President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday for his efforts in behalf of world peace. If they were alive today, no doubt Marshal Zhukov and General Patton would be nominated for the Peace Prize. Few men in history have worked as hard or as diligently for peace as Patton and Zhukov. In light of Obama's prize for his efforts in behalf of world peace, I believe Patton's and Zhukov's nomination would be justified. Unlike Obama, Patton and Zhukov were instrumental in actually ending a war. Obama is not even close to ending a war. But then again, Obama is much more popular and eloquent than Patton or Zhukov could ever have hoped to be.
Obama has not resolved a conflict or ended a war. Evidently, sometimes eloquently talking about peace is enough, even when one is fighting a war. Obama claimed he was humbled by the prize. Let us hope he is.
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