[Peace-discuss] Nobel Committee, Strategic As Ever, Taps Obama for Peace Prize

[Robert Naiman]

Some initial commentary has called the award unprecedented and
wondered why the committee would give President Obama the award when
he "hasn't done anything yet." But anyone who thinks this award is
unprecedented hasn't been paying attention. The Nobel Committee has a
long history of praising "works in progress" that it wants to assist,
like the downfall of apartheid. The Committee likes Obama's diplomatic
moves on Iran and Afghanistan and wants to help shield Obama from his
domestic adversaries.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/nobel-committee-strategic_b_314980.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/9/82426/1566

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/366

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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