Comments on: And the Nobel Hope Prize Goes To… http://elizainhollywood.com/2009/10/09/and-the-nobel-hope-prize-goes-to/ The latest from Hollywood and the world beyond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard http://elizainhollywood.com/2009/10/09/and-the-nobel-hope-prize-goes-to/#comment-629 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:43 +0000 http://elizainhollywood.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-629 Dont disagree with you about Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize. But lest you forget, Clinton personally intervened by a phone call to Dennis Hastert minutes before a House vote was to take place on recognition of the Armenian Genocide, to prevent the vote.

It was on Clinton’s watch that the Rwandan Genocide took place – a genocide Clinton knew about and had the power to prevent. He did nothing.

]]> By: elizainhollywood http://elizainhollywood.com/2009/10/09/and-the-nobel-hope-prize-goes-to/#comment-626 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:01:35 +0000 http://elizainhollywood.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-626 I actually saw the Rachel Maddow commentary and I agree with a lot of it. I give President Obama a lot of credit with how he handled this. I think it came as a big surprise to him, because even he realizes that this was a premature Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, I have high hopes for this American president, but I think the Nobel committee did him a disservice by awarding him the Nobel Prize so early on in his presidency. He is already respected throughout the world, and he has a strong support of a good portion of the constituency. But I just don’t agree with the idea of giving him a Nobel Peace Prize so early on, just because he’s decided to use diplomacy to handle conflict. That’s how it’s supposed to be. Just because the previous president did so much damage to the international reputation of the US, doesn’t mean that the new President should get an award just for doing things differently… or actually how civilized industrialized countries are supposed to handle conflict. With diplomacy first and with arms as a last resort.

I also think it’s interesting that Bill Clinton never got one despite having made so many strides in peace talks in the Middle East, intervention in the Balkans, etc. It just seams like the award had more to do with Obama’s celebrity and persona than anything else.

]]> By: PQ http://elizainhollywood.com/2009/10/09/and-the-nobel-hope-prize-goes-to/#comment-625 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:23:10 +0000 http://elizainhollywood.wordpress.com/?p=400#comment-625 While I don’t completely disagree with what you are saying, I think this award being given is more of a reflection of how the world viewed the US under Bush. Unseating a political movement seemingly bent on war at any cost was reason enough evidently. While many things are still the same currently, I think this win is predicated on other anticipated events occurring at some point in the future. I do think awards of such supposed magnitude are best given to those who have already accomplished what they have set out to do (of course).

Also – the section in here on the award itself is interesting: http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002235/

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