Michael Moore was right this time, that the President needs to earn the prize. No one wishes more than I that this President, for whose election I and so many others fought so hard, who has already accomplished much good, was already deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. I hope he, or even any US president, will deserve it some day. But today, he just doesn't yet. We're still occupying Iraq. We're escalating in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We're still supporting hawkish, counterproductive parties in Israel. We can't even join the rest of the world in vehemently condemning a military coup in Honduras. Alas, we have a very long way to go before any US president deserves this prize.
The best thing would be for him to respectfully decline the prize. If they award him it again after his presidency is over, lets hope it will be fully justified.
