[Peace-discuss] Nobel Committee, Strategic As Ever, Taps Obama for Peace Prize

[Robert Naiman]

Well, as someone who travels and reads internationally, I would hope,
Mort, that you would consider a more thoughtful, less knee-jerk
response.

The Nobel Committee is chosen by the Norwegian parliament. Do you
really think their goal in life is to whitewash U.S. imperialism?

P.S. Al Jazeera called. They saw my piece, and they really liked it.
That tells you something about where the debate that matters is.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:
> All you're saying is that the Nobel Peace Prize is a farce.
>
> "Works in progress" include building up the military, bombing innocents,
> excusing Israel's atrocities, and repression, etc.. You seem to be excusing
> the Committee, and thereby Obama, for the latter's scurrilous acts (not
> words). So far his nice words have have been belied by both his actions and
> non-actions. Perhaps he's a wee bit "better", certainly more clever than
> Bush, but all this award does is put the label "peace" in an Orwellian
> context.
>
> Such a "strategy" be damned! Hope remains eternal and evanescent with Obama
> it seems.
>
> --mkb
>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>
>> Some initial commentary has called the award unprecedented and
>> wondered why the committee would give President Obama the award when
>> he "hasn't done anything yet." But anyone who thinks this award is
>> unprecedented hasn't been paying attention. The Nobel Committee has a
>> long history of praising "works in progress" that it wants to assist,
>> like the downfall of apartheid. The Committee likes Obama's diplomatic
>> moves on Iran and Afghanistan and wants to help shield Obama from his
>> domestic adversaries.
>>
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/nobel-committee-strategic_b_314980.html
>>
>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/9/82426/1566
>>
>> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/366
>>
>> --
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>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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