Nobel Peace Prize…
Ok, so this is not new news but it something that has been playing on my mind since I heard about it. I don’t really want to make this blog about politics, mostly because you never get two people that will have the same opinion about it and because of that, far too many arguments are a result of a simple ‘conversation’.
The problem is that I have is that I keep swinging from side to side, it’s a good thing… no, no it’s a bad thing. Obama is starting to do some good things, he also has a lot more great ideas. The only problem is that they haven’t come to fruition yet but it is also completely unreasonable to have expected them to by now.
Now I am in full support of what Obama is trying to achieve and feel that by the time he steps down for the next President, he will have down some truly historic things. By giving him this prize now, it has placed him in a very difficult position. By accepting this he annoyed a lot of people, but if he didn’t accept he would have annoyed the rest.
It has given all the people who hate/dislike Obama (in America and also other “organizations” throughout the world) a lot of fire power against what he is trying and will strive to do. Infact I find it to be a very strange choice and wonder if asked before if he would accept it, would the answer have been yes? He would have been fully aware of the fallout that has occured.
Now don’t get me wrong, many of the previous winners were so due to their intentions and ongoing work. But I cant help but feel this is going to damage any good work already down a d potientlly any good work to come for sometime.
I, unlike many, do not believe this to be pollitical and I also do not think this prize is a joke. I think it has gone to the right man, just 10 years too early.
Pleas leave your thoughts below as I really would like to know what others think, but please explian any statements.
Just sayin’. It’s a long clip but it’s very worthwhile.
Yeah I did see that, and thought it was interesting. Some good points made, but I am still not sure it was the right choice, for him as much as anyone else.
Well you have a good point Adam. It is purely political and it can,t be worse than giving Gordon Brown Statesman of the year!!!
Well, but the prize is awarded for “during the preceding year [...] shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” I don’t think that pointing the worlds most expensive military in a different direction than endless warfare is out of line for that.
I’m not saying he was the best choice, but he does fulfill the qualifications…meaning it wasn’t any more political than it usually is. And it always is…it’s always about making a statement about ongoing wrongs in the world.