There is that irony of a war president winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is beyond irony — beyond comprehension, really — that the prize was awarded to a man who has decided to overlook the crimes committed by those in government service who sanctioned torture.

President Barack Obama, in giving these felons a pass, said it’s time to look forward, not back.

But everything in the justice system is a look back. Common criminals go to prison for what they have done in the past. That is what it is about.

Drug abusers go to prison.

Obama goes to Sweden to collect his prize.

American torturers go about their business.