C.R. the only thing you have to be sorry about, is that he is our President.
On Oct 9, 5:59 pm, "C.R. Domino" <[email protected]> wrote: > From CBS News website: > > Nobel Reaction: Could Obama One Day Lead the U.N.? > Posted by Pamela Falk > > At the U.N., several diplomats standing around the corridors noted > that President Obama could be the first U.S. President to someday > become the U.N. Secretary General. Why? Because of such overwhelming > international praise for the president's award of the Nobel Peace > Prize. > > But back home, reactions are mixed. To be sure, the prize is a great > achievement; but Mr. Obama's Nobel Prize does not come as a full > laurel wreath. > > The problem, apparently for both supporters and critics in the U.S., > is that the award appears to be more of an award for Mr. Obama's > successful rebuke of the Bush Administration doctrine, not for his > accomplishments. In other words, not that his ideas are not prize > worthy, but that the ideas are not yet implemented. > > The Nobel Prize award to Mr. Obama is seen by the international > community as a great shift, in effect, a change in tone to one of > engagement by the White House: "From shaking fists to shaking hands," > a diplomat said. > > Time will tell if Mr. Obama's initiatives bear fruit. The U.N. > Secretary General and the Libyan President of the General Assembly > heaped praise. Yet, the initiatives cited by the Nobel Prize committee > are all in their earliest of stages. > > On disarmament, Mr. Obama garnered the passage of a U.N. Security > Council Resolution designed to encourage countries to rid the world of > nuclear weapons, but the president has a long way to go to get the > U.S. Congress to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; on climate > change, the president committed the U.S. to support new measures, but > no administration yet has signed onto target limits for greenhouse > gases and Mr. Obama has not yet found a plan forward for the > Copenhagen climate summit; and on the Middle East, at the U.N. meeting > between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian > leader Mahmoud Abbas, he got a handshake instead of commitments. > > From the Middle East, the president heard praise from the Palestinian > Authority and from Israeli President Shimon Peres, himself a winner of > the shared prize in 1994, but back home, longer memories prevailed, > and commentators reminded Americans that Yasser Arafat (with whom he > shared the prize) helped torpedo the Middle East peace process. > > On the domestic front, many cities, New York included, are more > cautious in their awarding of prizes; New York for example has an > unwritten rule to wait until a leader or sports figure dies before > naming a New York City street after him or her. The belief heard among > supporters is not that Mr. Obama may not prove worthy. The idea is > just that you finish your four years of college before receiving your > diploma. As the day progressed, many Americans felt the award may be > seen an undue burden on the young, untested president. > > On the international front, praise flowed. An underling of the Iranian > President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic Republic was not upset > and added his agenda – that Mr. Obama use the opportunity to rid the > U.N. of the world powers' veto. Outgoing International Atomic Energy > chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, who is on that slippery slope of negotiating > with the Islamic Republic about their heretofore secret nuclear > facility, said the president provided leadership in disarmament. > > International praise was not uniform. Lech Walesa, the former Polish > President who won the prize in 1983, said it is "too early," and the > British press ranged from characterizations from "absurd" to general > wonderment. > > Mr. Obama was quick to put a lid on gloating after the initial glee > expressed from his staff ranging from "wow" to "Oslo beats > Copenhagen" (a reference to the Olympic defeat by Chicago) by saying > that he considers the prize a "call to action." > > Time will tell. For now, Mr. Obama ends the day with a newfound prize > but, paraphrasing Robert Frost, has his hands full of promises to > keep, and miles to go before he sleeps. > > On Oct 9, 3:55 pm, "C.R. Domino" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > in his short time in office to warrant a Nobel Peace Prize? > > No disrespect intended to Obama, but come on.......... > > > Perspective.............past winners include: > > Nelson Mandela > > the Dalai Lama > > Desmond Tutu > > Lech Walesa > > Mother Teresa > > Anwar Sadat > > MLK Jr. > > Ralph Bunche > > John Hume > > Albert Schweitzer > > The International Red Cross (in 1944, quite a busy year for them, I'd > > suspect) > > Woodrow Wilson > > Teddy Roosevelt > > Gorbachev > > > seriously...?????- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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