RedStateVT has to give credit where credit is due. In that regard, even President Obama appeared genuinely taken aback by the decision to award him the Nobel prize. He certainly realizes that he does not merit it.
The Nobel Committee disgraces itself for what is transparently a political ploy. But bear in mind that this is a group which seems to know no shame having previously awarded the prize to that great peacemaker Yasser Arafat, a.k.a., the Mahatma Gandhi of the Palestinian people.
And then there is that other notable recipient, Jimmy Carter, coddler of dictators around the world. In 2008, Carter famously placed a wreath on the grave of Arafat. Could it be that Obama realizes that he doesn't want to be in company with the likes of these two?
Don’t give him too much credit. Yes, he did look a little sheepish, but reportedly, award recipients are notified well in advance. Some have suggested that he may have been informed right about the time he started to dither on Afghanistan – the Norwegians wouldn’t look to kindly on 40,000 additional troops.
ReplyDeleteHe should have turned down an award that was so transparently intended to adversely influence American foreign policy. Thanks, but no thanks would have built up a lot of political capital at almost no cost. Another swing and a miss for Obama.