tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post3695784509812445268..comments2022-11-17T10:40:16.220-04:00Comments on The National Affairs Desk: How 'Nobel' is Barack Obama?Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08899045484063901487noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-25157447134556719012009-10-28T01:14:36.856-03:002009-10-28T01:14:36.856-03:00You are right. This award is premature to say the ...You are right. This award is premature to say the least! I believbe it is apolitical ploy to create an atmosphere which Obama will find it hard to proceed with the status quo in Afghanistan. Thus causing him to drag his feet(as he in deed doing) and put the troops in more serious jeopardy. It is a mistake politically to appease the world oppinion at the risk of allowing military foes to benefit or gain ground in any way. That is exactly what he is doing. The Nobel panels idealist world view is far from the reality we are living. They have just used their Peace Prize as a pawn instead of King.CathyGdaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-34867863476034135732009-10-09T19:40:59.340-03:002009-10-09T19:40:59.340-03:00What Kenyans think: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke...What Kenyans think: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144026070&cid=4& - and here: http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/670508/-/unxvta/-/index.html 'nuff said. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-71000807165985105182009-10-09T17:34:46.088-03:002009-10-09T17:34:46.088-03:00The action cannot just come from Obama. He can pre...The action cannot just come from Obama. He can preach peace till the cows come home - if certain powers don't want peace, achieving it will become almost impossible.<br /><br />That's where WE come in, those of us who drew those peace signs. Are we still supportive? Or are we not? Are we just by-standers, demanding action? Or are we acting ourselves? <br /><br />By definition the President of the so-called free world defines the direction - by talk and by action. Obama has done that - and he continues to do so. To get there, however, is upon us much, much more than on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-59854702864809424632009-10-09T16:39:53.828-03:002009-10-09T16:39:53.828-03:00I hope you are right Derek, I really do. I also kn...I hope you are right Derek, I really do. I also know how popular and inspirational he is internationally. I simply want him to live up to the accolades. Being a symbol of peace and hope is great, we all drew peace signs on our school books, I simply want to see less of the talk and the symbolics and more real action.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899045484063901487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-91344354090275053432009-10-09T15:51:36.157-03:002009-10-09T15:51:36.157-03:00But Joseph ... Obama already IS a beacon of peace ...But Joseph ... Obama already IS a beacon of peace and, yes, of hope! That's why he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Because he really wants to take us into a direction different from the one we were taken into / headed into before. The award is absolutely meant as a motivation -- not for Obama (he doesn't need that) but for all those without whose achieving that goal is impossible: all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-32030517450162862332009-10-09T15:43:11.794-03:002009-10-09T15:43:11.794-03:00Again, I am not belittling Obama, or his politics,...Again, I am not belittling Obama, or his politics, I just think it is too early to give him a Nobel Peace Prize. He hasn't earned it...YET. The Committee may be right, Obama may become a great beacon of peace, or dare I say it 'hope'.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899045484063901487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-14284188465336481622009-10-09T15:33:16.734-03:002009-10-09T15:33:16.734-03:00It is not just his 'rhetoric' that's d...It is not just his 'rhetoric' that's different - his approach, values, direction are. 'Hot air' is not part of the problem. Not at all. Realities are however. The war in Iraq is a fact, dealing with it difficult and a major challenge. The 'economy'of debt is a fact, dealing with it difficult and a major challenge. Obama's politics have not caused any one of the problems he has to deal with today - not even a fraction of them. - He may be to blame for believing that at minimum those who elected him would be assisting him - well, themselves, really - in dealing with the issues. But that, so it seems, is not the case. What is the case is a the equivalent of a fat man screaming at his doctor to make him slim - while asking for a super sized McMeal at the same time. - I know it's driving things over the top, but what the fuck... The word that keeps coming to my mind is 'Barabbas' - much less because of the man but because of the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-76846549361498769252009-10-09T15:20:58.168-03:002009-10-09T15:20:58.168-03:00Obama's rhetoric in Iraq is different than Bus...Obama's rhetoric in Iraq is different than Bush's, yes, but Iraq is still occupied. Seems at this point to be a lot of hot air.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899045484063901487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-42334867243565053842009-10-09T15:13:24.184-03:002009-10-09T15:13:24.184-03:00If one wants to get from A to, say, B... one of th...If one wants to get from A to, say, B... one of the most important decisions one has to make is to want to get to B in the first place. And not to C or D or I - 'I' like 'Iraq' for example. Obama changed direction. On many levels. For that he was recognized. That hardly anyone - being sympathetic to the man or not - doesn't get that, even though the comittee spelled it out ad nauseum, shows how timely and important the comittee's decision is. - @NdegeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462211970946499736.post-15787406875135530382009-10-09T15:00:18.970-03:002009-10-09T15:00:18.970-03:00Totally agree He is to new as a president at this...Totally agree He is to new as a president at this stage to have affected any real change for his country or his countries foreign policies Yes I believe that they are jumping the gun in awarding him the prize perhaps in the next couple of years if he has affected positive change in those matters he could be a candidatecolourmatrix13https://www.blogger.com/profile/03005252693015465688noreply@blogger.com