by Shelile Gino Sheliletweet: U.S. President gets Nobel Peace Prize for giving convincing speeches...
Barack Obama wins a Nobel Peace Prize last Saturday and he has only been president of the United States of America for barely a year. Question: what the hell for?
Like Adekeye Adebajo (mail&guardian October 16) said in his article, "the prize was awarded to him more for aspirational rhetoric than for concrete accomplishments." Obama hasn't done anything outstanding except being black and leading a country. Mandela did that too - after he had been imprisoned for 27 years!
Obama is a great man, no doubt. However, is it really wise to bestow him with such a prestigious award just months after he has been elected into the White House? Agreeing with Peter Richardson of Sunshine Coast Daily (October 19), the award was a bit premature, even if it had been based on his presidential acceptance speech which fired hope into the hearts of all Americans (along with the rest of the world). I figured people received such awards in recognition of their achievements rather than their ambitions. In the words of Schmuley Boteach (columns.jpost.com October 13): "Peace is not simply a great speech, and universal harmony is not merely a collection of words."
Save the Nobel Peace Prize until Obama ends all war; prevents Africa from starving; puts an end to global warming and single-handedly finds the cure to AIDS...you know, something important like that. After all, according to popular belief, Obama is the new superman and the fate of the world now rests in his hands.
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