna be 30 or 40 years from now. i am glad in a way that i will not be here to see how disgraced we will probably be. sad but true

Originally Posted by avatar1999

HAHA...
I also agree that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a joke. It's been years since they gave it to someone, or an organization that TRULY deserves it.


I'm sure it's just one more thing for the international community to use as a laughing point in regards to the United States.

Please tell when was the last year that the Nobel Prize got to the right address and who got it?

To me it was as big surprise Obama got the prize after so short time, but the committee had sensible reasons.
You boys there should be proud of your president and also for getting the prize to U.S.A or is so that everything Obama does is wrong?

Originally Posted by Sailor

...or is so that everything Obama does is wrong?

Not so much that everything he does is wrong, it's just that none of the reasons stated have come to fruition.

Tom Daschell told Obama more than two years ago that if he wanted to run for president, he needed to run before the voters found out much about him. I guess the NNC felt the same way.

I have read the responses that many U.S. citizens have made today upon hearing the news. Almost without exception their response has been, "For what?"

I agree, under the circumstances it would have been more honorable for Obama to have declined the award. Just imagine how upset the liberals would have felt if George W. had won the Nobel Peace Prize just eight months into his administration.

This has really put Obama in an impossible situation. He cannot now send more troupes to Afghanistan and he cannot win the war in Afghanistan if he doesn't and if we don't win, the Tali-ban will bring Al Qaeda back in and let them set up shop again. Remember, America is not the only country that has been the subject of terrorist attacks by extremist Muslim groups. We just haven't been targeted while we were flexing our muscles and showing Al Qaeda that there is or was a price to pay for attacking the U.S.

I can't help but roll my eyes every time I see someone who's against Obama's "politics" type out his name in full. Barack Hussein Obama. Yeah, I realize it's his given name, but the fact he doesn't commonly use all three himself (and nor do others in his political circle or in the media - aside from maybe Fox News) means you're saying it as a put-down. It's not subtle or clever - it just jumps right out as a flashing "ignorant" sign.

And yeah, the guy hasn't done squat to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, by the way.

There is more than meets the eye here.

When someone wins something you usually say congratulations. A well respected tribunal has made this decision not a couple of guys in a bar.

This is just another situation demonstrating the hatred and vitriol so many in this country feel for our president. Its just another symtom that people in this country are becoming more and more polarized. Its either my way or the highway.

This country isn't in big troubel its in very big trouble.

Originally Posted by Bruno

He has been president of the US for over half a year and hasn't started a war yet!
I mean, if that isn't peace prize material, then what is?


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Originally Posted by JMS

Has President Barack Hussein Obama done anything to win this award?
I would like to hear from all why or why not President Obama should win this award. I am also curious who takes the Nobel prizes seriously. I for one have not since Gore was awarded a Nobel peace prize.

My thoughts...

Originally Posted by Bruno

Well, Israel did NOT yet nuke the Palestinians or Iran, so that has to count for something.

Stop right there. Israel has no intention of nuking anyone unless she is attacked first. You are out of order with that comment. I don't care if you are a moderator or not. Bang out of order.