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Nobel peace prize was always political. Obama got it. Gandhi was rejected.
by ivell 1y ago
Nobel peace prize was always political. Obama got it. Gandhi was rejected.
- dotancohen 1y agoThis has confused me for long enough. What specific action did Obama do to be awarded the Nobel peace prize?
- fifilura 1y agoIt was probably premature. But the relation between USA and the Arabic states were on an all time low after the Bush Crusade. And Obama reached out to fix the relations. This is my recollection of it. But i can agree that the rushed decision created problems afterwards for the committee. Like today when it is questioned.
- zimpenfish 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize > The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States president Barack Obama (b. 1961) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
- markjenkinswpg 1y agoInteresting summary. The relationship with some Arab speaking states has had some recent relevance.
- Master_Odin 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize provides a good overview of why he got the award and the surrounding controversy.
- dotancohen 1y ago- Promotion of nuclear nonproliferation. - Reaching out to the Muslim world. I see. Thank you.
- peterfirefly 1y agoObama and Gore both got it for not being Bush.
- Zigurd 1y agoI can remember when that was a huge contrast.
- throwaway48476 1y agoBlack. It had a very high approval rate in Europe.
- dormento 1y ago> black > throwaway48476 Every time.
- dotancohen 1y agoDoesn't mean that he's wrong, just that he knows it is an unpopular position. I can think of other positions that become fashionable or not with no relation to being correct or incorrect. I personally don't know if he's right or wrong, I don't live in Europe, but the need to use a throwaway account is not evidence for being wrong.