Peace prize? What?

Did you react the way I did when I learned that Mr. Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? "Say what??!!??" How can a man who is prosecuting a war and an occupation in Iraq, a war and occupation in Afghanistan, a covert war in Pakistan, covert military interventions in Sudan and Somalia win a "peace" prize? Hello? Who's running the Nobel prize committee these days? Characters out of George Orwell?

Paul Craig Roberts asked the same questions below and concludes that, yes indeed, George Orwell's 1984 is now the reality of the day. We Americans live in Oceania; Big Brother surveils us night and day; our news media are torrents of Newspeak; our minds are full of Doublethink. War is peace. Slavery is freedom. The Nobel prize committee is full of you know what.

Not only have these Norwegian dimwits disgraced themselves and degraded both the prize they award and the principles its founder wanted to honor and encourage; these dimwits have totally undercut any opposition to these wars.

How can you oppose Mr. Obama, our officially recognized Prince of Peace, now? He's the champion of peace; the Nobel prize committee says so.

How can you oppose Mr. Obama's policies--which are indistinguishable from Mr. Bush's--now? This is peace. The Nobel prize committee says so.

So what if Muslim men, women, and children are being slaughtered everyday by American forces? This is peace. The Nobel prize committee says so.

So what if Mr. Obama is stirring up the world to wage war against Iran? This is peace. The Nobel prize committee says so.

War is peace. Slavery is freedom. The year is 1984. Big Brother has won the Nobel peace prize.

Read Paul Craig Roberts here