I guess it's all a matter of perspective

The vapid silliness of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an American president whom nobody pretends has done anything to deserve it is underscored by the demoralization it has caused among human rights activists in China. The possibility that one of their number might have received the prize had been much discussed, and the gesture might have achieved some positive good in a nation governed by the most murderous regime in recorded human history.

It made Fidel Castro happy, though.

Meanwhile, Peggy Noonan- with her usual blend of eloquence and insight- calls the award "wicked and ignorant," while British columnist Minette Martin says that Obama should have declined it.

HT: Drudge and Real Clear Politics