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The Nobel Committee Dishonors Itself
Dr. Paul Kengor
Grove City College
October 9, 2009
Even CNN was shocked. Even the Obama White House was shocked.
"Only nine months into his presidency," reported a baffled CNN news anchor this morning, "President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement made jaws drop even at the White House."
When I first heard the news, I thought it was a joke.
The announcement from the Nobel Committee defies belief, even as I've come to expect the inconceivable from the committee. I learned long ago not to take the Nobel Committee seriously. And yet, this gesture far exceeds any previous towering leap of incredulity by the committee.
To be sure, I knew the Nobel Committee would at some point award Barack Obama its hallowed prize. That was a given. But right now, only nine months into Obama's presidency, when Obama himself would surely agree that he cannot name a single foreign-policy accomplishment?
Actually, the situation is worse than that: According to news reports, nominations took place eight months ago, only weeks into Obama's presidency.
How could that be? Does this make any sense at all?
It does when you consider what the Nobel Committee has become, and how it operates according to leftist political objectives. The committee has honored Barack Obama in order to make a political statement in support and encouragement of his foreign policy. The committee knows that its award has nothing to do with the absent foreign-policy accomplishments of a presidency not even a year old, or a diplomatic record that doesn't exist. Its purpose is to help Obama pursue the kind of foreign policy favored by the leftists who run the Nobel Committee.
The European-globalists on the committee agree fully with the leaders who heaped praise on Obama during the U.N. circus two weeks ago. They agree with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez that Obama has brought "hope" to the world. They agree with Fidel Castro's hailing Obama's lead on "climate change." They agree with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Obama agrees with him on America's past "ugly behavior." Like Moammar Kaddafi, they wish Obama could be president "forever."
This award is not a statement on what Obama has done but a rubber-stamp approval of his plans for America and the world. The committee wants to lend cover to Obama as he pursues a global course opposed by conservative Republicans back home and his generals and commanders abroad. To be sure, this is the kind of meddling in domestic politics that the Nobel Committee usually decries.
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Furnituremaker
10/11/2009 9:18 AM
.....with all of these "leftist" conspiracies mentioned I wonder that the author did not also say it was "Bill Clinton's fault" :)
Please.....most people pay very little attention to accolades like the Nobel Peace Prize. I am a blue collar man.. a woodworker and a furniture maker hence my username. While there are things I do not like about President Obama, there is much I like, and conversely there was Much I did not like about Mr. Bush and little I liked. I do feel that President Obama cares more for people in my economic level than the previous administration.
....but we are Christians here in Crosswalk. Aren't we supposed to love one another and the Lord our God? Politics is about power and control. When mixed with religion it can be tyranny of the highest form, democrat or republican. I owe no man or party my complete faith and allegiance, that belongs to the Lord Jesus! I find that much of what appears here about politics borders on the lust for power to control us!
Please.....most people pay very little attention to accolades like the Nobel Peace Prize. I am a blue collar man.. a woodworker and a furniture maker hence my username. While there are things I do not like about President Obama, there is much I like, and conversely there was Much I did not like about Mr. Bush and little I liked. I do feel that President Obama cares more for people in my economic level than the previous administration.
....but we are Christians here in Crosswalk. Aren't we supposed to love one another and the Lord our God? Politics is about power and control. When mixed with religion it can be tyranny of the highest form, democrat or republican. I owe no man or party my complete faith and allegiance, that belongs to the Lord Jesus! I find that much of what appears here about politics borders on the lust for power to control us!
bkindall
10/10/2009 5:39 PM
Yeah, I was surprised as well, but let's be honest. This article wouldn't even exist if GW had gotten the prize. Christians on the right would call it the will of God or something. So the international community likes our President. Suck it up. God put him there in the same way he put GW in Washington. Instead of complaining why don't you praise God for the good fortune of our President. It's not a bad thing people don't hate us as much.
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The fact of the matter is, however, conservatives are not dismayed by who received the award, but when and why he received it. Barack Obama was nominated for the Nobel Prize less than two weeks after his inauguration when he had done little more than give a speech or two.
Second, as for Barack Obama caring more for the working class American than George W. Bush, you need to stop listening to his speeches and pay more attention to his actual policies. He has more than doubled our deficit after less than a year in office, and continues to support highly expensive policies like Cap and Trade and a Government-Option for health care. The money has to come from somewhere, and it sure isnt from his pocket.