Nobel Prize goes to Obama...

[El Kabong]

Well, well, well....surely he's done it all now, he's half black, he's the President of the United States, he's on TV all the time, and now he wins the Nobel Peace Prize.....for what What has he done?

[Dizaster]

yeah i'm note sure either... Nothing against him, but I didn't realise just being president of a country not nuking the whole planet makes you a peace prize winner... Compared to bush though he's halfway there..

[El Kabong]

....imagine what is going to happen once he actually does something

[Wadeb_21]

Hate to say it but I think any president not named bush would have won the Nobel piece price, because bush was so hated by most.

Its messed up because the nominations for this had to be in 11 days after he took office what did he do in 11 days that made him eligible for this? If someone knows please explain this to me.

[Gandalf]

That is ludicrous.....

I think Obama is probably a decent guy, but he has done nothing to merit the Nobel prize. In fact, his policy thus far in terms of Israel/Palestine has been weak and he is still at war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

I commend him on closing Guantanamo Bay, but that should never have existed in the first place.

A head scratching choice tbh.

[OumaFan]

I laughed, just at how mad this will make Republicans makes it all worth it.

Why he got it is simple, he's not George Bush.

He's done some good things though. Politically he couldn't have pulled out of Afghanistan so soon and Israel is still popular among a large section of America, its a risky thing to go too far there in your first term. People disappointed by him are a bit more idealistic than me, he's a politician, he's not gonna show a reckless disregard for his political future, they just don't do that.

That's not to say I think he deserves it But who cares, apparently its to encourage the general path of his policies, nuclear anti-proliferation stuff, more middle east engagement and diplomacy, etc.

[CFH]

What exactly did he do to deserve it? This is hilarious.

[killersheep]

HAHAHA he got this on the same day we bomb the moon.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

The Nobel laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).
"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 Norwegian committee said in a statement.


Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve".


Is it cus I is black?
Yeah probably?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

"If this was 1938, the award would have gone to Neville Chamberlain for his intentions of World peace."


from the comments page.

[Youngblood]

HAHAHA he got this on the same day we bomb the moon.

About time too. Ive never trusted that circling orb of suspicion.

[Nameless]

Obama was the best by far of the last 4 candidates to the USA presidency but... well, I do not see at all what he did to deserve it... yet. IF he solves the Afghan problem or the crisis between Israel and Palestine, maybe then we could consider him. Till then... it is just ludicrous.

[Scrap]

He got rid of Bush.

[Kev]

Fucking ridiculous, clearly some people are pandering for something.

So his first eleven days in office were so momentous in restoring hope and peace to humanity that he gets awarded the Nobel Prize.

This is utter utter bollocks. Why not lets give David Cameron a Nobel Prize, because even though he's not yet in office he did give a speech this week where he said under him the Conservatives would end child poverty and that in future the poorest children will go to the best schools, not the worst.

How could they not get behind that kind of heartwarming sentiment? He HAS to be favourite for next year's award.

Seriously fuck the Norwegiens......

Judge a man AFTER his reign, not before you pandering fucktards.

[Kirkland Laing]

This looks a little political. They should have at least waited till he failed to fix the Palestine-Israel situation before they gave it to him.

"Not being as aggressive as George W Bush" is not the standard by which the Nobel should be awarded, although to be fair it's an understandable sentiment from the Nobel people.

Plus he's an American President. The Nobel committee now have to hope he can go potentially seven plus years without invading somebody, an almost impossible-to-imagine scenario.