Tag Archives : 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

Critics say that Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is premature as he has not yet achieved anything concrete in the area of peace over the period of nine month of his presidency. The Nobel committee, however, believes otherwise. The people behind the award-giving firmly state that Obama had achieved a lot already and ‘was the person to contribute the most [...]

Immediately, the Taliban issued a statement on Friday condemning Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. That’s perfectly understandable. After all, they are labeled as US enemy. The group explains that Obama has ‘boosted troop numbers and continued the aggressive policies of his predecessor rather than bring peace to Afghanistan.’ “We have [...]

In spite of some heavy criticism against the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize having been awarded to US President Barack Obama, there has also been some good cheer in support of what the US president tries to do for world peace. According to former US President Jimmy Carter, himself a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2002 or two decades after finishing his presidential [...]

John J. Miller who writes for the National Review and the Wall Street Journal, and is a contributing editor of Philanthropy magazine, calls Obama’s award as ‘The Empty Nobel.’ He says, “Obama isn’t the first American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he’s the first to win it without having accomplished anything.’ He [...]

Eight months into his presidency and US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Amidst all criticism against the honor being bestowed on him, he says he will accept the award as a ‘call to action.’ He also said he was humbled to have been selected. Obama was not among the front-runners for the award. Many people were surprised [...]

Detractors to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize think that his award is a ‘mockery of an already fairly discredited process’ because they deem him with no achievements thus far into his few months in the presidency. “They could have awarded it to Kylie Minogue and I wouldn’t have been half as surprised,” says Ben Brogan of the Telegraph. [...]