Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
I really don’t understand why Obama winning the Peace Prize actually upsets so many people. At first I thought it was because maybe some think that he really didn’t deserve it – but the Peace Prize is at least partially (I think largely) about inspiring hope and promise for a better future, and I think anyone can see that Obama did just that during his campaign. And before anyone says that I’m just drinking the Obama kool-aid – I wasn’t for him in the beginning. But he won me over. By his rhetoric and by inspiring people across the nation and across the world. How often is it that people in countries that despise America rejoice in the celebration of his presidency? It wasn’t because they thought they got one over on us. Obama is an inspiration. So maybe it’s about racism. And no, of course the war isn’t over yet. No one who is honestly thinking about the troops or the people we were originally trying to save would assume that pulling out of the war immediately is a good idea. Things