Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on | October 9, 2009 |

I woke up this morning to the news that President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Now it’s no small feat to be elected the first African American president of the good ol’ U.S., but has he really fostered so much peace that he’s ready for the Nobel prize?  I mean, the last president to win it–Woodrow Wilson, had to  be president during a World War to win the award.

Surely, President Obama is inspiring, but will the Nobel Prize be a weight around his neck for the rest of his presidency now?  Only time can tell.

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