There's no Obama in Nobel
Anthony Umanzor
Issue date: 10/23/09 Section: Opinion
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee," was the response from Barack Obama, in regard to being given The Nobel Peace Prize last week.
When I first heard President Obama had been presented with the Noble Peace Prize, I was stumped and skeptical at the reason for the committee's decision. After some research however, I found that the Nobel Committee does not always honor a nominee for their accomplishments but also in support of their goals for the future, in accord with the nominee's particular influential position.
Although many would say Obama has legislatively achieved nothing, the Nobel Committee recognized the award as an encouraging hand to the President's aspirations of a world free from nuclear weapons, and a constructive response to the climactic challenges the world is faced with, as some examples.
I cannot say I believe the committee was wrong in their decision, I just hope our president has as much hope for peace as the committee, the people of America, and the people of the world do.
Obama stated "Let it be clear, I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations…This prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women (previous Noble Prize winners) and all Americans want to build, a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents…I will accept this award as a call to action."
The idea came to me that maybe the honor of the award would gear Obama to justly uphold the honor by noble presidential decisions, but then again I thought, doesn't he already have tremendous aspirations from his supporters as being the symbol of "change?"
Perhaps the award will join the hopes for our President for beneficial results, maybe it will become a mounting of vain belief that will result in an even greater disappointment. Noone can tell for sure, but I fully believe the audacity of hope in something greater is better than the passivity of expecting something worse.
May Obama hold true to his eloquent message to America and treat our countries decaying disease of doubt.
When I first heard President Obama had been presented with the Noble Peace Prize, I was stumped and skeptical at the reason for the committee's decision. After some research however, I found that the Nobel Committee does not always honor a nominee for their accomplishments but also in support of their goals for the future, in accord with the nominee's particular influential position.
Although many would say Obama has legislatively achieved nothing, the Nobel Committee recognized the award as an encouraging hand to the President's aspirations of a world free from nuclear weapons, and a constructive response to the climactic challenges the world is faced with, as some examples.
I cannot say I believe the committee was wrong in their decision, I just hope our president has as much hope for peace as the committee, the people of America, and the people of the world do.
Obama stated "Let it be clear, I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations…This prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women (previous Noble Prize winners) and all Americans want to build, a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents…I will accept this award as a call to action."
The idea came to me that maybe the honor of the award would gear Obama to justly uphold the honor by noble presidential decisions, but then again I thought, doesn't he already have tremendous aspirations from his supporters as being the symbol of "change?"
Perhaps the award will join the hopes for our President for beneficial results, maybe it will become a mounting of vain belief that will result in an even greater disappointment. Noone can tell for sure, but I fully believe the audacity of hope in something greater is better than the passivity of expecting something worse.
May Obama hold true to his eloquent message to America and treat our countries decaying disease of doubt.
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