European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Who will accept the award for the EU?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Obama.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Obama.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

 

[maxiep]

They're making a mockery of what used to be a significant honor.

 

[PapaG]

They're making a mockery of what used to be a significant honor.

It's been a mockery for years.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Wow. Must have been a slow year.

 

[BrianFromWA]

NATO did spend 6 months at war with Libya last year, right?

 

[PapaG]

NATO did spend 6 months at war with Libya last year, right?

Those were peaceful bombings.

 

[santeesioux]

Should have given it to skiing vikings

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[MARIS61]

NATO did spend 6 months at war with Libya last year, right?

By that measure our involvement in the middle east cannot be considered in the interests of world peace.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I must've missed where we received the Peace Prize in the last decade.

 

[MARIS61]

"Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms," he said. "The service of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans."

Waging war is not a way of imposing the will of the United States on the world, he said, but a way of seeking a better future for its people.

"The instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace," he said.

Preserving the peace in Oslo Thursday came with a price -- $60 million worth of security preparations. Norwegian police said they had more than 2,000 officers on the streets, along with snipers, canine patrols, and helicopters in the air, in the biggest security operation they have ever mounted for a single person.

Force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, Obama said, because inaction can tear at the world's conscience and lead to more costly intervention later.

But peace can be justified too, he said, and he outlined three ways to build a just and lasting peace in the world.

First, Obama suggested the world find a better way to deal with nations like Iran and North Korea that break or ignore rules and laws.

"If we want a lasting peace, then the words of the international community must mean something," he said. "Those regimes that break the rules must be held accountable. Sanctions must exact a real price."

December 10, 2009

President Obama accepting the Nobel Peace Prize

 

[DaLincolnJones]

that worked our well,

also see

Neville Chamberlain, Peace in Our Time 1938

 

[mook]

This one makes far more sense than the Obama one. People may hate the EU, but the truth is that those countries used to fight a lot and they don't anymore.

That said, it has an "everybody's a winner!" kind of vibe. When you bestow an award on the majority of a continent, you're kind of wasting everybody's time.

 

[RR7]

I hope the entirety of the EU shows up to accept the award. That'll make them think about doing something like this again.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Damn it, Denny must have forgotten to nominate me again.

 

[Ed O]

That's sort of like the Time Person of the Year is "You". http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570810,00.html

Just silly.

Next year's Best Supporting Actress: the Rock of Gibraltar!

Ed O.