President Obama Talks About War While Accepting His Peace Prize

Barack Obama was awarded the prize for efforts to
strengthen international diplomacy. Photo AFP

Obama Defends War At Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony -- AFP

OSLO — US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified.

Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international debate.

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My Comment: President Obama is no Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa or Martin Luther King .... not even close. But the selection of President Obama was a clear attempt by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to influence U.S. foreign policy .... it will not work .... a realization that is probably dawning on them now.