Irony or Illustration?
( Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images / December 10, 2009 )
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the torch parade from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, where he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama’s Oslo speech was articulate and persuasive in many ways, though I still don’t feel like sending 30,000 more Americans into Afghanistan to put an end to the powers of 100 individuals within its borders is a great idea.
I thought this photo underscored the tension between peaceful idealism and violent reality highlighted in his speech.