Posted by
Billy on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:59:12 PM
There is a bit of irony that just 10 days after announcing the deployment of 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan, President
Obama will
accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow in Oslo, Norway.
The award, which the Nobel committee said was for Obama's "extraordinary
efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,"
comes as he presides over wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and faces an American public
that is increasingly skeptical about the U.S.-led
efforts there.
Obama will walk a delicate line in his acceptance speech.
(This was a political move by those who decided to give Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no way they would have given the Nobel to Bush or anyone on the right. This also shows how those around the world love Obama but among Americans his numbers keep falling. Read more of the above story Obama
to Accept Peace Prize as 30k Troops Deploy.)