Now that a sitting American President has been declared the N Peace Prize winner, the Talibans and the Al Qaeda must be even more pleased as the war efforts might tip toward the defensive versus the offensive. For instance, if you happen to ask Al Gore about what he thinks of the Peace Prize win for Obama, Gore might quip "An Inconvenient Prize".
In his acceptance speech, Barack could thank big W for starting the wars without whom this Prize could have never come to fruition.
Every year I realize that winning this botched but monetarily most generous prize gets more and more unjustifiable . All you have to do is speak up or write something in the favor of the NATO allies. A few things you can do is to become a Chinese dissident (Note that, this year multiple Chinese dissidents were nominated) , write against the Iron Curtain, become a Tibetan activist, become the head of state of a militarily powerful country who can re-shape the world political landscape in the next few years etc.
You know your next door neighbor might have done more for peace than the actual winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. For the record, five or six persons out of 6 Billion get to quantify who has contributed most to peace in the past year. They must be damn-well eating walking f'cking encyclopedias to know so much about each person and his/her work.
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he says " Obama is trying to contribute ....." wtf?? I am also trying to contribute then why not me?? Why not Bill clinton, Manmohan Singh, Sonia gandhi, BP koirala, Girija, or mohammad ahmadinejad (he is not leading any wars rt now). Obama is leading 2 wars rt now. noble peace my a$$!
Many people are asking and wondering what has Barack Obama done to earn Nobel Peace Prize. People typically consider transformational figures and revolutionaries as deserving of such a prestigious recognition. I know the livid Rush Limbaughs and the Glen Becks will continue to fill the airwaves with petulant remarks, the cynics will continue to question the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and the fair-thinking, fair-minded among us will continue to debate.
I consider him as fully deserving the Nobel Peace Prize and I considered the following:
During your own life time and mine, not too long ago, black men, women and children in America could not go to same toilets as white Americans. They had to ride in the back seats of public buses, leaving the front seats for the whites. And when the bus was full and a young white man boarded the bus, black women (whether they were old or pregnant) had to stand up to make room for the young white man. Black children were segregated in school from white children. Black women didn't get to vote in elections. All that racial segregationist policy (yes, it was written into law) must have gone, but the feeling of insecurity and inferiority among the blacks is still pervasive. Nobody even imagined that a black man could some day be the President of the United States. Obama instilled hope in the minds of American people--black, white, brown and yellow. He convinced them that what was considered impossible could be done. He convinced nearly 70 million American voters to trust him in the election and choose his vision of hope. He changed the minds of the American electorate. That is a revolution, without marching in the streets. That's what he did. When he said he felt he did not belong to the company of "transformational figures" that won Nobel Peace Prize before him, he was only being humble. No great man would come forward and say, "I deserved it." Gen. Colin Powell (a Republican) said in his endorsement of Obama's Presidential candidacy that Obama is a transformational figure. I believe he really is a transformational figure because he has transformed the minds, which were molded for generations to believe otherwise, to think and believe that with determination and with good vision, good things are possible that were considered impossible just until recently.
Obama could have gone to the world and blustered in the international stage, as his immediate predecessor did, for a coercive, unilateralist American foreign policy. He chose a different path, a higher path. He told the world America will abandon that unilateralist policy of "preemptive strikes", "strike first and talk later", "you're either with us or against us" and "preventive wars", and instead engage the world community of nations in respectful dialog. He believed and told the world that dialog is the basis of all understanding. Without understanding, there can be no lasting peace. He promised to enter into dialogs with all nations with respect. That alone is a great shift, a transformation in America's international policy. He convinced 70 million American people that America's security cannot be secured by creating a fortress around it, but by pursuing a respectful foreign policy. America is the most powerful country in the world. He transformed the minds of the Americans to believe that power without influence is dangerous. If that is not transformational, I don't know what is. That's what he did.
The only question I'm asking is why Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize.
very well justified A_P .. infact that was my facebook status and your answers are pretty convincing . but there might be somebody more than OBAMA who would deserve nobel peace prize . rewarding obama with this prize is like putting him under more pressure for a result ..for the Change as his Credo says... And yeah like you said , why not GANDHI , right ?
Why Gandhi never won nobel peace prize? according to Alfred Nobel's will "peace prize should be awarded to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for the fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". Obama might not have done that yet but it is crystal clear that he is on the right path.
whereas gandhi, he did not stop war between armies he stopped colonisation and there are so many leaders around the globe who fought colonial rule and have freed their nation.
