Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize

[unhappycamper]

Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
Dec 10, 8:44 AM EST

OSLO (AP) -- President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."

A wartime president honored for peace, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever to win the prize - some say prematurely. In this damp, chilly Nordic capital to pick it up, he and his wife, Michelle, whirled through a day filled with Nobel pomp and ceremony.

And yet Obama was staying here only about 24 hours and skipping the traditional second day of festivities. This miffed some in Norway but reflects a White House that sees little value in extra pictures of the president, his poll numbers dropping at home, taking an overseas victory lap while thousands of U.S. troops prepare to go off to war and millions of Americans remain jobless.

Just nine days after ordering 30,000 more U.S. troops into battle in Afghanistan, Obama delivered a Nobel acceptance speech that he saw as a treatise on war's use and prevention. He crafted much of the address himself and the scholarly remarks - at about 4,000 words - were nearly twice as long as his inaugural address.

In them, Obama refused to renounce war for his nation or under his leadership, saying defiantly that "I face the world as it is" and that he is obliged to protect and defend the United States.


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[Bitwit1234]

1. Just reading the article about him accepting the prize.

And I got to thinking. The people in Europe still really like him. The want him to succeed. Now he is a democrat. Why is it, that the rest of the world adores our democrat presidents and try to distance themselves from the republicans. They didn't really like Reagan you know. But Carter is liked the world over. President Clinton still gets a rock star reception. And of course President Obama. It tells us something about the world, above and beyond politics. They can see the difference is people. Which is clouded by politics in this country. Two words...REPUBLICANS SUCK