Every so often the right man converges with the right time and result in a true statesman.
We may be looking at the emergence of such a rare leader. Let's hope so. -----Original Message----- From: Molly Brogan <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 9:04 am Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize I also, would like to hear that articulated in the global leadership. On Oct 9, 7:14?am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I tend to this view Francis - in hope. ?Frankly, I was think it is an > old, doomed strategy. ?I note there is no real vision of what a > peaceful world would be and how we would regulate through democracy, > plenty and so on. > > On 9 Oct, 10:18, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, the prize committee chooses Obama, less than a year after he has > > begun to operate on the world stage, before many concrete results have > > been seen. > > > Spontaneously, I see this as a gesture of thankfulness and hope; > > thankfulness to the American people that they have elected a successor > > to Bush, a man who did so much global damage, a successor who works > > with different visions and ideal-structures, a more positive > > fundamental view of what it means to be human and what societies > > (local, national and global) can and should be doing and achieving. > > > Hope that he will realise some of this vision and trust that his > > country and the world puts in him. The past few months have made me a > > little concerned that the experts and lobbyists, advisors and > > professional analysts are wearing him down with detail and > > realpolitik. > > > Maybe this award will strengthen that "Yes, we can" impetus, in the > > face of the everyday inertia of the thousand arguments of > > complicatedness against changing anything, against daring to hope. > > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
