How Obama Can Earn the Nobel Peace Prize.

Just received this from my best friend. Instead of focusing on what the President should do, this provides a bullet list of what he's already done in the quest of peace. From the LA Times:

The question overlooks what he's already done
Kennette Benedict

To truly deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama should do the following:

* Enter into serious negotiations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about reducing our two countries combined arsenals of more than 20,000 nuclear weapons.

* Reverse the U.S. decision to install missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, thus reducing military costs and enhancing cooperation with Russia.

* Reach out to Muslim countries and peoples with a speech in a Muslim population center.

* In concert with five other countries, begin direct negotiations with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program.

* Re-initiate negotiations with North Korea to shut down its nuclear weapons program.

* Open relations with Myanmar, a potential transfer point for dangerous nuclear materials.

* While presiding as president of the United Nations Security Council, call for stopping fissile material production worldwide.

* Halt the worst global financial meltdown since the 1930s, preventing further economic hardship and possible outbreaks of new wars.

* Work with the U.S. Congress to introduce new legislation to address disruptive, conflict-producing climate change.

Oh, you say he's done all of these?

Then the real question is: What must other world leaders and citizens do to deserve Barack Obama's leadership?

Kennette Benedict is executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

While I agree with some of what the other writers suggest, it is equally important to address what the President has already done. Read the whole thing containing much whine and cheese HERE

And so it goes.
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