Nobel Prize for Irony?

This line from an NRO editorial pretty much sums things up: Whose approval would President Obama rather have: that of the Nobel Committee or that of the Rotary Club in Butte? The irony here is that it will probably be under Obama's watch that a nuclear-empowered Iran holds the world hostage.

Yuval Levin makes some interesting observations in his blog entry. What's most disturbing is that it's becoming apparent that Obama seems to actually believe his own rhetoric. He pretends it's "not about me" (his favorite self-deprecation), but people are starting to notice that most of his speeches contain more personal pronouns (I, me) than any of his predecessors' speeches (the "endless stream of first person pronouns" mentioned in Levin's blog was a reference to an article by George Will).

Obama's entire approach to world affairs is reminiscent of peace for our time Nevile Chamberlain. Watching Obama in action is fascinating, in a morbid sort of way. A train wreck in slow-mo. But we are all on the train.