Obama Clings to His Peace Prize

Obama poses with his medal and diploma at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. AP Photo

Obama has been called by several to turn in his man card Peace Prize but, he's clinging to it. He says that United Nations mandated the strike on Libya so, there's no reason for him to give it up.

I'm not sure when the U.N. became the appropriate authority of what this country does but, hey, Obama says it's so, so it must be true.

President Obama defended his Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, saying that Americans “don’t see any contradiction” in him ordering an attack on Libya to make sure “people aren’t butchered because of a dictator who wants to cling to power.”

“When I received that award, I specifically said there was an irony because I was already dealing with two wars,” Obama said in an interview with CNN from El Salvador. “So I am accustomed to this contradiction of being both a commander-in-chief but also someone who aspires to peace.”

Saying he is focused on ensuring that Libyans can “live out their own aspirations,” Obama defended America’s involvement in Libya, saying, “we’re not invading a country, we’re not acting alone – we’re acting under a mandate issued by the United Nations Security Council in an unprecedented fashion and with unprecedented speed.”

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