Barack Obama was awarded the prize for efforts tostrengthen international diplomacy. Photo AFP
OSLO — US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified.
Obama’s elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international debate.
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Obama: Peace is goal, but war sometimes justified — AP
Barack Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize with stern defence of war — Times Online
Text of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech – AP
My Comment: President Obama is no Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa or Martin Luther King …. not even close. But the selection of President Obama was a clear attempt by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to influence U.S. foreign policy …. it will not work …. a realization that is probably dawning on them now.
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