I was as surprised as anyone to hear that President Obama had been awarded the prize less than a year after his election. I thought,
huh, seems early. And then I read a million posts saying, “he hasn’t done *anything* yet."
Grr. These are nothing? The Cairo speech, bringing North Korea back to the negotiating table; talks with Iran; taking nonproliferation seriously, canceling the idiot missile interceptor system in Europe; reminding Israel that they can’t have both peace and increased settlements – something that both sides (the US and Israel, not Israel and Palestine) had been ignoring for years now; committing to closing the Gitmo detention center; committing to closing the black site detention centers...
Also, if you believe that we have a relatively short time to get a handle on climate change before we’re all screwed, the mere fact that the US (still by far the biggest CO2 polluter per capita) government is finally taking Global Warming seriously may have as much to do with future peace in the world as anything else he does.
I think he’s well on his way, internationally speaking, and I think Oslo was saying, “Keep it up!” And good on them.
After all of that, I must link to this:
NHL Awards Lady Byng Trophy to Obama (Fannish connection?
I can never hear about the LB trophy without remember Dira Sudis' awesome Rayk/Fraser hockey au:
Hawks and Hands)
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