Tag: Nobel Prize
-
Congratulations, Mr. President: Chapter 2 of My Quadrennial Search for Silver Linings
If you had to win, I’m deeply relieved that Florida doesn’t matter this time. But once again, you’ve inherited a mess from your predecessor.
-
Gaddafi: “Another One Bites the Dust”
I still find it astonishing and inconsistent that Mr. Nobel Peace Prize entered a war of choice in Libya. But as VDH said, "the only thing worse than starting a stupid war is losing it," and it looks like there is no further danger of losing to Gaddafi.
-
Channeling His Inner Neocon: Did the Nobel Speech Launch the Obama Doctrine?
I may have been too quick to sneer yesterday at President Obama’s appearance in Oslo. He used his acceptance speech to issue a ringing declaration of American exceptionalism (although he would not use that term).
-
War and Peace in a Complicated World
Indonesians marked the occasion by unveiling a statue of the Obama Child, swaddled in T-shirt and shorts, embarking on his earthly ministry with the predestined Nobel medallion draped around his neck.
-
Old Europe, an Unearned Nobel Prize, and a War of Necessity
Our European allies clearly have no stomach for the fight. As America considers sending up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, even the (relatively) stalwart UK today announced plans to send… um… 500. As in Iraq, it will fall to the United States to achieve any victory (or even stability) in Afghanistan.
-
The “Obama Silver-Lining Watch” and the Nobel Peace Prize
At first blush, the Nobel Prize may seem to make it harder for an Obama administration to do anything involving a projection of American military power. But there’s another way of looking at it. While the prize is ridiculous, it’s not Obama’s fault that it was awarded. At the risk of indulging in wishful thinking, the prize may give him protective cover to act in the long-term interests of peace — even when it involves military action in the short run.