If Obama had any integrity and felt that a Noble Prize had an important meaning he would refuse to accept the award. At his press conference he should announce that merit is important and that until he has accomplished something deserving of the award he won’t accept it.
If baraq had any integrity, he wouldn’t be in the White House.
The last sitting President to receive the Noble Prize was Wilson. Wilson earned the prize based on hope not actual his actions or achievements. Wilson sent American troops into half a dozen Latin American countries, not exactly a demonstration of peace. He had our Navy shell Veracruz and then take control of the city. He sent General Pershing across the border in pursuit of Pancho Villa. President Wilson felt entitled to choose who should rule Mexico and all other countries in Latin America. “Yankee Go Home” was Latin America’s response to Wilson’s arrogance and that was the begining of their anti-Americanism.
Wilson sent men and arms against Russia because the Bolsheviks refused to keep fighting WWI. His encouragement of ethnic self determination led directly to the Greeks invasion of what today is Turkey and the Armenian Genocide. In allowing the French to set terms for the treaty of Versailles Wilson laid the foundation for WWII.
The League of Nations was a complete failure but at the time it created hope for a better future. Hope over substance is what Wilson and Obama have in common.