No snark -- the White House released a statement from President Obama regarding the absence of Nobel Peace Price winner Liu Xiaobo from the awards ceremony in Oslo. The only other Peace Prize awarded in absentia went to German journalist Carl von Ossietzky in 1935, when von Ossietzky was imprisoned by the Nazis. The Nazis being a bit under the weather in this decade, their role will be played by the Chinese government, which has imprisoned Mr. Liu and seems to have misplaced his wife long enough to prevent her from traveling to Oslo as well.
Words from the President of the United States honoring those who work for democracy in their own lands and promoting the concept of democratic rule, liberty and human rights are always in order. Bravo, Mr. President.
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