he Nobel Peace Prize that President Obama received 40 months ago
has emerged as the most appalling Orwellian award of this century. No,
war is not peace.
George Carlin used to riff about oxymorons like “jumbo shrimp,”
“genuine imitation,” “political science” and “military intelligence.”
But humor is of the gallows sort when we consider the absurdity and
tragedy of the world’s most important peace prize honoring the world’s
top war maker.
This week, a challenge has begun with the launch of a petition urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to revoke Obama’s Peace Prize.
By midnight of the first day, nearly 10,000 people had signed. The
online petition simply tells the Nobel committee: “I urge you to rescind
the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to Barack Obama.”
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