Obama - Nobel peace prize

By Shantanu -
Alfred Nobel must be turning in his grave. The Nobel peace prize is gotten by who? The president of a country which is engaged in warfare in many corners of the world, who talks about disarmament for other countries but holds a huge stockpile of nuclear himself, who has so far only tall talks and nice speeches to offer to the world.
Ok, the justification is, unlike his predecessor, he has offered possibilities of peace in some corners of the world whose names his average countrymen cannot even pronounce properly. Big Deal!
May be I am judging this person too harshly, may be he has willingness and ability and also sincerity, but shouldn't a person first deliver and then get recognition?
Well, lets not forget his humanitarian gesture of 3 billion USD aid to a country which is the epicentre of terrorism and which has a history of proliferation as well as well known for its treachery and duplicity, not to say about using the external funds to forment terror attacks against its neighbour. So, president Obama, are you going to donate the Nobel prize money to Pakistan's dreaded ISI and the so called "good Talibans"? May be they will leave their arms and weapons at your instigation. What about Iran? It will probably stop barking against Israel. Does'nt matter if some innocent civilians in some remote corners of the world get killed, everyday thousands are dying in that part of the world anyway. President has extended his olive branch, he will go down in history. Peace prize is what matters.
The intelligentsia of Europe is too obsessed with sweet talks and pacifist dreams. I hope their dreams are not shattered too soon.

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