By GI Korea on October 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am

Lee Myung-bak Congratulates Obama On Nobel Peace Prize Award

• Teadrinker
  2:26 pm on October 9th, 2009 1

  "It is pretty clear that this was a political play by the Nobel committee to influence American politics."

  Is it?

  It's a recognition to his promise to return to diplomacy. Afhganistan doesn't change that (he didn't start the war).

  Think about it: Chavez, Castro, Ghaddaffi… Just a few of your government's favorite boogeymen who are now willing to improve relations with the US.

• Dr.Yu
  2:37 pm on October 9th, 2009 2

  It was too easy for Obama win the Nobel, all he had to do was undo what Bush did during 8 years of his presidency.

  If I were an american I would feel very uncomfortable about this prize because this is the international certification of Bush incompetence in international policy.

  Anyway, congratulation to Obama. He is a very smart and charismatic leader.

• Teadrinker
  1:10 pm on October 10th, 2009 3

  "all he had to do was undo what Bush did during 8 years of his presidency.

  If I were an american I would feel very uncomfortable about this prize because this is the international certification of Bush incompetence in international policy."

  You'd only have reason to feel uncomfortable if you were a right-wing nut who voted for Bush twice and hates Obama for some of the most ridiculous reasons.

• ChickenHead
  1:39 pm on October 10th, 2009 4

  Q: What's the difference between Obama and Brad Pitt?

  A: Obama got a peace prize.

  …and, for those of you who need it spelled out, Brad Pitt got a prize piece.

  I just made that up.

• Pete
  8:56 pm on October 10th, 2009 5

  I expect Obama will win every year he is in office; and if he don't something is wrong with the way the selection committee.

• Pete
  8:57 pm on October 10th, 2009 6

  selects.

• GI Korea
  11:10 pm on October 10th, 2009 7

  Here sums up the Peace Prize best:

  "The award is premature. He hasn't done anything yet. But he's made clear from the start of his presidency his commitment to promote peace. No doubt the Nobel committee hopes the award will enhance his moral authority to advance the cause of peace while he's still president." — Eugene Rogan, director, Middle East Center, Oxford University

  Like I said it is a political play.

  Obama has not done anything near what Sistani has done to promote peace in Iraq. However, he will never win it because his anti-gay fatwa he issued and later rescinded.

• Greg
  7:40 am on March 19th, 2011 8

  Considering his actions in Libya, Obama should not have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Glans
  8:10 am on March 19th, 2011 9

  Obama doesn't follow the nonviolent principles of Gandhi and King. But I hope GI Korea will state his opinion: do the military activities of the United States in Afghanista, Iraq, and now Libys, promote peace or undermine it?

• JoeC
  8:46 am on March 19th, 2011 10

  Here is what Obama told them at the presentation after giving some historical and philosophical reasons why military force is sometimes necessary, "So yes, the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace."

  He went on to say:

  This becomes particularly important when the purpose of military action extends beyond self defense or the defense of one nation against an aggressor. More and more, we all confront difficult questions about how to prevent the slaughter of civilians by their own government, or to stop a civil war whose violence and suffering can engulf an entire region.

  I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war. Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later. That is why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace.

  I don't know if there is a clearly stated Obama Doctrine, but he may have started to reveal it then.

  Judged by what he does beyond what he has said, there were several inconsistencies to be found in that speech, i.e. "That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed", but I don't think the decision taken now in Libya is one of those inconsistencies.

• ChickenHead
  7:41 pm on June 30th, 2011 11

  “Obama orders airstrikes in Somalia.”

  Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia…

  War IS peace.

  Ignorance is Strength is doing well, too.

  Next up, Freedom is Slavery.

• ChickenHead
  8:02 pm on August 24th, 2011 12

  Ahhhh…

  http://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/obampeaceprize.jpg

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