If the Nobel Peace Prize to the POTUS were only for Hope and Hype, then we can breathe easier and dismiss it as one misguided Norwegian joke on America.
I submit to you that it is less benign than a joke and more sinister and malicious in intent: that is to declaw America, at least for the duration of the Obama Administration. What with the POTUS continuing buzz about unilateral disarmament, the Prize is an attempt to leverage the rules of engagements that America adheres to in international relations.
The message is: a pacifist you aspire to be, a pacifist you shall remain, and we even bribe you for it.
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http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=the_n obler_nobels&ns=SuzanneFields&dt=10/16/2009&page=full&comme nts=true&submitted=true&submitted=true