Too much accolade for one man who has not yet proved himself in anything, except that he has continued many of George Bush's policies/practices, including the support to the fat cat money bags like Goldman Sucks, etc. US is still not out-of-the woods in the unemployment and long-term growth aspects of economic recovery.
In Afghanistan, the US is supporting a corrupt Government which had hijacked the election and committed fraud on the citizens. Obama may very well increase troop levels leading to more deaths in the months to come. He is also supporting Pakistan with money which is being siphoned off by the Armed forces and the citizens of Pakistan are still paying the price of the US connection.
He has not solved the Palestine problem, on the contrary Israel is playing hardball and not stopping settlement. Where is peace in the Middle East ?
He has not come to any terms with Iran yet.
And he has not yet got even talks going on Climate.
He has even postponed meeting Dalai Lama under pressure from the Chinese.
Except that he won the election as President without unleashing a backlash from the Whites in US, there is no achievement yet.
Nobel Committee has degraded the value of this Peace Prize.
They should have put a condition that the Prize would be withdrawn if there is no peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan within a year. That would be a precedent.
Nobel is not noble any more.
Update (11/12/09):
Obama in his speech accepting the Prize at Oslo has told the Nobel Committee that they erred in giving the award to a "Head of State' especially of USA, because he is bound to wage wars.
