[Ido2havegoats]

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(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Friday that he was humbled by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/art.obama.pool.jpg President Obama, speaking Friday, said the award was "an affirmation of American leadership."

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/content/in_the_news/left_gray_btn.gif 1 of 3 http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/pic_changer/next.gif http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif "I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said at the White House.

"I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments. But rather as an affirmation of American leadership. ... I will accept this award as a call to action."

Obama said he did not feel he deserves "to be in the company" of past winners, but would continue to push a broad range of international objectives, including nuclear non-proliferation, a reversal of the global economic downturn, and a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

He acknowledged the ongoing U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, noting that he is the "commander in chief of a country that is responsible for ending" one war and confronting a dangerous adversary in another.

[techs]

Meh. He can have it if he wants it. At the same time, I'm not really sure what he's done to advance world peace at this point.

[sttaffy]

uhhhh wtf.

Did anyone else notice that nominations had to be in the mail by the time he was in office only 12 days? Does that strike anyone as odd?

Plus, what has he done? Has he ended a major war like wilson and roosevelt? has he spent like his whole life working for peace and other good stuff like carter? no, he came out of left field, get enormous support and won the presidency. What has he done with it? Nothing monumental. This just strikes me as bizzarre. How many other peace prizes have been awarded to someone conducting warfare in another country? What about a war on two fronts? The good thing is that he might be less inclined to start any more wars, and more inclined to end the two wars he is in charge of right now.

I'm baffled.

[ShyShy]

I've been reading some articles that suggest that he was "awarded" the prize for not what he's done, but, what they expect him to do.

talk about "Great Expectations".

[Ido2havegoats]

sttaffy, on 10 October 2009 - 12:13 AM, said:

uhhhh wtf.

I'm baffled.

I'm actually excited now. I might actually win a Nobel Prize now for not doing anything.

I still have hope!

This post has been edited by Ido2havegoats: 10 October 2009 - 01:53 AM

[Magilla]

sttaffy, on 10 October 2009 - 12:13 AM, said:

uhhhh wtf.

Did anyone else notice that nominations had to be in the mail by the time he was in office only 12 days? Does that strike anyone as odd?

Well, it means that whoever nominated him was jumping the gun a bit, but it doesn't mean that they could only consider what he'd done up to that point.

At this point, any US president who doesn't start a war in their first year of office is in the running, as far as we're concerned :shifty:

[aaronsen]

I love Barack Obama, but awarding him the Nobel prize for things you expect him to do is complete BS.

I can't see this pre-emptive thing working for the Oscars, somehow...

[cooky560]

Is there anything he hasn't done yet? :P