I’m going to break my rule and write about Obama today because he’s made truly international news. He’s won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 and I couldn’t be happier.
The committee stated that they awarded the prize to him “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
The award must be very meaningful to Obama because it represents vindication for his decisions to close Guantanamo Bay, stop American torture, give a speech in a major muslim city, pull out of or at least draw down the troop levels in Iraq, have America join the UN Human Rights Panel, and praise the International Criminal Court.
He also served as the first American president to chair a meeting of the security council. He could have used this opportunity to reveal evidence that Iran was constructing a new facility to produce nuclear fuel and, consequently, push for additional sanctions against the country. Instead, Obama choose to use this unique opportunity to push for nuclear disarmament. He knew Iran’s time would come soon enough.
And he’s done all this in less than a year. Amazing. Unbelievable. I only wish I had time to devote as many blogs to this as the Large Dead Lizards. It’s 2 in the afternoon and they already have 5 entries supporting this decision [and 24 Obama references on the front page]. Kudos to them! They truly are the best progressive blog on the continent.
Of course, I could be a little happier. It seems many people don’t think he deserves it. For example, the Toronto Star claims that ‘praise and shock greet Obama’s Nobel win.’ Why is this though? Like Canadian Hip-Hop innovator D.O. tweeted, ‘big up Obama on the Nobel prize! i hate when people say he hasn't accomplished anything... open your eyes!’ Clearly, people are keeping their eyes closed to the partial list of accomplishments above.
We need more leaders like Obama. And we also need more people like the Large Dead Lizards and D.O. out there speaking truth to the masses and letting everyone know that Obama not only deserves this award--he deserves it by a mile!
So everybody start tweetin’ and facebook updatin’! Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize and the future is looking brighter!
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment