http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html
On what basis did Obama deserve a Nobel prize?!
He's barely nine months into the presidency and did he already achieve world peace?
He did speak pro-arabs in Egypt (not saying its wrong) and did ask the world to renounce nuclear weapons.
How will it help in spreading peace? Bill Clinton hosted a few meetings between arabs and israelis. And even came closer to peace. Why didn't he get the Nobel prize?
I've heard several world leaders asking the world to renounce nuclear weapons, including Vajpayee.
Seems crazy. I can't believe that they could compare what Obama has done in the last nine months to what Dalai Lama has done in a life time. Or even to Al Gore's :(
Coming to Obama's argument on nuclear weapons.
Will US zero out its own nuclear arsenal? Totally? Can it convince China to do so? Nuclear arms taken out, China will be left with enough muscle to claim an edge only over India, not even Russia. It will be reduced from a soon-to-be super power to a regional power. Hopefully the self righteous person he is, Obama won't empty out US arsenal before China does!
Leave alone China, can even India accept it? With China claiming chunks of Indian territory as its own and dragging its feet to resolve the issues as per old records, can you trust that it will not occupy those parts when assured that India has no nuclear weapons to defend itself?
Nuclear weapons is indeed a scourge but I don't think we can ever get rid of them. (Unless they come up with more potent WMDs)
Every country would want such weapons to either project power or to defend itself against such aggressive countries.
Anyway I would have appreciated if they had waited until Obama completed his term and awarded the same prize after he actually achieved peace in Middle east by reining in Israel and disarming Iran.. apart from achieving a stable Iraq and Afghanistan.
Further.. awarding peace prize to Obama, when he is engaged in a war with Al Qaida in Af-Pak, is ironic.
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