He deserves to get Nobel Prize for Peace.... who in the world had so much guts to talk to all the rogue nation and requested them to come for talks... he did think twice when asked if he would talk with Iran and N. Korea... he wants to make a difference... He wantes to kill the Terrorists in Pakistan and Afganistan and befriend other Muslim nations who are not so much into terrorism... He is taking bold steps... As far as immigration is concerned, he had said many times that his government will make some changes and he will... they have said that not this year, but it will be in 2010 that they will start talking over immigrants... Economy and war on terror is the major issue for USA rite now... He is trying to do everything one by one that he had promised in his campaign trails... he even talked to Gay rights today, working on cutting on outsourcing that he had promised... Immigration is the next big One for him after Economy, Healthcare and War on Terror.... He deserves the award for the step he is taking to create a friendly atmosphere... it is very tough, but he is giving his best shot... I trust him more than any President.
He deserves to get Nobel Prize for Peace.... who in the world had so much guts to talk to all the rogue nation and requested them to come for talks... he did think twice when asked if he would talk with Iran and N. Korea... he wants to make a difference... He wantes to kill the Terrorists in Pakistan and Afganistan and befriend other Muslim nations who are not so much into terrorism... He is taking bold steps... As far as immigration is concerned, he had said many times that his government will make some changes and he will... they have said that not this year, but it will be in 2010 that they will start talking over immigrants... Economy and war on terror is the major issue for USA rite now... He is trying to do everything one by one that he had promised in his campaign trails... he even talked to Gay rights today, working on cutting on outsourcing that he had promised... Immigration is the next big One for him after Economy, Healthcare and War on Terror.... He deserves the award for the step he is taking to create a friendly atmosphere... it is very tough, but he is giving his best shot... I trust him more than any President.
The Nobel committee did President Obama no favors by prematurely awarding him its peace prize. As he himself acknowledged, he has not done anything yet on the scale that would normally merit such an award — and it dismays me that the most important prize in the world has been devalued in this way.
I think Obama is in the rite track and he has taken bold step to change the world... No leader in the world had dared to take the steps has has taken so far and he has planned to do much more... Nobel Prize Committee did the rite thing by awarding Mr. Obama.. this gives him more pressure to act and make this world more frendlier place.... Obama has talked the talk earlier and he is giving string indications of Walking the Walk as well.... He is making change in the way people are thinking... He is too humble and straightforward to say that he did not do anything yet to win that... No one else did what he did so far... so he deserves it.
yes A_P you have right to ask this queistion why peace prize is awarded against Alfred Nobel's will? Most of the time the prize is being awarded to freedom fighters rather than to a person stated in Nobel's will.
This time noble committee has chosen right candidate. Obama believes in multilateralism, a vibrant political system based on understanding among nations, a peaceful multi-polar world thats the reason he cancelled missile defence system in eastern europe propesed by Bush. thats the reason he pulled out of Iraq and then other followed. thats the reason he called nations to reduce stock piling of nuclear weapons.thats the reason he asked rouge nations like N. Korea and Iran to come to the table to have peaceful dialogue. Every decision he has made until now is shaping the world's political dimension to better. Obama knows american hegemonism is no longer a stick to the world that is the reason he kept himself away from "Bushism" (bush policy) and working towards building a momentum to make consensus with other nations.
No_quiero, how many US presidents have called to reduce stock piling nuclear arms before? Do you think this prize should go to libyan leader colonel Gaddafi because he renounced his nuclear weapon ambition?
Nobel prize for only a nice hope is absurd especially if there have been nice actions from others. Obama has talked a lot about his hopes but has spent quite a time without really doing anything concrete to fulfil those hopes. How far his domestic compulsions allow him to go in creating goodwill in the world is not yet known as he hasn't moved his first step. So perhaps the nobel committee would need one more year to really see what he is up to.
It was too early to award Obama for his actions as the president of the US, and too naive to award him for his hopes.
Obama's only action that would amount to some sort contribution towards peacemaking is the overthrowing of Bush's party in the last elections.
But that said, the fact that a minority non-white person with multicultural background has become the president of the US and a world leader this year does mean that somebody should be awarded for this change. Who? - the american people, the media, the internet, or Mr. Bush, or Obama himself??
Taking a step to thaw the relationship between North Korea and other nations... starting the dialogue with Iran for disarmament and talking with Middle East countries on consequences is not just hope but action that had not been taken in decades... so he deserves it.
If Sujata deserves to be the DPM of Nepal, why Obama do not deserve Nobel prize?
if John Mcain would have been elected for the US president, what could be the world scnerio by now. Economy would collapse ( probably DOW nearing 1000) and 100 of millions of people without job. OBAMA has given HOPE to the people around the world.... sometimes word matters a lot other than anything else.
No one is blind... why would they favor Obama out of all the people in the world... name few who should get the award apart from Bush who tried his best to discover Mass Destructive Weapons from Iraq so that he can save the mullahs...
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