MAN OF PEACE

When word of President Barack Obama winning the Alfred Nobel Peace Prize spread through the country many Americans were asking, why? Why did the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee select Obama? Did he negotiate a complicated peace agreement? No. Did he end an ongoing military conflict? No. Did he lead an oppressed group of people to peace? No. Did he risk his life for the freedom of others? No. Barack Obama was given this award because he wasn't George W. Bush. In the view of enlightened socialist European leaders, Bush represents the worst American stereotypes, he's an evangelical Christian cowboy gunslinger from Texas. After eight years of his presidency, the world needed an open-minded internationalist Democrat to save it. Obama benefits from being the right Democrat, at the right place, at the right time. In an attempt to rebuke George Bush over climate change, the committee awarded Former Vice President Al Gore the prize in 2007, which means two of the last three Democratic Presidential nominees have won the award. Both men have contributed as much to world peace as 1994 Peace Prize winner Yasser Arafat.

It's clear the Nobel Committee, which is selected by the Norwegian Parliament has been playing political games with an award that once honored great leaders of peace. Now it's given as a lifetime left wing achievement award. If the committee was serious they would have awarded the prize to Former President George W. Bush. Yes, that George W. Bush. Elite opinion has been trashing him for several years, but ultimately they don't decide whether our world is more or less peaceful. Ending the murderous regime in Iraq, liberated almost 29 million people. American and European elitist liberals living comfortably in free nations don't care about how Saddam Hussein terrorized his people. They just hate Bush. Giving women opportunities to participate in society, giving millions an opportunity to participate in free and fair elections, that's real peace. These accomplishments belong to our troops and their Commander-in-Chief. For years liberals have called it Bush's war, if so those are Bush's successes. When appeasing, apologetic and apathetic Democrats bailed on Iraq and our military, Bush held his ground. On January 31, 2005, Iraq held it's first free election in half a century. On that occasion President Bush said, “Today the people of Iraq have spoken to the world, and the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East, … The Iraqi people themselves made this election a resounding success.” Playing the part of cautious Statesman President Bush warned that free elections would not end the struggle in Iraq, “Terrorists and insurgents will continue to wage their war against democracy, and we will support the Iraqi people in their fight against them.” Bush focused on freedom, while liberals in America focused on investigations, conspiracy theories, protests and name calling.

Peace isn't an absence of war, Obama and his comrades on the left see war as the enemy. The real enemies are totalitarian regimes, dictators and oppressors. Lincoln, Roosevelt and Truman waged war and won the ultimate peace. George W. Bush followed in their footsteps. Hopefully next year, when the Committee meets in Oslo, Norway, real peacemakers will be considered. I'm not holding my breath on that one. Whether you supported or opposed the decision to wage war in Iraq, one thing is certain the victory over Saddam Hussein brought unprecedented liberty, freedom and hopefully peace to Iraq, and Barack Obama had nothing to do with it.