By David Shields
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#rublogs The mirror reflects the twisted images of its surroundings, hope for change remains inadequate. Viva Obama... http://tiny.cc/c5N0S
#rublogs The mirror reflects the twisted images of its surroundings, hope for change remains inadequate. Viva Obama... http://tiny.cc/c5N0S
There is much controversy surrounding the Nobel peace prize awarded to President, Barack Obama, last week. Some believe his award has come too early, others say that it is deserved because of the fact that he is the only person who has the ability to mobilise the world in favour of nuclear disarmament.
Columnist, Clem Sunter discusses this in his article "When Barack met Nash" in which he connects the President to Former Noble prize winner, John Nash who received the award for pioneering work in "game theory" in 1994. He relates the two in concept of the "Game theory", which is a system for using mathematics to predict the outcome of competitive games like chess, which can be applied to political and economic conflicts such as business competition and international political tensions. Thus, he states that Barack Obama has done the same thing in real life, and on a mass scale.
Whilst the article seems stimulating at first, one can't help but wonder if the facts of the article are thoroughly researched. Having a further look into the matter, it is revealed that Obama was only nominated two weeks after he took office, but called for a world free of nuclear arms two months after he was nominated.
The Nobel peace prize has reached those in the past, who have influenced the world in favour of peaceful ideology or positive reform. My opinion is that Barack Obama has been given this prestigious award, due to the fact that he has the potential to create harmony on a global scale, much like an encouraging pat on the back. For if he loses hope, then who shall we look to? The U.N., whose sole agenda it is to keep the Security Council happy? Other NGO'S, who don't possess the resources to create peace, or perhaps the sovereign state, which regards its own benefit as the most important priority?
As Edmund Burke once wrote, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".So perhaps we should stop complaining about who deserves the award and get to the crux of the issue. Because while we sit here arguing about trivial drivel, the world continues to self destruct in 3, 2, 1...
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