There's been plenty of debate on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". Well, the moment has finally come, and he's been subject to even more criticism after his decision to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
Obama clearly isn't blind to his skeptics' arguments, as he acknowledged the controversy quite early into his acceptance speech. We've included a video of some highlights, but you can read the full transcript here. He spent a large portion of his speech discussing the concept of a "just war", and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on that idea…
– Dewitt
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Michelle wasn't looking too proud…
But at least Will, Jada and their daughter Willow were?
Funny… I just wrote a paper on jus in bello and the separate pragmatic and philosophical considerations behind war conventions and legitimate military targets…
Still waiting for him to “officially” sign DADT out of existence.