I know there are many who will discredit at a glance the recognition of President Obama for the Nobel Peace prize.
After reading further, the reason as to its award, was for this premise:
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His
diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the
majority of the world's population.
nobelprize.org...
It is his spirit, and his inspiration on a Global scale, those values which nations of the world recognize as vital toward the goal of world peace. He
has prompted and reminded, those of us entrenched in a world of desperation, that hope is not lost. That we can, as a people, the world wide, achieve
this goal if we merely utilize those precepts and systems that are in place.
To put a political spin on the topic, or to take away from the vision makes me wonder if one merely wants peace for their own political ends.
Peace is Peace. When we slander and hate one who inspires hope in all, at what point do we become the war monger and a seeker of spreading hatred.
Peace is not partisan, it is of the people, and a way of Love one another. When we seek to turn it into a political message, perhaps we should
realize that politics in itself may be the sole obstacle obstructing world peace in the name of political gain.
Congratulations President Obama, and may peace come swiftly.