Luna Speaks Her Mind: Letter to Editor

I am delighted that President Obama has been honored with the Nobel Peace Prize he so fully deserves. His return to diplomacy and negotiation as viable tools in a troubled world is sufficient for this award. Not for many years has this country engaged openly (nor perhaps even secretly) in partnership with the world community.

Obama’s presidency is too often evaluated by looking at what hasn’t happened. His first year was one of undoing, tackling economic problems and wars he did not create, reevaluation--with wise advisors and with regard for his critics--our foreign and domestic policies and turning them toward peace and prosperity.

Wars and economic crises are not built in a day nor has any leader in history resolved them in so short a time. Obama has moved on every front to calm crises and introduce reform. Yet we expect wars to end, Wall Street to behave, and instant prosperity—in just over a year!

Let’s judge less on expectation, look freshly at Obama’s international stature and how he is altering world opinion about America. He has taken many first steps. Let’s give this honored, honorable man a chance to complete his work before we judge it.