Teddy Roosevelt. Now HE was a good president. He was the youngest president taking office at the age of 42. His domestic "square deal" policy and his "speak softly and carry a big stick" policy for foreign affairs helped him to become on of the greatest U.S. presidents ever. Roosevelt was behind the creation of the Panama Canal, showed the United States' power with the Great White Fleet, and was a big part of the negotiations to end the Russo-Japan War. The latter led to him getting the Nobel Peace Prize, which leads me to my main point. Barack Obama receiving this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
I have no doubt he will be a great president but only two other U.S. presidents have received the honor while serving--Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson--and one after his presidency--Jimmy Carter. As stated earlier, Roosevelt received his after helping negotiate the Russ-Japan War. Woodrow Wilson received his for the creation of the League of Nations and Jimmy Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Obama received his more for pledges to do things, rather than actually doing them. How can they hand someone the prestigious award before he actually does anything to deserve it?
Again this isn't a knock on Obama. I'm just why the Nobel committee did this so early in Obama Presidency. If anything, I believe it knocks the Nobel committee's credibility down a few notches.
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I don't know, but I hope this portends something good.
ReplyDeleteK. Smith
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My personal opinion is that this decision totally discredits the Nobel Committee. I have good intentions but, I certainly don't think I should be awarded a Nobel Peace Price for them. I think that talk is all B.S., show me! Just for the record, I have posted the commitees reasoning behind their decision below.
ReplyDeleteAnnouncing the award, the Nobel committee cited Mr. Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” and said that he had “created a new climate in international politics.”
Obama himself does not think he deserves this prestigous award. The only good that will come out of this is the fact that he plans to donate the 1.4 million dollar award money to charity.
What happened to his efforts in bringing our soldiers home? They are steadily deploying more everyday. My son-in-law and his entire unit will be deployed in January for their 2nd. tour in Iraq. Why?
The elderly will not get a cost of living increase this year. Why? They desperately need it because most of them cannot afford their medication and to feed themselves. These people have worked all of their lives to keep this country going.
As you can probably tell, I am not an Obama fan. My fiance' is. We agreed before Obama was elected President not to discuss politics because of our strong beliefs. Now, it is time for me to stop venting and leave it alone.