President Obama awarded too early

President Obama awarded too early

That President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-nobel-peace-pr_n_314907.html) for his efforts to restore global trust and renew our collective hope for peace is a tremendous honor for both him and the nation that elected him. However, I cannot help bat question whether the award has come too soon.

While I agree our president of the past nine months has done much to promote peace, he's not the man I want to see recognized for those efforts. Rather, I want to see that award go to the president who will build on those efforts for the next few years to come. He, I believe, will prove even more deserving of this honor, but his major accomplishments are still some years away.

In the meantime, I would have preferred to see the award go to someone move in need of its recognition and resources. While President Obama needs our support to continue his work, he already has recognition and resources in abundance.

That said, the spirit in which he has accepted the award shows that our president understands the work yet to be clone. I stand with those who are proud of our president but are more focused of being proud of him in the future.
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