Imagine the hurt President Obama felt when he heard that his leftist compadre, Bolivian President Evo Morales, said the Nobel committee should revoke his Peace Prize.
But this brave, resolute man continues to look forward and responds to such suggestions with a determined, “Screw you.”
Politico reports on President Obama’s rousing defense of those who gave him an award he clearly didn’t deserve:
President Obama defended his Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday …
“When I received that award, I specifically said there was an irony because I was already dealing with two wars,” Obama said in an interview with CNN from El Salvador. “So I am accustomed to this contradiction of being both a commander-in-chief but also someone who aspires to peace.”
Saying he is focused on ensuring that Libyans can “live out their own aspirations,” Obama defended America’s involvement in Libya, saying, “we’re not invading a country, we’re not acting alone – we’re acting under a mandate issued by the United Nations Security Council in an unprecedented fashion and with unprecedented speed.”
And he said again that the U.S. military has already saved lives there. “I think the American people don’t see any contradiction in somebody who cares about peace also wanting to make sure that people aren’t butchered because of a dictator who wants to cling to power,” he said.
Let’s review: Hasn’t pulled out of Iraq, ordered more troops into Afghanistan, and launched airstrikes on Libya.
Add ‘em all together and your Nobel Peace Prize becomes an ignoble peace prize.
Source: Politico
