Michael Moore wants Obama to return the Nobel Peace Price. Do you agree? Why or why not?

[Andy F]

I'm a leftist who mostly agrees with Michael Moore, but I disagree on this one.
Instead of returning the Peace Prize, why doesn't Obama earn it?

If that's possible for any US president, of course.

It looks to me as if every American president needs to start "little wars" with at least 2 Third World countries to count as "patriotic" with the raw-meat Republicans in Washington. Besides, it's usually good for American business.

Especially Democratic presidents need to do this, to show they're "macho" enough to counter GOP accusations of being soft on communism, etc.

Kennedy -- launched or supported attacks on Vietnam, Cuba, Laos.

Johnson -- escalated war Vietnam, invaded Dominican Republic to stop revolution in 1965.

Carter -- quietly launched US support for Islamist radicals in Afghanistan, ordered failed military action in Iran to rescue US hostages

Clinton -- continued Bush adventure in Somalia, before "Blackhawk Down" disaster
bombed Yugoslavia over Kosovo independence
bombed Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998
hundreds of US bombing runs over Iraq, accused by some observers of having
indirectly caused deaths of 500,000 Iraq children, due to US destruction of
Iraqi medical infrastructure
committed US to "regime change" in Iraq
committed US troops to "Plan Columbia" as part of drug war
Used US Marines to reinstall Aristide in Haiti

Obama - has escalated US war in Afghanistan
has initiated and/or escalated unmanned bombing runs in NW Pakistan
has launched US / UN assault against Libya
seems to have committed US to "regime change" in Libya