It seems to me that all the fervor and controversy surrounding President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize can be reduced simply to a matter of intention. According to the official press release from the Nobel website, in awarding this honor to President Obama, it was the committee’s intention to support his stated goals and progress thus far toward healing and reestablishing global peace efforts.
Thorbjoern Jagland, the chairman of the Nobel Committee had this to say to the Associated Press: "Some people say — and I understand it — ‘Isn’t it premature? Too early?’ Well, I’d say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now… It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us."
And Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the prize in 1984, said, "It is an award that speaks to the promise of President Obama’s message of hope."
In other words, this was the Nobel Committee’s way of creating a global Intent for peace and reconciliation. Isn’t that an Intent worthy of support?
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