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    Default Re: President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

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    Good read, although I'd disagree with the merits one must possess to receive the award.
    Why?

    If the prize isn't going to push an agenda, if it shouldn't try changing the world, then what's the point of having it?

    I mean, we already have His Majesty the King's lifetime achievement medal, what would we need a peace prize for?
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    Why?
    Ok, achievement is not necessary to get the price: See Kissinger and Le Duc To for peace in Vietnam just before North finished the job in taking Saigon, or the late Ahtisaari for his “negotiation” in the Kosovo affairs. There is no need for success.

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    Hasn't it been the Republican presidents of late that have actually accomplished all the nuclear disarming treaties?

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    Default Re: President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Why?

    If the prize isn't going to push an agenda, if it shouldn't try changing the world, then what's the point of having it?

    I mean, we already have His Majesty the King's lifetime achievement medal, what would we need a peace prize for?
    I'd rather have it awarded based on results.



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    Totally awesome.
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    Default Re: President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

    All the pros and cons beside, I think everyone agrees that this NPP started an interessting discussion about Obama and the peace/war process. And in that specific sense the prize is already an success. People are talking/discussing peace and that is only a good thing.

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    Default Re: President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

    Just wait until we start bashing eachother's heads in.

    I agree with Ice though, the reward should be given for achieving a certain result, and as I have shown, even Obama shares that view...
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    Best line so far - coming from the State Department:
    Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum -- when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes.
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