What's Peace Got to Do With It?

So, the big news today is that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. My question is what has he done to bring about peace anywhere? The American mainstream media may see him as a rock star, but the world continues to laugh at him. And it has nothing to do with his race, religion or skin color. Let's look at his accomplishments:
  • He spends hundreds of thousands of dollars, takes two airplanes full of staff and dignitaries including his wife and Oprah, pours out his life story in an unprecedented personal appeal, and is still rejected by the Olympic Committee in the first round. How sophomoric.
  • He visits the 73 year old Queen of England and presents her with the gift of an iPod loaded with videos of his speeches. How vain and ignorant.
  • He receives a visit from the legally blind British Prime Minister and gives him a gift of a DVD collection purchased at Blockbuster Video. How insensitive.
  • He allows the Iranians to continue testing long range missiles including on Jewish holidays which is a direct threat to Israeli defenses with no repercussions from America while they continue research to build a nuclear weapon facilities. His response, Israel must stop building in the demilitarized zones and we will have some serious talks with Iran. He allows the North Koreans to continue building and testing long range missiles with no repercussions. How stupid.
  • He ignores his generals and only sits down to talk to them after pressure from polls. After his meeting, he cannot make a decision based on the information he is given, so he decides to call a meeting with dozens of democrats, most of whom have no military training, knowledge of war tactics or diplomatic experience. He allows them to discuss what we should do in Afghanistan and still cannot come to a conclusion. Guess Hillary was right about that 2 AM phone call thing. How embarrassing.
  • Past presidents have been involved in bringing about peace throughout the world. Reagan brought an end to the cold war and helped end communism in Russia. George H. W. Bush helped to liberate the Kuwaiti people. George W. Bush helped to liberate Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet none of these past presidents received the Nobel Peace Prize. The only thing that Obama has freed are the radicals who are serving in the White House unchecked by any form of government. What is the latest Czar count? I believe we have more Czars in the White House than Russia had during their entire history. How pathetic.
Want more evidence of the world's view about this? Read this article in the London Times.

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