This looks a little political. They should have at least waited till he failed to fix the Palestine-Israel situation before they gave it to him.

"Not being as aggressive as George W Bush" is not the standard by which the Nobel should be awarded, although to be fair it's an understandable sentiment from the Nobel people.

Plus he's an American President. The Nobel committee now have to hope he can go potentially seven plus years without invading somebody, an almost impossible-to-imagine scenario.