Posted on 03/03/2015 4:45:36 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
Back in 2009, just months after his swearing in, president Barack Obama was crowned with an unexpected glory: he won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 due to "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Back then there was little indication that just a few years after his crowning achievement of "ending the war" in and returning US troops from Iraq, he would send US troops right back in Iraq for the 3rd US invasion of the country in three decades, but also send out US troops across the globe, and launch the second cold war, pushing the world to the brink of another "large scale war." Those who wish to read Obama's teleprompted and ghostwritten acceptance "speech can do so here.
At the time the White House, and the fawning media, was delighted by this crowning, if premature, achievement of the progressive president.
Which is why don't expect much coverage of the inevitable aftermath: earlier today, in what France24 dubbed an "in an unprecedented move", the controversial head of Norway's Nobel Peace Prize committee was removed Tuesday and demoted to the rank of mere member.
Thorbjoern Jagland, a former Norwegian premier, drew criticism after becoming committee chairman in 2009 for awarding the prestigious Nobel to newly elected US President Barack Obama. He will be replaced by current Deputy Chair Kaci Kullmann Five.
More from AP:
The Nobel Peace Prize awarding Norwegian Nobel Committee on Tuesday elected a new chairman to replace Thorbjoern Jagland, whose six-year tenure has been lined with controversies.
Jagland will remain a member of the voting panel but was a contentious leader, attracting criticism for his dual role as committee chairman and head of the European Council when the prize was awarded to the European Union in 2012. His leadership also was clouded by the decision to give the prize to Barack Obama in 2009 after he had just been elected president, and the 2010 prize to the jailed dissident Liu Xiabo drew fury from China.
The former labor politician was replaced by the panel's deputy chairman, Kaci Kullmann Five, a former conservative party leader. She denied that Jagland's ousting had anything to do with pressure from China, which froze diplomatic ties to Norway after the 2010 award.
She did not deny that his ousting had anything to do with Obama who has since the aware become a neo-con warhawk, who has put some of the most bloodthirsty republicans to shame, and whose actions (and lack thereof) have led to not only global conflict intensity spiking To a 7-year high, but have generated untold riches to the shareholders of the military industrial complex.
Hilarious.....he is worse then Republicans. Those stupid liberals.
May tomorrow be even worse for him.
If you like your fawning fans, you will be able to keep your fawning fans. Period.
No one will take them away. No matter what.
Can’t wait for some press lackey to ask Josh Ernest to comment on this matter....
I checked out the list of previous chairmen and the timing doesn’t seem unusual though the abject politicizing during this guy’s term does. Hopefully the next chair will be a bit more thoughtful.
They couldn’t figure that out BEFORE the vote to give Zero the prize?
Maybe they’ll get it right one of these days.
Nobel Prize controversies
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/
The Nobel Peace Prize 2009
Barack H. Obama
“for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”
The Nobel Peace Prize 2002
Jimmy Carter
“for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”
The Nobel Peace Prize 1994
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin
“for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”
Obama’s name belongs on the same list as terrorist Yasser Arafat and bumbler Jimmy Carter. At least the committee was following precedent.
Also known as making speeches. Nothing more.
Yep, after Obama got his it has lost it luster....I understand the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize is now available in Cracker Jack
Something I have wondered about but have no idea why is this:
How did all these organizations, funds, endowments, foundations etc. get taken over by radical leftists?
For instance, the “Ford Foundation”, the “Carnegie Endowment”, the “Nobel Prize Committees” and so on.
I think the founders of these organizations such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and others were basically conservative.
I remember that Commie Spy whose name I can’t recall off hand worked for the Carnegie Endowment.
Remember that day on FR that had all those posts about O’bozo receiving all kinds of awards after he got the nobel prize?
That day was awesome and the mod’s even let it go on!
Good one!
This Leftist peace prize was only Alfred Noble’s attempt to make up for the fact that he was the inventor of dynamite!
Good!
In their remaining years as a non-Muslim-majority country, the Norwegians should focus on other things besides this yearly fit of sanctimony.
How in the world did they find out that 0bama has become a neo-con? I ASKED you people to be quiet about it!
obama is not a neocon, but a liberal interventionist.
However, there is NO real difference between the two!!!!
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