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Developed nations can’t agree on anything.

Developing nations can’t agree on anything.

Bangladesh wants money: a lot of it.

Also, watch this super scary video. It has a very Roland Emmerich feel to it.

It is official: The Nobel Peace Prize has become a joke. I listed four people/groups of people who have dedicated their lives to a cause to help advance peace. Not only did they strive tirelessly for their cause, many of them achieved material success. The Colombian Senator who won the release of sixteen hostages is a perfect example of this.

But President Obama? His career has not been about promoting peace. He has spent his life climbing the political ladder, from the Illinois Senate to the White House. While he may have advocated a foreign policy dedicated to multilateralism and diplomacy, Obama is still fighting two wars and has achieved no diplomatic victory to this date. For example, his “talking” to Iran and Venezuela have achieved no positive results. Iran is still a theocracy developing nuclear capabilities and Hugo Chavez is still consolidating power and arresting dissidents.

Meanwhile, Obama has snubbed countless US allies. He returned a bust of Sir Winston Churchill for reasons unknown, and decided to cancel plans to build a missile shield in Eastern Europe, much to the Czech Republic’s chagrin.

It is clear that this prize is a repudiation of Bush. The committee that awards the prize (which has also been awarded to Al Gore and Jimmy Carter this decade) simply enjoys Obama’s ideal foreign policy because it portrays America as less powerful and righteous than they believe it should be. But if America is more powerful than other nations, and uses that power to spread democracy like President Bush did, these qualities are good for a nation to have. Too bad Obama wants to throw them away just to appease a few European leftists.

None other than President Obama?

And this prize is not political?

More to follow…