Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to President Barack Obama for having been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, this puts him in the illustrious company of our worst President of the 20th century (and national joke as an ex-President) Jimmy Carter, prognosticator of global climate change gloom and doom & former alpha male Vice President Al Gore, and terrorist extraordinaire, the murderous Yasser Arafat. Not exactly a brotherhood I'd want to belong to. And just exactly what "Peace" has President Obama brought to the world? Or maybe a better question is, what exactly has he accomplished in the name of "Peace" and at what cost? We're still fighting in Aghanistan, only with less material support and more restrictive rules of engagement, putting our soldiers at greater risk. Iran and North Korea continue to proliferate their nuke programs, and speculation abounds that if Iran is allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, than Saudi Arabia will be next. There is talk of Japan joining the nuclear weapons fraternity as well. Russia is still in the Ossetia & Abkhazia regions of Georgia. China still threatens Taiwan and occupies Tibet. Armed conflict exists all over Africa. And, in our own back yard in Central & South America, anti-American Marxism is seemingly on the rise. All while President Obama travels around the world bowing to dictators and apologizing for imagined sins of our great nation, never getting anything in return for the damage he is doing to our influence and prestige. History would seem to teach us that, while Peace is a noble goal, it cannot be bargained for or bought (just ask Neville Chamberlain or the Israelis) and genuine, lasting peace is only attained through the unconditional surrender of one's enemies. Perhaps someone needs to remind the President that his responsibilities are to the American people... he is not President of the World, no matter how much he and his supporters want to believe it. So once again, President Obama, enjoy your "Peace Prize". And then, maybe you can get back out there and actually do something meaningful to further the cause of real, lasting peace for your nation, instead of puckering up and kissing the butts of tyrants, dictators, rogue regimes, and weanie leftists the world over.