[srmom]

The difference is that a foreign country is "in charge of" this award. I certainly do question things...when the US is "in charge of" it. I'm not arrogant enough to tell folks in a foreign country what they should or should not do. That attitude is why other countries have so much hatred towards the US anyway. Instead I leave my questioning for things that occur HERE.

Hey, if you take a perusal of many of the foriegn countries editorials about the Obama Peace Prize, you'll see that they are puzzled by it as well. There are some downright critical ones coming out of Australia. Guess they must be arrogant too (or maybe just racist).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...12/2711565.htm

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has taken aim at the Nobel Peace Prize committee over its decision to award the latest prize to US President Barack Obama.

Mr Downer described the decision 'a farce' and said Mr Obama should have refused to accept the prize.

"He has been in office for less than nine months when it is announced that he has won the prize, so they would have made the decision a few weeks ago I suppose. It does make the whole system a bit of a farce," he said.

Mr Downer says it is a pity Mr Obama did not refuse the award.

He says the prize is overtly political and the committee is not equipped to choose the right winner.

"There are people out there like Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean leader, who have been struggling for years and years for human rights and for a fair deal for their people who have been ignored," he said.

"While somebody who is, admittedly a very great global celebrity who has just come to office, gets the Nobel Peace prize.

"So it is clearly a completely political decision. Not a decision based on merit.

"Frankly to be nominated after he has been in office for 11 days and to win the prize after he has been in office for less than nine months, I think it discredits the whole system."

AND:

The award has confounded some international observers who say it is premature, given that the President has been in office for just nine months and has achieved little on a range of foreign policy fronts.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, also a Nobel Laureate, said it was too early to award Mr Obama with a peace prize saying he had made no contribution so far.

The Taliban in Afghanistan condemned the decision, saying he had escalated the conflict there and contributed to the deaths of countless civilians.

The editor of French newspaper liberation, Fabrice Rousselot, said the announcement had come as a surprise.

"I think what I would say is basically, has President Obama deserved it so far - the answer is no," he said.

"He hasn't achieved anything, you know, in terms of foreign policy and in other terms. I mean, he's involved in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How dare they question a committee of 5 men from Norway! SHAME!!!