Obama Nobel Peace Prize

The Peace Prize War President

David Bromwich | Posted 05.15.2012

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David Bromwich

In his campaign to win the election as a war president, Barack Obama flatters the worst vices of chauvinism and panders to the most vulgar and brutal idea of the qualities that define a leader and the actions that ennoble a country. No alchemy of eloquence can atone for the confession of moral surrender involved in such a boast.

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The Prize of Peace

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.26.2012

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Sarah O'Leary

The greatest threat to evil is peace.

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U.S. Petition Launched to Investigate Betrayal of Nobel Peace Prize

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.02.2012

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Coleen Rowley

We suggest your Board communicate with the Nobel Foundation urging them to rescind Obama's award so that the Nobel Peace Prize does not serve to sugarcoat, obfuscate and enable more use of violence and military force, the exact opposite purpose for which it was created.

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Is Obama Really George W. Bush?

Aaron David Miller | Posted 06.04.2011

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Aaron David Miller

Has Barack Obama become George W. Bush on foreign policy? If the President doesn't catch a break on Libya, he may well be on a glide path to regime change.

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Reflections Along the Moral Highway From Memphis to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 06.04.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

On the 43rd anniversary of his assassination, Dr. King's unwavering commitment to the nonviolence pursuit of justice may be the most important 21st-century moral challenge he has bequeathed to our nation.

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Obama Jokes About His Nobel Peace Prize

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.30.2011

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President Obama took a brief moment during an ambitious speech about energy on Wednesday to simultaneously praise a colleague and drop a bit of self-d...

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Obama's Not Returning His Peace Prize

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

The Libyan assault as well as continued American presence in Iraq and Afghanistan have many people saying that either the Nobel Peace Prize committee should demand the prize be returned or that Obama should volunteer to hand it back.

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WATCH: Obama Speaks On Being Awarded Nobel Peace Prize In Wake Of Libya

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - President Barack Obama says he's aware that he's a Nobel Peace Prize winner who's launching military airstrikes in Libya. ...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Obama Didn't Deserve The Nobel

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said over the weekend that President Obama didn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he received in 2009. "He had...

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Ambivalence, Idealism, and the Nobel Peace Prize

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Henne

The United States' ability to improve the world is limited. Economic incentives, military actions, and pro-democracy rhetoric will not push the international community into demanding Liu Xiaobo's release, or prevent other countries from following China's lead.

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Obama Nobel Peace Prize Puts Pressure On Committee For 2010 Decision

csmonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Norwegian Peace Prize committee has a dilemma this year: how to top last year's surprise award to President Obama....

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Nobel Peace Prize: For Peace or for Politics?

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saad Khan

It's time for a new, and truly global, peace award that comes with little controversy and greater transparency.

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Nobel Peace Prize Winners' Books

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to "Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," according to ...

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"Only the mood music has changed": Tariq Ali on Obama's presidency

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christian Avard

Is president Barack Obama the change America has been waiting for or is he another corporate Democrat representing elite interests? According to Tar...

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Nobel Peace Prize Gets Record 237 Nominations

AP | IAN MacDOUGALL | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO — The committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner will consider a record 237 nominations for the 2010 award, a Nobel official said ...

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Who's the Enemy?

John O'Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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John O'Kane

To convert a piece of wisdom from Martin Luther King, if we are to move toward the creation of a better democracy, and eventually produce the paths to reach the promised land, we need to face adversity.

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Obama's Oslo Doctrine

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Schlesinger

This was really Obama at his best -- candid, realistic, passionate, idealistic and level-headed. This is probably the closest thing we have to a personal articulation of Obama's fundamental beliefs about America's role in the world.

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It's Hug a Conservative Week

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert J. Elisberg

It's not like President Obama gave an award to himself. The Nobel committee felt the U.S. president was deserving. And it's their football. In the end, it honors the man. It honors the nation.

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Nobel Committee's Subtle, Inspirational Message To America

Ruth Sherman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ruth Sherman

What if -- in addition to fostering world peace -- the Nobel Commitee also wanted to send the citizens of the United States a subtle, inspirational message?

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War and Peace

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

The subtext of Obama's speech is that he can be exempt from the constraints of moral leadership implicit in the receipt of the Nobel Prize and still use it as a political marketing tool. But it doesn't work that way.

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On Obama's Noble Peace Prize: Missed Peace Opportunities in the Mideast

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aladdin Elaasar

Obama has gained a great deal of popularity in and outside the U.S.. If he was to run for President elsewhere beyond the States, people would replace their old rulers with him in a heartbeat.

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Obama's Nobel Victory and the Muslim world

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saad Khan

The real question raised by this "great achievement" of Obama is "Will he actually deliver?"

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Conservatives and Off-Base Lefties: Can You Top This?

Norman Lear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman Lear

Obama stunned the world by reaching out to Islam -- not from Washington, not by way of TV or the Internet -- no, he traveled to Egypt and spoke to Islam as he would speak to us. And who topped that this year?

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Obama's Peace Prize: The World Bets on America

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter M. Shane

It seems a safe bet that, in choosing President Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize, the Committee wanted to send a larger message. As I read it, that message is, "America, we need you."

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Obama Nobel Peace Prize: President Picks Up His Award

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO — Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his pre...

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