美国总统奥巴马已经领取2009年诺贝尔和平奖，并就战时道德标准与和平战略等议题发表演说。奥巴马星期四在奥斯陆演讲时表示，战争在我们的一生永远不会被消除。他还说，将来某个时候，国家会被迫为正义而战。奥巴马举例说，上个世纪90年代在萨达姆.侯赛因入侵科威特后，世界认识到必须要对抗萨达姆.侯赛因。他还说，90年代基于人道主义的原则，在巴尔干半岛使用武力也是合理的。
奥巴马说，美国在长达60多年中“帮助保障”了全球安全。他说，美国的承诺不会动摇。奥巴马总统还承认，在他准备增派三万美军到阿富汗之际，领取诺贝尔和平奖，具有讽刺意义。
U.S. President Barack Obama has accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize with an address focusing on ethics in wartime and strategies for peace.Speaking Thursday in Oslo (Norway), Mr. Obama said war will never be “eradicated in our lifetimes.”He said there will be times when nations will be compelled to fight just wars. As examples, he noted how the world recognized the need to confront Saddam Hussein after his 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and said the use of force was justified in the Balkans in the 1990s on humanitarian grounds.
Mr. Obama said that for more than six decades the United States has “helped underwrite” global security,” and he said that commitment will not waver.The president also acknowledged the irony of receiving an award for peace just days after committing 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.