A few days ago I found out something that kind of shocked me. The newest person to call a Nobel Prize theirs is our president, Mr. Barack Obama. I came across an article that agrees with what I believe. in this article, the author talks about how Alexander Downer, a former foreign minister, thinks that Obama's Nobel Prize shouldn't have been. He states "The peace prize has to be for actual achievement, not potential, and it also has to be achievement in promoting world peace..." I totally agree. Obama has only been in office for less than nine months and he already won a Nobel Peace Prize? For what exactly? I just don't see what he's done so far, maybe a lot of "we should do this, we should do that", but he he hasn't actually done anything. Like Mr. Downer said, the peace prize should be about achievement and not potential. As far as I'm concerned, there are still troops in Iraq. And it seems like they might be there for a while longer. If he won a peace prize, you'd think he'd be leading a war-free country and promoting it. Maybe we should rethink his prize and postpone it for another 4 years.
I Totally Agree That The Nobel Peace Prize Should Not Have Been Awarded So Fast(Personally I Didn't Know He Even Recieved It Haha) However, You Mentioned The Troops, They Won't Be Able To Be Brought Home Overnight. Something As Big As That Will Take Some Time Unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, and I think Obama agree with you too. The speech he give when he accepted his prize. He said the same thing, and I quote " I don't know what I have done" for this award.
ReplyDeleteI too was really surprised to hear that President Obama received the Nobel Peace prize this year! Don't you have to be nominated for this prize? I also wondered how he could have received it so quickly?
ReplyDeleteGreat now what has our world come to? Obama gets a nobel prize? thats the dumbest thing i ever heard. its as bad as Al Gore getting one
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. He has done nothing to promote peace, in fact i believe that his pushing of healthcare reform and some other issues he pushes have caused more tension and division not only between parties but between Americans in general.
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