WaPo's Cillizza Explains That Peace Prize Allows Obama to Escalate War
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2009-10-09 15:15. Media
Predictable:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/obama-keeps-his-eye-on-the-pri.html
"Winning the Nobel Prize will allow Obama to go to his divided Democratic caucus and make the case far more forcefully that the time is now to stay united behind him on Afghanistan. It isn't a silver bullet solution as many liberal members have strongly held beliefs on the issue that aren't likely to change simply because Obama is a Nobel Prize winner, but for many who are on the fence, the prize may be just the thing that pushes them onto Obama's side."
Meanwhile, without looking I can be sure Republicans are preparing to denounce any move toward peace as influenced by socialists in Scandinavia, and Obama is preparing to obey Republicans. Shouldn't the damn Nobel committee have asked someone how US politics works before pulling this stunt?
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/46877I think the opposite is true, now if Obama accepts 40.000 or 60.000 more troops, everybody will say "you are the peace prize winner, how can you do that?"