Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

There has been a lot of stir about Obama's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe he was an excellent candidate, because of the wars he does not promote. Many of the below-mentioned wars are promoted by certain politicians and past Presidents, and since Obama does not follow in their footsteps he deserves credit (even if he hasn't been active in condemning them up until now). 1) WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST- Obama obviously cannot be blamed for starting this, and he has done a good job so far in redefining why we are there and setting us up to get the hell out of there. He is doing a good job in slowly but surely ending this war. 2) WAR ON DRUGS- there is no such thing as a war on drugs, as we really can't wage a war on an inanimate object. One would assume it is a war on drug DEALERS, except when you realize that the only reason drug dealers are in business in the first place is because drugs are illegal. It is actually a war on drug USERS: we consider them criminals and delinquents and we don't care about their rights. He isn't on TV demonstrating crack cocaine and trying to get the country riled up against common drug users like our friend Bush 41 did in the eighties, and he has a history of leniency on the subject. Maybe he made the impossibly complex connection that by keeping drugs illegal, we open up a marvelous opportunity for foreign terrorists to come to America and receive immediate funding for bomb-making operations, or the fact that the entire WoD is on shaky legal grounds as it is, or the fact that the WoD is incredibly expensive and an utter failure. At any rate, he deserves recognition for working to bring peace to this war. 3) WAR ON HOMOSEXUALS- Obama hasn't yet ended don't ask don't tell, but at least he has the disposition to do it. You will all be angry that this isn't enough, but that's because you don't realize that when the leader of the free world says something, it has repercussions that are meaningful. Saying "I'll fix the economy" is useless, but saying "I will end DADT" has meaning even if he doesn't get it done. The President has done a god job in this war already by making the moral contribution. I wish him luck in his efforts and hopefully we will someday consider homosexuals full-fledged people... 4) WAR ON MEXICANS- Many conservatives want Mexicans to go back to Mexico, because they hope we all don't understand basic economics and the fact that they don't just all want to come over here to live on welfare. It's hard to believe, but Mexicans can actually do work too! And when they add to our economy, they offset what they take from us. By not supporting staunch immigration policies, Obama is doing a good job by not perpetuating this war. 5) WAR ON NON-CHRISTIANS- Our previous President was essentially waging a war on non-Christians, Americans and not, by telling us that his answer to some of our problems was to pray. If Bush 43 prays, that is his own business, but his words work to marginalize atheist politicians who have a hell of a time getting into office without the evangelical vote. Christians are inherently war-like: they believe the rest of the 4.5 Billion people in the world are going to burn and rot and die in hell for eternity for simply not believing in their particular brand of superstition. Mix this nonsense in with politics, and we have a problem. Obama is Christian, and openly; I know. You see, if Obama was an atheist then we wouldn't be having this conversation about him because he would never have made it to the White House - he wouldn't even have made it to the senate. Obama has done a good job in this war by not catering to Christian morals in legislation. By downplaying his Christian side he also makes peace with other religions, which reduces attacks on our country. 6) WAR ON NON-PATRIOTS- Our previous President established the Department of Homeland Security, which was on page 5 of his Nazi textbook (where the word actually originates). President Obama has yet to work on further curtailing our civil rights, damaging habeus corpus, passing USA PATRIOT act-type legislation, etc. While Obama did vote originally for the PATRIOT Act, it was passed before anyone had a chance to read it and Obama has been working to to reverse some of its provisions, including closing Guantanamo Bay and releasing some of the executive powers it generated. 7) WAR ON THE ENVIRONMENT- Obama hasn't continued the war on the environment like some of his predecessors either. I could write an entire book on what Reagan and the Bush twins did to gut environmental funding and legislation. Obama is a welcome change from this state of mind and has yet to pul off a slime-ball move like putting ranchers in charge of the Bureau of Land Management or lowering standards to allow his buddies to stay in business. 8) WAR ON POVERTY- An otherwise noble cause - if we were fighting it from the other side. The top 1% have been getting richer and richer by taking more and more of our resources. Pensions, 401k, basic medical resources... They are experts at squeezing more and more out of us so they can have an extra mansion somewhere in the bahamas with a garage full of Lambhorginis, while conservatives tell us that the poor just aren't trying hard enough and get what they deserve. Obama's healthcare fight speaks for itself, and is in itself enough reason for this award. He is fighting against the war on the poor and should be duly recognized. Because of these 8 "wars" that Obama does not wage, as other Presidents in the past have, I believe he was a good candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize and deserved it. It would be hard to find someone that is better qualified than he.