Does anyone else find it ironic that after the latest troop increase in Afghanistan President Obama now has more troops deployed in that region than President Bush ever did?

I hope he keeps that peace prize polished!

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US bombs moon.

Obama awarded Nobel Peace prize.


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wtf? They didn't even bother to wait until he had pretended to do something.

ETA: No one cheered at the school where I was teaching today. An encouraging sign!

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Al Gore joins such illustrious winners as Jimmy Carter and Yassir Arafat.
OSLO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their part in galvanizing international action against global warming before it "moves beyond man's control."
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Given the following recent history, would you give a Nobel to the people whose job it was to prevent this?

• Mid 1990s: India and Pakistan develop nuclear weapons, openly test them.
  
• 1990s: North Korea develops nuclear weapons.
  
• 2000s: Iran presses forward with a nuclear program capable of developing nuclear weapons.
  
• 1998-2002: Saddam Hussein refuses ( Read more... )