   Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Obama Wins Nobel Peace PrizeQuote:OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world "hope for a better future" with his work for peace and calls to reduce the global stockpile of nuclear weapons.The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."The first African-American to hold his country's highest office, Obama has called for disarmament and worked to restart the stalled Middle East peace process since taking office in January."Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said in a citation....Wow. Surprised me. Cool. What do you think?    
  If this continues, Obama will be more hyped than Halo.   ;  Well, I guess if you are a new American President who has been in power for more than 9 months and no one has crashed a plane into a building you should probably get a prize of some sort...   ;Quote:Original post by LessBreadWow. Surprised me. Cool. What do you think?Too early. Sure, he have produced some fine speeches, but yet, it's still just that. The only concrete action so far is the "missile defence" program in europe that have acctually been accomplished. When guatanamo is dismantled, when we see how afghanistan plays out, when Israel is acctually doing whats being said. Then return for the prize imho.Kind of interesting that the norse elect someone thats about to send more troops to a ongoing war and escalate the war.On the other hand, Obamas speeches has changed a world. Alot of people see hope that they did not before. Even if it still is only that, his turnaround from Bush line of politics is maybe enough.But still, too early to tell. I think they should have waited longer to see whats acctually going to happen. ;  I wonder if he feels at least a bit uneasy and surprised. A Nobel prize for good intentions and hope? [smile] Hmm, is this the first time a leader actively waging war has won a Nobel peace prize? There are numerous occasions where peace agreenments are practically just waiting to be signed, even though the awardees have been some real thugs or otherwise controversial figures (e.g. Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Yasser Arafat...). [grin]But who knows, perhaps this marks a chance (highlights) for a more peaceful world. My congratulations!<edit: fixed some typos...[Edited by - Naurava kulkuri on October 9, 2009 9:39:09 AM];  Nobel Peace Prizes aren't just awarded for what a person has done. They are apparently more often awarded "to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through."So people arguing that Obama hasn't done enough to warrant a Nobel Peace Prize may be missing the point somewhat.   ;  Bullshit tbh. I'm sure there are more deserving, more active persons in the world, or is the world fresh out of Gandhis already? This is weird. Obama's all right in my book, but seriously, Nobel peace prize? Granted, it's not hard to look peaceful and amenable after 8 years of warmongering.   ;  He hasn't accomplished anything. A nobel prize for his intentions? First Al Gore, now this? The nobel prize is worthless.   ;Quote:Original post by Sc4FreakNobel Peace Prizes aren't just awarded for what a person has done. They are, apparently, more often awarded "to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through."Given that, people arguing that Obama hasn't done enough to warrant a Nobel Peace Prize may be missing the point somewhat.Well then it's bullshit.   ;  Well, congratulations to Obama, but I think it's clear that the Nobel price has become nothing less than an election of a new poster child for this a typically European self righteous world view, that's so common here.   