“Mr. Obama did not have much time for congratulations; hours after accepting the peace prize he was huddled in the white house situation room plotting war strategy for Afghanistan. An accident of timing he nodded to in his remarks.”

NPR: Obama Surprised At Winning Nobel Peace Prize

He was awarded the peace prize on the second day of the ninth year of the Afghanistan war. He’ll probably be adding another 35,000+ troops to our commitment of 68,000.

Note: some have been inaccurately claiming that he received the award for only 10 days of work as president since nominations ended on Feb. 1st. Though nominations may have been based on that, the prize committee can made their final decision based on actions done after the deadline as well.

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