Parece una tomadura de pelo

En fin, ya lo dijimos varias veces por acá. Con el premio a Obama, a meses de asumir como presidente, no hace más que afianzar la idea de que el Nobel de la paz es poco más que una herramienta para fomentar la agenda ideológica de los que lo conceden.

Como dice Gastón, Obama es un muy digno candidato para recibirlo, como lo fueron en su momento Arafat y Al Gore.

Me quedo con este comentario de Andy McCarthy en The Corner:

I'm not all for Americans winning international prizes, especially the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, I'm vigorously against it. The transnational progressives who pass out these accolades believe America is the problem in the world, the main threat to peace, the impediment to "progress," etc. The award is a symbolic statement of opposition to American exceptionalism, American might, American capitalism, American self-determinism, and American pursuit of America's interests in the world. That is why Obama could win it based on only 10 days in office — merely by capturing the White House and the levers of power, he stands to do more for the Left's "knock America off its pedestal" program than any figure in history.

After a number of years, the NFL renamed its Super Bowl trophy after its most fitting recipient — it's now called the Vince Lombardi Trophy. I'd like to see the Nobel Foundation follow suit. If today's headlines said, "Barack Obama Wins Yasser Arafat Prize," that would be perfect.