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In "Unprecedented Move" Nobel Peace Prize Chairman Demoted For Decision To Give Obama 2009 Award
Zero Hedge ^ | 2/3/15 | Tyler Durden

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.


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Great news!
1 posted on 03/03/2015 4:45:37 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

HA HA HA HA!!!!!!! Someone came to their senses, albeit a bit too late. But the joke is on them. HA HA!!!


2 posted on 03/03/2015 4:48:47 PM PST by Fungi (Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Funny.


3 posted on 03/03/2015 4:48:52 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; LucyT; WildHighlander57; maggief; Nachum; onyx; Liz

The cards are beginning to fall ....


4 posted on 03/03/2015 4:49:49 PM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
How about the take the F’ing award away since Obummer did nothing to earn it.
5 posted on 03/03/2015 4:49:53 PM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

When they send a crew around to repossess the award, then they’ll have re-established some credibility. This is too little too late.


6 posted on 03/03/2015 4:51:26 PM PST by IronJack
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

IMHO, the Nobel “Peace” Prize has always been a commie lib joke. Kind of like an Oscar for dumbass politicians, thugs and dictators. Giving one to Barry Soetoro only made things worse.


7 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:09 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal aliens are far superior to Americans. - So say the 'RATS and RINOs.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
....who has put some of the most bloodthirsty republicans to shame....

Some good journalism right there......

8 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:21 PM PST by capydick ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

How many wars has he started and how many countries has he bombed and now tells us he does not have authority to bomb Islamic state in Libya


9 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:51 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I think I’ll name my new band The Kaci Kullman Five.


10 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:52 PM PST by wideawake
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Obama is now a "neocon." The ultimate insult.

He got it for not being George W. Bush.

11 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:58 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: capydick

No bias there.


12 posted on 03/03/2015 4:53:24 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

You know there have been so many people slapping there foreheads over that one.


13 posted on 03/03/2015 4:53:27 PM PST by Duckdog (If it wasn't for NASCAR my TV would have gone out the window years ago!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

BREAKING:
The Olympic skiing federation has withdrawn the downhill gold medal from Matthias Mayer and given it to Barrack Obama. ‘Cause after all, no one has gone downhill faster than Obama.


14 posted on 03/03/2015 4:53:46 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Some happy news on a miserable day.


15 posted on 03/03/2015 4:54:10 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("In politics the middle way is none at all."- John Adams)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

He may have been demoted to a mere “member”, trivial b!tch slap at the most, but the big question is: “did he have to give back the bribe money he was given to vomit out the prize to His Arrogance”?


16 posted on 03/03/2015 4:54:20 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies. - Ron Paul)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Barry’s not having a very good day.


17 posted on 03/03/2015 4:54:22 PM PST by freedom6178
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

That was really Nobel White Guilt award they gave Obama. When the committee saw a white guy as president of the US, they just couldn’t resist groveling and prostrating themselves before him, even though hadn’t done a thing when they gave him the award.


18 posted on 03/03/2015 4:55:23 PM PST by Will88
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19 posted on 03/03/2015 4:55:51 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
...Obama who has since the [award] 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...

LOL!
Quite a long spew there - but yes, the Obummer has bungled his residency into turning the world into a much more bloody, and dangerous place.

20 posted on 03/03/2015 4:56:34 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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