Where’s My Prize

Prior to President Obama only three presidents had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, they were: President Theodore Roosevelt, who won his prize in 1906 for negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese war in 1905. President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the prize in December of 1920 for the year 1919, the award was given for his work as the founder of the League of Nations. In 2002 President Jimmy Carter was awarded a Peace Prize for his tireless efforts to promote peaceful solutions to international conflicts, and for his mediation between Isreal and Egypt which helped to achieve the Camp David Accords. These presidents were awarded their Nobel Prizes for actual achievement.

It seems that the Nobel Committee has seriously dropped its standards. President Obama is awarded his Peace Prize in 2009 for essentially achieving nothing. What has he done to deserve this? According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee the Prize was awarded for his creation of a “New climate in international politics” for his work in nuclear disarmament, they go on to say that “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.” Lets keep in mind here that he was president for just 37 weeks when he won. One must wonder why the Committee would give an award for nothing. I think that Saturday Night Live best summed up why Obama won the award in the following clip.

By: Subvet

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