Obama's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize seems to demonstrate just how much hope we're putting in him. Though I wouldn't go so far as some by claiming "God-like" characteristics, and I agree that the whole Messiah concept that the right mocked is somewhat appropriate, I will say thank God for the fact that we now have a leader who seems more interested in healing the earth than conquering it. As Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria discusses in "Obama's Big Gamble: Working with the world, not against it" Obama's policy seems obvious to me, but is actually quite a drastic change from leaders who seem to think that bullying the rest of the world is the only way to maintain our status as 'greatest nation." First of all, I think this greatest nation business is debatable. However, more importantly Obama truly captures the spirit of our age by emphasizing cooperation and inclusiveness in regards to other nations, especially nations we previously had hostile relationships with. If we have any hope of combating great "world" issues, like global warming, human trafficking, nuclear proliferation etc then we have to work with each other, not against each other. Traditional notions of "sovereignty" need not be completely abandoned, but in my opinion need to be greatly revised.
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