Ok, everyone now knows that Barack H. Obama, the President of the USA and arguably most powerful man on Earth, has won the Nobel Peace Price. Obama who was heralded as the Second Coming or Messiah for the USA during the pre-elections has received lots of criticism over the last year and the announcement yesterday was received with even more criticism.
Nobel Peace Prize? Christ, he really is just like Hitler.
John Gruber, with whom I have a love-hate relationship par excellence, tweeted above quoted line, only to implicitly retract it some hours later, linking to Obama’s acceptance speech.
The great thing about Gruber’s tweet is that it reminds of all the qualities Hitler abused to gain power and establish himself in Germany: perfect retorics, demagogy and a great sense of timing. Obviously great speeches with lots of promises are more rewarded in challenging times.
But the danger only comes when people take on roles they are not assumed to take on.
And even as we strive to seek a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to confront the world as we know it today. I am the Commander-in-Chief of a country that’s responsible for ending a war and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies. I’m also aware that we are dealing with the impact of a global economic crisis that has left millions of Americans looking for work. These are concerns that I confront every day on behalf of the American people.
Sometimes I wished Obama was more like a Putin and would concentrate his efforts on national concerns and not try to rule the world but rule the US instead.
His complete acceptance speech is loaded with words trying to increase his popularity. Just like Gruber tweets… he’s just like a [young] Hitler.
Does it take away from the value of the Nobel peace Price as many arm chair critics said? Possibly.
