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War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel

By Noam Chomsky

The hopes and prospects for peace aren’t well aligned—not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably that was the intent of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in choosing President Barack Obama. The prize “seemed a kind of prayer and encouragement by the Nobel committee for future endeavor and more consensual American leadership,” Steven Erlanger and Sheryl Gay Stolberg… return to article

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    I would like to salute to my glorious professor for such a great suggestion: Nobel for Malalai Joya and not Obama! Yes the Nobel Peace Prize Committee might have proved its dignity if it has awarded the prize to the bravest woman in Afghanistan.

    However, it pains me to recall Professor Chomsky’s endorsement of Obama. The Americans and the people of the world over were in dire need to hear a different voice a wise voice that Obama CANNOT and will NOT change the present dominant system in the US. Unfortunately Professr Chomsky could not save himself from sinking in the “popular stream”. Will history record it as one of his strange blunders?

    Germany Posted by rose fran on Nov 6, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel prize, that’s for sure, even given his return from Cheney/Bush to valuing more rational cooperation as any sane, non-neocon does.  However, he’s a neo-LIBERAL, all the way, as orthodox and establishment in his American imperalism and “exceptionalism” as any Democrat has been.

    Germany Posted by racetoinfinity on Nov 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    rose fran, to my knowledge, Chomsky never endorsed Obama; in fact, he did pretty much as you wanted: encouraged realism and so on. Take a look at this from just before the election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpNzDoH1II

    So I don’t know where you’re getting your claim from. He was well ahead of the progressive mainstream, who only turned against Obama after a couple of months in office.

    Ireland Posted by James Nolan on Nov 8, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    Iran will not be vaporized during regime change operations. On the contrary, only the Islamist regime will be deposed.

    United States Posted by whatsso4me on Nov 30, 2009 at 3:20 AM

    There is surely a reason why someone will be given a Nobel Prize. If Obama was one of them, if probably deserves it.

    Philippines Posted by Amanda Grey on Dec 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM
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