Noble Peace Prize is not so 'Noble' this time around

Yesterday was a busy day for me at office. So much so that I didn’t even have time to beam a smile. I have this naive feeling that work has changed color of my life. In fact, this has been the case since the past couple of weeks. Just as my day was about to get passed with usual cliché, I happen to hear the breaking news. This particular news has me the much deprived smile back to me. In fact, I was actually laughing out loud, much to the attention of my team mates who later joined me when they heard of it.

If you are making a wildest guess that I might have heard of a joke from a latest movie or the news of the Raj Thackrey (bare with the spelling, I don’t know what’s the exact one) making mockery of her highness Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, your guessing sucks. The joke I heard actually is about Noble peace prize being awarded to US President Barak Obama. His qualification - working towards nuclear disarmament, thereby reducing the chances of deadly future wars and his proclamation that US will work towards disarming the world from nuclear weapons.

Talking about the facts first. It’s the United States which used nuclear bombs during the WWII. This has ultimately resulted in the surrender of Japan and the world war came to an end. Who knew how long the war might have continued if this has not happened. Has the WWII continued for some more time, world might have gone back to the Stone Age. This war has also revealed the catastrophe these ruthless weapons can cause to humanity. When it was considered so deadly, so much so that its possession is seen as endangering peace, why has the US built stockpiles of it in the first place? It’s them who used it indiscriminately without any remorse and now it’s the same ‘They’ who is preaching the world not to have nuclear weapons.

The rule that only US, Russia, France, UK and China are allowed to have nuclear weapons and not others is just unfair. How are these so different from others? Every country has its own threat perceptions and they have every right to protect themselves. It’s just that these so called nuclear powers want to continue their hegemony over the world and are not willing to change the current world order. We are also forgetting the fact that it was the fear of these nuclear weapons that averted war between India and Pakistan. It is the same fear of nuclear weapons which is stopping US from waging another oil war on Iran and why do you think US is still thinking twice about attacking NoKo?

Another funny fact here is that they are not willing to renege their nuclear war heads or talking anything towards that direction, but want other nations not to have them. When President said 'US will strive to disarm nuclear weapons from the world'. It makes me feel if US is out of this world? I knew that only Men, and not US, are from Mars. Had president Obama ordered an immediate dismantling of stockpiles in US before preaching the world to do so, I would have been more than happy for his nomination. If he has ordered US to back off poking nose into others internal issues, he would be doing more good towards a peaceful world. Interestingly, most of the world’s major conflicts so far have US’ involvement in it. The Gulf war, Soviet – Afghan conflict, US – Vitenam war are to name a few. If Mr. President really wants to see a better world, he should order immediate pullout of troops from other countries and stop aggravating and cornering its perceived enemies. Only then will we see real peace flourishing across the globe. Now, the question is, has Obama done any of these to deserve a peace prize? Answer is a big NO. As simple as that.

Noble prize till now stood as a token for true appreciation in the face of mankind and its selection norms are considered as being very stringent. However, to the disappointment of many, the current verdict this time around has only tarnished this long reputation that it has. It is clear that they acted in haste without proper validation of facts and also took decission in the heat of attaining political benefits. So, Noble prize is not so ‘Noble’ this time.