As some of you may have heard already, Obama has been given the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. For my money, the prize just now turned into something that's not worth the materials it's printed on. The committee cited his efforts to engage the world in more diplomacy. Let's recap some of Obama's diplomatic accomplishments to date:
He's strong-armed the people of Honduras to force them to reinstate a nascent dictator of the Hugo Chavez mold.
He's withdrawn security commitments to Poland and the Czech Republic that both nations considered vital to protecting them from Russian intimidation.
He's bought into a dog and pony show of negotiations with Iran that are designed exclusively to buy time to develop nuclear weapons.
He's made concessions to the Russians in the hopes of winning diplomatic cooperation on the Iran issue, only to see those fall flat.
He's alienated Israel on the peace process, virtually guaranteeing that there will be no Israeli cooperation on an eventual settlement with the Palestinians.
His one foreign policy accomplishment is a national security one that involved ordering Navy snipers to shoot hostage-takers in the heads.
Facts are facts. Obama's list of diplomatic accomplishments is thin and padded with failure. This award was given to Obama for one reason only; he isn't George W. Bush.
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