Earlier today, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee did the only thing any sane observer of politics could do: it announced this year’s peace prize would go to Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama on Friday won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
As you’d expect from us at PoliGazette, we couldn’t agree more.
Did he achieve anything during his first nine months in office then? Well, not really. He gave in to Russia’s demands (by throwing Eastern-Europe under the bus), sucked up to the mad Mullahs in Tehran (by throwing pro-democracy protesters under the bus) and gave North Korea what it wanted (by giving Kim Jong-Il a great photo-op with Bill Clinton). But other than that, we’ve got to admit he didn’t anything anything.
Still, Obama deserved this prize more than anyone else. As the Committee explained:
“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.”
That alone was suffice to give this prize to Obama, of course, but there’s even more!
“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.”
Yes, there’s a new climate in international politics. Just ask Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong-Il, Vladimir Putin, the leaders of the military junta in Birma or the Taliban.
For the first time in years, the Nobel Prize Committee finally awards this prize to a man who actually deserves it.
Mr. President, a grateful world salutes you.
We open the comment section so you can join us in congratulating President Obama for doing absolutely nothing, thereby earning this tremendous honor.
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