Nobel & Obama!

In one swift & unexpected move, the Nobel peace prize was announced for Obama and most of the intellectual class has been caught asking question in disbelief! Let me clarify on the very onset that I am also an Obama supporter and has nothing personal against him. However, he has just started his stint and is yet to prove his worth in the area of world peace! Not even 1 year of his presidency yet and mostly he has been working on the economic problems being faced in US. One needs to see his initiatives, their implementation and their results in the long run, to decide if he is actually deserving of this.

What’s more surprising that he was nominated even when he had hardly become president, not even completed his 1 month of presidency. So on what basis the nomination was done? Certainly, in the very first month of his presidency, he had not completed any long term peace initiative, forget anything else.

Also to note is:

1. His nomination was hardly 10 days into his presidency
2. His nomination was apparently opposed by 3 out of five jury members
3. He himself believes that he does not deserve it (as reported in newspapers about his email to his college friend in India)
4. He has increased US force strength in Afganistan – does it indicate peace related move?

One is forced to feel like two great brands – Obama and Nobel prize – Has lost something very basic – Credibility! Due to this un-justifiable (in my personal view) move, across the globe, people are still in disbelief, and blogosphere is full of such stories!

Some obvious Ramifications

This has some ramifications also.

• In future, what if US goes to some war under his presidency?
• If US for some reason need to take any offensive, will the nobel prize become a deterrent for such action sactioning in Obama’s mind to take the corrective action?
• It gives easy way out for the critics to find out loop-holes in arguably the most reputed prize on the earth! In future, other winners, may also be doubted unnecessarily due to this incident.

Is it possible?

Some thoughts have cropped in my mind. Why is it so that such unfair treatment favor always go to countries like US/UK and Australia? It never happens to India or China or SA? This also makes me think, that is it possible, that to draw the attention of the US public in general away from the difficulties of recession and failed economy and job losses, US govt somehow managed to get it done??? These are thought without any evidence, but practically it is possible. If the US govt wants, they have enough power to influence even the nobel committee.

Finally, I just wish that OBama says no to the prize before receiving it actually. This will save his grace at least and give a route for the nobel to announce some other deserving winner and get back its aura!!