What the Nobel Peace Prize means this year....

[dvandom]

As frustrated as many of us may be with the slow (or no) pace at which Obama undoes the damage wrought by the Bush Administration, it may be that we're a little too close to the issue. At least as far as the Nobel committee is concerned, Obama's already come a long way towards keeping things from getting a lot worse, even if he hasn't made things better yet.

In other words, while we're annoyed he hasn't built a bridge across the bottomless pit yet (and seems in some ways content to leave the pit just as it is), some parts of the world are delighted that that car approaching the pit has at least slowed down, if not stopped.

ETA: It was pointed out to me over on Facebook that one thing Obama has accomplished so far has been to get Russia to stop pointing missiles at Norway. Where they vote on the Nobels. So, y'know....

Comments

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Well, Arafat won it before, and he helped several areas set up their suicide bomb recruitment.

Obama is NOT a bad guy, contrary to the rhetoric. I just wish he'd stop campaigning for a job he's already got, and start DOING the job. He's president, it requires a different gear set than 'great oratory crowd rouser', as the game is no longer about being liked, it's about getting results. Being liked does not phase international or even domestic policy, being effective does.

He can turn it around. I don't know that he WILL, but he has the ability.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

And it's not like they gave it to someone like Henry Kissinger.

Wait....

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't blame me. *I* nominated Beast Machines Megatron...you have to admit, fighting did slow down for quite a while.