Continuing with our look at Obama’s Nobel Prize through a global prism, this article from Syria’s state-controlled Thawra Al Wada shares the rest of the world’s surprise with the award – but with a distinctly anti-Israel Syrian twist.
For Thawra Al Wada, Khalaf Ali Al Moftah argues that Obama has time to earn the award, as long as he does a few things no American chief executive is ever likely to do – and in any case, would cripple him politically.
After suggesting that before Obama came along, the U.S. was responsible for six major wars and 30 wars in total since WWII which resulted in more deaths than WWI – qualifying it for a ‘Nobel War Prize’ – Khalaf Ali Al Moftah writes of the decisions President Obama would have to make in order to properly earn the Peace Prize:
“Those decisions will demonstrate his integrity and his capacity to determine the character and direction of American policy, starting with withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan, and the removal of political, military and economic protection for the Zionist enemy in order to force it to respond to the demands of the peace process and halt its barbaric aggression against the Palestinian people.”
Then according to Al Moftah, he’ll have to do what the American right thinks he’s already done too much of:
“President Obama is capable of earning his Nobel Prize by making it a message of peace and atonement from America to the world. This would allow many of the world’s people, particularly those who have suffered from America’s wars, to enjoy peace and security after years of oppression, murder and pain.”
By Khalaf Ali Al Moftah
Translated By Nicolas Dagher
October 13, 2009
Syria – Thawra Al-Wada – Original Article (Arabic)
The Swedish Academy awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama, leaving many surprised – including the American president himself. Perhaps the source of the surprise is that Obama hasn’t actually made any breakthroughs on the ground with regard to world peace. But it certainly isn’t the first time that an American President has been awarded the Prize, since President Jimmy Carter won for his role in signing a so-called peace treaty between Egypt and the Zionist entity.
[Editor’s Note: The author makes a common mistake by assuming the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Swedes. For reasons unknown, Alfred Nobel, the creator of the Nobel Prize, designated Sweden as the custodian of all Nobel Prizes except one – the Peace Prize. That honor went to neighboring Norway. Some surmise that Sweden’s militaristic traditions had something to do with this.]
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