Are you guys just jealous because Bush didn't win one? Or his Dad?
or Reagan? or Nixon? or.....I suppose it will become an honour again when Republicans buy themselves a Nobel Prize.
The Nobel Prize for Diplomacy, or whatever catagory this falls under, was devalued the day that Yasser Arafat recieved it and nothing that has transpired since has changed that.
This is not a swipe at Obama, it is indicative of what the prize has become.
Yassar Arafat was responsible for thousands upon thousands of murders and after he recieved the prize he refused to agree with a peace treaty because of politics, proving that the effort was a farce.
Jimmy Carter was given his prize as a swipe at GW Bush, and nothing more.
Al Gore? Nothing more need be said.
Kofi Anon was linked to a bribary investigation during the Iraq run up. I believe his nephew (son?) was indicted on taking bribes from Iraq circumventing the embargo that was applied to Iraqi oil by the UN.
Look, I am really happy for him. It is the only foreign poicy success his administration has had and it will foster good will for the US throughout the world. As an accomplishment, I am skeptical, but overall it is a good thing and he deserves congrats!
