Barack Obama, alas, looked into Vladimir Putin’s cold, hard eyes and found a man he wants America to depend on.

-Wesley Pruden

I haven’t yet written about Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.  For all of those who say that he doesn’t deserve it, you haven’t been paying attention to his foreign policy.  After all, what better way is there to promote peace than making dramatic concessions to our peaceful allies, the Russians.  A few weeks ago, Obama made the decision to forestall the development of missile defense shields in Poland and the Czech Republic.  It is nice to see Obama snub these warmongering Israel-wannabes, in favor of strengthening our relationship with our peaceful allies, the Russians.  After all, we are going to need their help if we are going to enforce sanctions against Iran for pursuing their peaceful nuclear weapons program.  You would think that with all of the conciliatory overtures that Obama has made towards Russia, that our peaceful friends in Moscow would reverse their position on Iran and promote a peaceful solution.  Which is why when Hillary, our fortuitous Secretary of State, was in Russia this week she came back with this news:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov restated at a news conference with Clinton Russia’s long-standing position that any talk of sanctions against Iran at this stage was counter-productive.

Counter-productive indeed.  That is if you are referring the to the peaceful interests of our friends, the Russians.  I guess the world would be a pretty peaceful place already, if it wasn’t for those warmongering Israelis who will probably be forced to conduct a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.  Maybe Obama and our friends the Russians hope that Iran can first “wipe the Israel problem off the map,” then nothing can get in the way of all this peacefulness.

Lean on Me

On second thought, Obama certainly deserved the Nobel Prize, but I am a little disappointed that the prize wasn’t a shared one – with Vladimir Putin.  Sure, Obama has done a lot to change the atmospherics of how America is viewed in the world from a country of bellicose, arrogant strength to one of peacefully ignorant weakness.  But Putin, he is the man with the plan.  He is the one exploiting Obama’s peacefulness to change the actual power dynamics on the ground that will result in the next decade being either characterized by peace or conflict.  Given Russia’s long history of exporting peace and Putin’s inherent peacefulness, I am sure the world has a bright and peaceful future in store.  Something for Oslo to consider.