ABC News' Teddy Davis reports:
Peace Action, a liberal anti-war group, has issued a statement saying that if President Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize he will stop the “surge” in Afghanistan.
“It is ironic that this award comes on the same day that the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the administration is considering sending as many as 60,000 more troops to Afghanistan,” said Peace Action's executive director Kevin Martin.
“President Obama needs to prove that he really is a force for peace. He can do that by refusing to put more troops in Afghanistan, and instead committing to a non-military solution that doesn't destabilize a nuclear-armed Pakistan like a surge would,” the statement continues.
The group adds that the president is moving in the right direction on
nuclear disarmament but hasn't done “nearly enough” yet to warrant a Nobel Prize.
While Obama is being criticized by Peace Action on theleft, he is also being pummeled from the right.
“This little man child who has not done diddly squat,” said Rush Limbaugh on hisFriday radio show. “He knows exactly why he was given this award … man of peace not to … take on Iran!”
ABC News' Steve Portnoy contributed to this report.
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