U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama holds up his medal and diploma as he poses with Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland, left, at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo on Thursday. REUTERS/John McConnicoDangerous Nuclear Illusions -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
LONDON — A world without nuclear weapons sounds nice, but of course that was the world that brought us World War I and World War II. If you like the sound of that, the touchy-feely “Global Zero” bandwagon is probably for you.
I’m an optimist in general but a pessimist when it comes to nations’ shifting pursuit of their interests. Humans, not states, have consciences. President Barack Obama’s commitment in his 2009 Prague speech “to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons” was a fine sentiment but a political mistake.
The idea went down well with the Norwegians, who awarded Obama a Nobel Peace Prize he should not have accepted, but overall this prospective peace blossom has wilted faster than a flower in the Scandinavian night.
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My Comment: I usually .... correction ... I always disagree with Roger Cohen's commentaries in the New York Times. But not this time. Imagine my surprise when I browsed through his opinion piece, and found myself in complete agreement .... he writes what I have been saying since President Obama was elected 2 years ago .... and he writes it more eloquently.
Has President Obama disappointed his supporters .... definitely. Is he in trouble politically .... he is getting there. Will Roger Cohen vote for a Republican .... I doubt it. But his opinion piece is a symbol that there is now a seismic shift in the mass media's perception of President Obama, and a sign that he will be in trouble when he runs in two years for a second term.