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Would Obama be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Today?

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  • Would Obama be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Today?

    Let's bypass the argument that Obama was or was not a legitimate candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

    For background, from Wiki (feel free to cite more legitimate sources)....

    [cite tags don't work]The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts" to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.[1] The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation[2] and a "new climate" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world.[3][4]

    The Nobel Committee's decision drew mixed reactions from US commentators and editorial writers across the political spectrum, as well as from the rest of the world.[/I wish they did]

    If he were being considered TODAY, would he be awarded the Peace Prize?
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    The Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke lately anyway. Al Gore? Yassir Arafat? Given the tortured logic involved in them winning, I can't say I'd be surprised if he would be awarded it.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
      The Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke lately anyway. Al Gore? Yassir Arafat? Given the tortured logic involved in them winning, I can't say I'd be surprised if he would be awarded it.
      Wow, OBP... um... what more can I say?


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      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #4
        I think it was given more in the hope that they'll do actions worthy of the prize rather than because they had done anything worthy of it.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
          I think it was given more in the hope that they'll do actions worthy of the prize rather than because they had done anything worthy of it.
          Well, yeah, but like OBP said... I guess it HAS become more of a joke.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            Vaclav Havel (the guy who led the completely peaceful successful revolution against Communism in this country and became it's first post-Communist president) said that if he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, he would refuse it because he didn't want to be placed in the same category as Arafat.
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            • #7
              Sort of like Henry Morgantaler being awarded the Order of Canada, which is this nation's highest honour.

              He was responsible for millions of abortions in Canada through his clinics all over the country.

              Makes me sick.

              The Peace Prize is a joke these days.


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              • #8
                Yeah!



                (you knew that was coming, didn't ya )
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Yeah.



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                  • #10
                    Come to think if it, this is even worse than the "everybody gets a trophy" mentality of the liberals. It takes away the specialness of winning something.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                      Come to think if it, this is even worse than the "everybody gets a trophy" mentality of the liberals. It takes away the specialness of winning something.
                      It certainly does away with the reasons of good and help for mankind in these kind of awards.


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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                        It certainly does away with the reasons of good and help for mankind in these kind of awards.
                        Did you know that the Nobel Peace Prize came about as a result of the invention of dynamite*?




                        *ballistite
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                          Did you know that the Nobel Peace Prize came about as a result of the invention of dynamite*?




                          *ballistite
                          I think I knew that, but had forgotten. Which makes me question the entire thing!



                          Although, without dynamite we wouldn't have the railroad through the mountains, so I guess it was okay.



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                          • #14
                            Yeah!
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #15
                              Even if the Nobel Peace Prize and Order of Canada and like things have become a joke (or worse), at least we can be assured that our God will not do so.

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