Nobel Prize goes to Obama...

**Gandalf** · 10-09-2009 09:27 AM

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** · 10-09-2009 11:20 AM

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** · 10-09-2009 11:47 AM

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

**killersheep** · 10-09-2009 12:06 PM

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

**Howlin Mad Missy** · 10-09-2009 12:26 PM

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** · 10-09-2009 12:32 PM

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

from the comments page.

**Youngblood** · 10-09-2009 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by killersheep

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

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

**Nameless** · 10-09-2009 02:35 PM

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.