A high award
13.10.2009
News that President Barack Obama had won this year's Nobel Peace Prize took many by surprise. The media are divided on whether or not he deserved this distinction.
Why now?
The award will not help at home or abroad, according to the Financial Times.
... Despite Mr Obama’s undeniable diplomatic ambitions for a more peaceful world, there has simply been no time for him either to realise or betray them. So ... why the urgency now? The answer is a Nobel Committee trapped in an adolescent adulation of Mr Obama that, if once shared by many, most have put behind them. ... Hoping the prize will strengthen Mr Obama domestically is deeply misguided: it will embarrass his allies and egg on his detractors. ...
High expectations
Obama's efforts are raising Arab expectations, writes The Jerusalem Post.
... We were struck — and not ungrateful — that Obama made it a point Friday to single out his desire to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace. Though frankly, with his administration placing so much emphasis on the red-herring settlement freeze issue … Israelis hardly see peace around the corner. Obama's value-neutral peacemaking approach has unintentionally raised Arab expectations that he will deliver a prostrate Israel. ...
Man of the future
The future depends on men like Obama, writes The Times of India.
... The Nobel committee is a pragmatic body, which would like to maximise peace outcomes. It could, of course, have avoided controversy by giving the award to some inconsequential tree-hugging activist somewhere. But crucial matters of environmental safety depend on decisions taken by the American president. The future of the world hinges on men like Obama. ...
World values
America and the world share the values that Obama promises, according to The New York Times.
... Americans elected Mr. Obama because they wanted him to restore American values and leadership — and because they believed he could. The Nobel Prize, and the broad endorsement that followed, shows how many people around the world want the same thing.
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