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October 9, 2009Did the Nobel Prize Committee Just Try to Checkmate Obama?
The news of President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize caught most of the world off guard. Even Obama looked surprised, acknowledging that the prize was not a recognition of his accomplishments, but a "call to action."In awarding the Prize, the Committee expressed
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hope
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that Obama will continue down thepath of world peace and international co-operation and reasoned:
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Obama has as President, created a new climate in international politics.
Dialogue andnegotiations
(
emphasis ours
) are preferred as instruments for resolving even the mostdifficult international conflicts
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.It would be really ironic now, if Obama
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s
“
call to action
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is to allow for an escalation of troops in Afghanistan, expanded operations in Pakistan and most importantly a militarystrike against Iran. Does the world really believe that India, China and Russia are going tosit back and enjoy a massive military buildup in their backyard? Would they take kindly tothe U.S. controlling important gas pipelines, oil complexes and trade routes to Europe?Would the Middle East and Asia be more stable and peaceful, with a massive U.S. militarypresence encompassing Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia? Obviously not.It is no wonder that the chatter about diversifying away from the dollar (as a trading andreserve currency) has been increasingly coming from the Middle East and Asia. It is theirweapon against further subsidization of U.S. military actions in the region.So perhaps the Peace Prize was the Committee
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s attempt at pre-empting further militaryescalation by check-mating Team Obama. Given the timing of the announcement, comingbefore a decision to increase troops in Afghanistan, this seems plausible.But despite altruistic motivations, this attempt is sure to fizzle out. So far, President Obamahas displayed no ability or willingness to stand up to the corporate interests (military,financial, energy, healthcare to name a few) that control American policy. War has alwaysbeen America
‟
s way of distracting the public from the economic crisis at home, and this timewill be no different. President Obama
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s
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peaceful
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reputation is probably at its peak. Heshould take a moment and bask in its glow, because it is soon going to ride off into thesunset, without him in tow.As for the Committee, we suggest it refrain from using the Peace Prize as a tool to influenceworld politics. Their past track record (awarding the prize to likes of Arafat and Kissinger)has been poor at best. All it does is dilute the value of the prize. They would better servehumanity if they award the Prize for
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actual
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rather than
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potential
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achievements.
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Your comment seems bang on. There seems to be no other reasonable explanation for the Obama Nobel. Crazy times we live in !