It's not that I'm anti-Obama. He's our President and I do want him to be successful (on some level, but admittingly not in every respect). In regards to "world peace", I would say "Go, Mr. President!"
However, I don't think he's accomplished enough in this respect to merit the esteemed Nobel Peace Prize...at least, yet. (Read the press release here.) It seems he's been given the award because of his good intentions and clever speaking, which is not what I thought the Prize was for.
I hear the Committee's explanation is that they hope that by naming Obama and his intentions as Prize-worthy, more members of the global community will follow along. I guess I do hope that their hopes will not be disappointed and this will do some repair of the American reputation in the world. Still, the Prize is a little less noble to me.
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