Ian Robertson, in his book, "Sociology,"
tells us that:

" All over the world, hundreds of thousands of
scientists and engineers devote their skills to
planning new and more efficient ways for humans to
kill one another: millions of workers labor to
manufacture instruments of death; tens of millions
of soldiers train for combat - and many of them
actually go to war. From a moral and even an
economic point of view, this vast investment of
human ingenuity and energy seems a tragic waste.

Unlike other economic goods, such as cars or computers,
the weapons of war are rarely put to any use - and if they
are used at all, it is to destroy economies, not to build
them. And looming over all these military preparations and
counterpreparations is humanity's ultimate threat, the
unleashing of full-scale nuclear war.

For millennia, people have hoped for peace in their time.
Today, as usual there is no shortage of grand proposals
for peace - such as the acceptance of one religion or
another, the establishment of a world government, or even
the reform of so-called human nature. Yet wars continue
as before, sometimes creating the discouraging idea that
hopes for peace are too 'idealistic.' "

President Obama if nothing else has at least achieved
something his predessor was unable to do. He has
extended his hand to the Islamic world. He has taken
a new approach to the problems in the Middle-East by
insisting that there will be a Palestinian State. He has
given people hope. However - does he deserve the Nobel
Peace Prize?

Your thoughts please?

Still a long way to go before there is peace in any place the seppos have their grubby paws.

If there was any doubt that the Global Corporates control the planet,then Obama is the both the litmus test and testament to this "New World Order".He has kept the patriot act and Bush's executive powers and extended wars in places like Pakistan.

He wants to attack Iran on the presumption of developing a singular nuclear weapon,yet Israel has up to 200 Nukes with no inspectors checking it's excesses.

It is truley an Obamination.

No person on this earth should recieve a Peace Prize when there has never been Peace and no Peace on the horizon.

What is the Criteria for this award?

He joins Yassar Arafat as a prize winner. Says more about the political appointment of the award than anything else.

The editors of The Australian are going to spontaneously combust over this one.

I'm looking forward to the tsunami of outraged conservative bitching with great anticipation.