The simple man who gave the world "HOPE" . . . . oh yeah . . . . and "CHANGE".

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

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Since receiving the prestigious Peace Prize Mr. Obama has gone on to quiet the world.

"War" is now only a word in a dictionary.

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'Obama Not Welcome': Filipinos Protest Presidential Visit

Police armed with truncheons, shields and a fire hose clashed with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to oppose a visit by President Barack Obama and an expected security pact that would increase the American military presence in the Philippines.

Some of the protesters carried paper U.S. flags with the message: "Obama not welcome."

Obama, who landed in Japan on Wednesday, is due to visit South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines over the next five days as part of a wider attempt to "rebalance" and "pivot" toward Asia.

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Russia invades Ukraine

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U.S. Sends Airborne Infantry to Russian Front Door

Soldiers to train NATO allied forces; more than just symbolism, Pentagon spokesman says.

`By Paul D. Shinkman April 22, 2014 US News and World Report

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`Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade perform a training jump in Germany in 2011. Some 600 soldiers from the 173rd will go to Eastern Europe to train NATO forces, according to the Pentagon.

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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

Oslo, October 9, 2009

If THIS WORLD is what we get with a "PEACE PRIZE"

I hate to see what the world gets with a declaration of WAR!