Immanuel
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too early.
next year would have been great, after the closing of guantanamo, removing the troops from iraq and winding down the afghanistan adventure.
yeah right.
It's also good this year for the reasons it was awarded to him:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009
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.
Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 - Press Release
I love the way cons attempt to minimize the importance of the Nobel. If one of theirs ever won, I wonder what the chatter would become then..
The problem is, Sarah, that he had not done any of that stuff when he was nominated. You don't get nominated for a prize for something you are going to do in the future. This is a crock of shit.
Had he been nominated next year, I might not agree with the decision of the committee, but I could see their point of view. The year after even more so once his work had begun to take affect. But, by Feb 1, he had not done these things.
Hey, I'm considering writing a book... Do you think I can get nominated for the Prize for Literature this year?
Immie