[Alas Babylon!]

If you read the Nobel Committee's press release, you'll see that he's been awarded because he's not George Bush. This award was given as a backhanded insult to George Bush.

BDS gone global.

Laughable, as the world is moving on, and Bush is happily in retirement.

[nathanbedford]

Breitbart has reported that more of the committee's rationalization for awarding Obama on the prize:

"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."

The committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.

"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play," the committee said. (emphasis supplied) (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9B7G3MO0&show_article=1)