Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

"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," the committee said.

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," it said.

Here is more info. (although I'm sure it'll be all over the media today.)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...ize/index.html

I don't know... this doesn't seem right.

There were other people who worked extremely hard for human rights and would have truly deserved the prize.
I guess this was a way of showing support and pushing for peace

He might one day deserve it, but this was too early.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Obama porn.

I think this was way too early... They should've waited a few years to let him accrue some more accomplishments. Let's be honest, Obama didn't do THAT MUCH in his 9 months in office.

Peace for what? He's has escalated the military presence involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.

I suppose that neocon and warmonger Kissinger was also worthy of the prize back in the 70s.

So much for "peace".

yeah, he doesnt deserve it

Good. This was long-overdue.

Congratulations to him. The vote was unanimous so obviously they felt like he's done enough to deserve the award.

But this was so out of left field.

and from what I heard, they voted for him on his 11th day in office

Why did he win it?

Because, he isn't Bush or a Conservative. Everyone hates the Republican party in the world, and they are happy that he isn't one of them.

Seriously, the only people who seem to still support the republican party are either greedy and/or uneducated people in this country. Oh, and also terrorist because the republicans did more to destroy this country than they could ever do.

Does P. Obama deserve it for any of his accomplishments? No, not really. He is still just initiating things. Does he deserve it for not being President Bush? Yes, and the Nobel Prize committee believes that too.

Also, as you can tell, I may not be fond of Democrats being spineless, but I despise the Republican party. I can't wait for them to become more of fringe party than they already are.


Also, to Guajardo.

1. US troops aren't in Pakistan.

2. There was already a withdraw deal done by President Bush in 2008 for US troops in Iraq to withdraw in 2011. Can't exactly accelerate that.

3. And with respect to Afghanistan, what do you expect? I hate war as much the next person, but do you honestly think we can just leave in a few months? It is a terrible situation, that was caused by 8 years of mismanagement. We have to do something, maybe adding 40,000 troops isn't the best idea, but can Pres. Obama really go against what the general on the ground are saying? Also, I don't think it is right to leave a country where we have promised change for 8 years. What will happen to the girl and women in the country who are finally able to go to school? We just abandon them? Leaving them to fend for themselves is just as bad as going in blindly.