Obama?

President Obama

I get news alerts and headlines sent to my email from the New York Times. I skim through the headings, and only read the ones that seem interesting. But the past couple of months, at least half of the headings say “Obama” in it. There’s so much of them everyday, that I stopped reading them. I see so much about President Obama everywhere, and I don’t even live in the US. But Last Friday, the New York times sent me a news alert that said: “Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize”, which I had to read. I still don’t truly know how I feel about this. I understand what he represents to people, and I support him. But isn’t the award too much too soon? He has not even been in presidency for a year yet. There are still two wars going on, the economic downturn, and what about the iranian threats? Maybe the committee awarded him because of expectations, but are expectations enough to give him such an amazing award? What do people think?

Interesting Articles:

Surprise Nobel for Obama Stirs Praise and Doubts

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html

Perceptions of Obama’s Prize

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/blogtalk-perceptions-of-obamas-prize/?scp=5&sq=obama&st=cse

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