Breaking News: Nobel Peace Prize for President Obama
Read it if you want to see the breaking news of 2009.
Just read on the Huffington Post that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Surprised? Yes.
Proud? Yes.
Too early? Never.
Political? Perhaps.
With his effort to reduce global nuclear arms development, negotiate solution between Palestanians/Israelies, and bring larger attention to climate change, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 to President Obama.
“Only 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,” said Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee.
He certainly has captured my attention and gave me hope for a better future.
Yes, he is still early in his presidency to see what fruits his efforts will bear.
As the former Laureate stated, this may be a way to encourage him to do more for global peace.
With the failed bidding of the Olympics, many of his critics (including SNL) say he is biting more than he can handle and accomplish none what he has promised.
That may be true. But give the guy a break, it’s only months into his presidency.
But, still you made many of us believe that ‘Yes, we can’.
Global peace is possible. One small action at a time.
