Aaron David Miller
Special to CNN
O, the cruel and unforgiving world in which we live.
Almost a year into his presidency, Barack Obama, a newly minted Nobel laureate - only the third sitting U.S. president to receive the prize - finds himself bumping up against the harsh realities of international conflict and diplomacy.
The awarding of the Nobel, which the president didn't seek, reflects a real gap between expectations and delivery - a gap widened considerably by the president himself.
Even a sympathetic observer might conclude that a good bit of the president's foreign policies, particularly in the Middle East, reflects the triumph of hope over experience and rhetoric over reality.
Whatever else the president takes away from his first year, it's critical that America's foreign policy reflect the world the way it is, not just the way the president wants it to be.
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First I would like to make clear that I don't have any animosity against our President, considering that we don't control the politics in this country.
But giving Mr. Obama the Nobel prize is kind of unjustifiable for someone so new into the Global political scene. You can't compare Obama a prize winner to Gandhi a peace fighter who never got the prize.
Don't take me wrong it's possible that by the end of his first term Mr. Obama may deserve the prize but today is too soon. You shouldn't get the PEACE prize when you are mobilizing troops to assure the stability of ONE nation. The Nobel prize was meant with another purpose and it's sad to see that even the Nobel price is being used in a political way...