Did Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

Do you think Barack Obama deserves the nobel peace prize?

Barack Obama is not the only one. The other US Presidents who have won the Nobel Peace Prize are, in chronological order, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter. (You can watch President Obama’s remarks here).

Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to won a Nobel in any category. His Peace Prize was for his work in helping broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

Normally, a US Secretary of State would have handled such diplomatic chores. But Roosevelt’s Secretary of State, John Hay, died in July 1905, and the forceful TR took charge of the duties himself.

Roosevelt invited diplomats from the warring parties to his home at Sagamore Hill on Long Island to begin negotiations. Both sides were looking for peace — the Russians had suffered military setbacks, and the Japanese were in financial trouble.

Further talks took place at the US Naval Base at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5, 1905.

Roosevelt did not pick up his Nobel medal, or his prize money, until 1910. He said he did not feel right accepting them while in office.

Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 for his services in establishing the League of Nations.

Following the tragedy of World War I, Wilson decided to lead the US peace delegation personally. He traveled to Paris in 1919 to press his idealistic vision of a world united against war.

While the peace treaty itself did not reflect all the magnanimity of his famous “Fourteen Points” in support of peace, he did secure the adoption of a covenant for a League of Nations, a precursor to today’s UN.

He barnstormed around the US in the months that followed in an effort to push ratification of American membership in the League through the Senate. But the strain of the effort resulted in a stroke that robbed him of his health. In the end, the US did not join, as ratification was defeated.

Jimmy Carter is the only president to have won the Nobel following his time in office. His was awarded in 2002, for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development,” in the words of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Many commentators at the time felt that the award was in recognition for a man who appeared to have redefined how much an ex-president could accomplish.

Carter previously had come close to winning the Peace Prize in 1978 for his efforts in bringing together Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to sign the Camp David Peace Accords.

 

What has Obama actually done to deserve it?

 

He use to be a senator the best one in history that is.. oh and hes the first black president hes more black then half white so yeah..and who dosent like him just faggets who like mcain that are jealous little bitchs.

 

I dont really think he does.

 

I guess continuing unjust wars (afghanistan) and starting air raids over pakistan no longer disqualifies you for a prize of peace?

These are the people Obama beat out:

Obama is an enabler of murder. I'm not sure whether to laugh or be disgusted that he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

Existed as a black man. The sad part is that in order to win the prize, he would have had to have been nominated within what, the first 10 days of his presidency?(time constraints)
The international community, as well as the majority of the us, has set such a high standard for Obama, a standard he is undoubtfully incapable of reaching. Obama is black. The truth is that he has so many excuses, all of which are related (obv) to his race. Obama does not deserve the prize any more than you or I deserve it. Pathetic sentiments by supporters cannot justify his overall unsuccessfullness in the office.

 

I don't think so :\

 

Im sitting on the fence, yes he was the first "black" president.. he's caused more arguments then he has peace..

 

Why does it matter that he's black? I don't give a shit that he is, why should the prize committee?

If that's what made their decision, that's racism. Which is condemned by every serious organization in the free world. Disgusting.

 

I'm sure he did something when he was a Senator. You don't get elected for nothing. If that wasn't true, then we'd have had atleast 4 black presidents.

Actually look up what all he has done. Not all in his presidency. I'm sure you'll find something.

 

I thought it was complete BS, they nominated him just because he promised a bunch of great things.

 

The best senator? Ever hear of JFK?

"He is more black then half white so yea" That makes no fucking sense at all.

Kinda like how he got elected...oh and the fact that the "young" voters of America were excited to have the first Black President...yet they had no idea what his policies were.

 

Agreed.

 

This award was several years (if not decades) premature. You cannot judge a man in relation to history by his actions of the present - you have to look back from the future and see how his actions ultimately impacted society.

 

he havent done anything!!!!he have just promise alot that he wont do....l8er...

 

no...........

 

1.Yes i have..
2.I meant his skin color lol not anything to do with how a black person acts retard.
3.Your full of ignorance if thats what you think ofc some voted for him because he was black but others voted for him because it was either him or mcain.. and we all know the obvious choice.

 

Still, it made no sense. Why must you call names? Or has all the work in the hat factory got you mad?

/irony

Watch this video, then see who is ignorant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8

 

You'd be foolish to believe that any sort of these samples are representative of anything whatsoever. Congratulations, out of 350 million Americans, and several million Obama voters, they managed to find a few dozen idiots? I'm surprised that couldn't do better.

 

I believe that this happened on a much larger scale. But to stay on topic, I still don't think he has done anything worthwhile to deserve a NPP. Unless smooth talking and never ending promises count. Then he deserves it.