The American people voted Obama in, in other words We the people got rid of the war mongers. So where’s our peace prize? Obama should have turned it down.

Quite simply, America CHOSE to MAKE Iraq the central front in the war on terror instead of Afghanistan. The method in which we made it the central front is simple: The minute we attacked Iraq, every Jihadi in a 1,000 mile radius flocked to Iraq.
Why would we choose to make Iraq the central front instead of Afghanistan? Easy – look at the terrain of the two countries. Our technology gave us a military advantage in Iraq. Our technology doesn’t give the same military advantage in much of Afghanistan.
To make it as simple as I can, choosing the right battlefield goes a long way toward winning the war. Going into Afghanistan to hunt terrorists would have negated our advantage, so instead we goaded the terrorists into coming to us in Iraq. It’s just a bonus that while goading the terrorists, we also got to remove a vile dictator who had killed tens of thousands of his own people, while thumbing his nose at the UN sanctions and the world as a whole.

Have a great day!

J-R. ( I saw it all on tv)G

Typical liberal bull. Kennedy got us into the Bay of Pigs and Nam, and neither he nor LBJ had a clue how to win a war. Nixon did know how to win – and tried. But, unfortunately for him (and the rest of us), the will of the American people had already been broken and the withdrawal of US forces had aready begun (peak of US numbers in Nam was at the end of 1968) before he even took office.

You seem to also have forgotten – or perhaps never knew – that without the US providing almost all of the armed forces, most of the money and most of the will to enforce UN mandates/sanctions – the UN would not exist and there would be no peace anywhere murdering despots reign supreme. Iraq ignored dozens of UN mandates and, in doing so provided safe harbor and support for whole herds of terrorists who would (and did) do the US harm. One of the most important jobs of the Commander in Chief is to choose the field of battle. President Bush chose Iraq over Manhatten. When Obama was campaigning – he claimed Afghanistan was the real “war of necessity”, not Iraq. Now’s the time for him to live up to his rhetoric – or lose all the ground a good commander-in-chief and hundreds of thousands of dedicated, patriotic and brave volunteers have gained us over the past 8 years.

“war-mongering”
Tom, you seem to have forgotten that Iraq didn’t do anything to the US.

Obama didn’t “get rid” of anybody, a small majority of misguided and/or misinformed liberal American voters elected him based, at least partially, on his promise to end the war. Fortunately, for us, he has broken that promise – just as he has almost every other one he made – and stuck with the “war-mongering” (known as “war-fighting” by informed Americans) long enough to win in Iraq. Of course, he still has the chance to rip defeat from the jaws of victory in Afghanistan – like LBJ in Nam. Only time will tell whether he has done anything remotely akin to “peace-generating”. Therefore, WAY too early for a prize.

Who do you think will win the Nobel Peace Prize next year? Michael Moore? This year, it should have gone to Michael Jackson, whose story (and music) brought many tourists to L.A.