What?

I was stunned to hear that Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize today. I, like many others, am asking, "What has he done? What has he even had time to do?"

Articles on FoxNews.com revealed that "The Nobel Committee said its decision to honor the president was motivated by Obama's initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism...The Norwegian Nobel Committee lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation..."

Apparently, the Nobel Committee is very pleased to see an American president travel around the world apologizing for his country, and promising to be "nicer" to everyone. Apparently, this kind of activity has had the power to change the "global mood"... See -- if we just be nice, and let other countries just do their own thing -- you know, with despots and torturers, and corrupt governments that impoverish their people -- it seems to lift the "global mood".

Oddly, that lifting of the global mood seems to have skipped the good ole USA. The wave of optimism and hope for change has largely subsided except for all but the most naive. You can't look at Obama's mere months in office and conclude that there is movement toward improvement here.

When the prize winner was announced, even the assembled audience gasped in surprise. I join them, and it brings a cold fear to my heart that Mr. Obama has power to bewitch far above my expectation! Either that, or this Norwegian Nobel Committee is not above politics, and its members not strong enough to stand against manipulation. Rick Moran stated in his American Thinker blog: "...I suppose any organization that thought Yasser Arafat worthy of the same prize can't be taken seriously. But they are."

Take heed, Americans looking for hope and change. The world seems to love a President who will not choose "peace through strength". Look at the philosophy of those who hail him as a wonderful "peacemaker"...and see it for what it is worth.