A Nobel Peace Prize for Obama? The decision of the prestigious committee took everyone by surprise.
The choice is audacious. For the moment, Obama just has the time to count the number of projects that have landed on his desk. He is facing a complicated future in Afghanistan and in Iraq, two countries where America is openly at war. He has barely skimmed the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
But the wise ones of Oslo took a necessary risk in betting on Obama’s vision: one of a denuclearized world where diplomacy comes about through dialogue.
For Obama, already a historic president, the honor is immense. But the reward is backhanded. A Nobel Prize-winning president does not really have the right to fail…
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