-=> Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> So... why then, did he win a Nobel Peace Prize?

 DC> Are you SURE it wasn't just because he was the first black U.S.
 DC> President?

 WD> This is the justification of the Norwegian Nobel Committee...

 WD> "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace
 WD> Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his
 WD> extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and
 WD> cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special
 WD> importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without
 WD> nuclear weapons.

 WD> Obama has as President created a new climate in international
 WD> politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position,
 WD> with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other
 WD> international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations
 WD> are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most
 WD> difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free
 WD> from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms
 WD> control negotiations. Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the USA is
 WD> now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great
 WD> climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human
 WD> rights are to be strengthened.

 WD> Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama
 WD> captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a
 WD> better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those
 WD> who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and
 WD> attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s
 WD> population.

 WD> For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to
 WD> stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes
 WD> for which Obama is now the world’s leading spokesman. The
 WD> Committee endorses Obama’s appeal that “Now is the time for all
 WD> of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response
 WD> to global challenges."

What a load of crap.  Complete and utter bullshit.

 WD> Noteworthy is that the deadline of nominations for the 2009 Peace
 WD> Prize was just 11 (eleven) days into Obama's presidency...
 WD> Without getting into partisan politics, a lot of people agree
 WD> (and I with them) it should not have happened. Therefor the
 WD> awarding of the 2009 Peace Prize was not a consequence of
 WD> achievement but on the contrary it was a sign.

Indeed.  Eleven days.  What a crock.

 WD> I underwrite the statement that Obama got the Peace Prize for
 WD> nothing, while Trump (who also is nominated again) will never get
 WD> it for anything.

Obama didn't get it for "nothing".  He got it because he was the 
first (half)-black U.S. President.  No more, no less.  Pretty much 
diminishes the prestige of the award, especially considering some 
of the more recent nominations.  It's just a joke now.

Also, I don't think Trump has any business being nominated, 
either.

Oh, and for the slow ones in the crowd, my comments have nothing 
to do with "racism".  They're just observation of facts, and no 
sensible person can dispute that.


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