The chairman of Nobel Peace Prize committee defends this year’s award to President Obama. He says, in choosing the winner, the committe was looking at what Alfred Nobel said in his will — namely, to give the prize to the person who has done most for peaceful development in the world in the last year.
Is that person President Obama? I don’t think so.
Tags: Nobel, Norway, Obama, Thorbjorn Jagland
October 31, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
Sir, I think may be this time the award was not a recognition for the performance in the past but a kind of investment in the future for global peace. May be the committe was trying to avoid “Be Nice to america: or we will bring democracy to your country.” in the near term