absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize

From the TimesOnline, Michael Binyon wrote a scolding commentary, entitled absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize, in regard to the Norwegian committee's inability to "seperate hopes from achievement." Here's a gem from the article:

The spectacle of Mr Obama mounting the podium in Oslo to accept a prize that once went to Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi and Mother Theresa would be all the more absurd if it follows a White House decision to send up to 40,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. However just such a war may be deemed in Western eyes, Muslims would not be the only group to complain that peace is hardly compatible with an escalation in hostilities.

And, as I previously compared this absurdity to the absurdity of Henry Kissinger winning the prize, so does Mr. Binyon:

Mr Obama’s prize is more likely, however, to be compared with the most contentious prize of all: the 1973 prize to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho for their negotiations to end the Vietnam war. Dr Kissinger was branded a warmonger for his support for the bombing campaign in Cambodia; and the Vietnamese negotiator was subsequently seen as a liar whose government never intended to honour a peace deal but was waiting for the moment to attack South Vietnam.