Thorbjorn Jagland chairman of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee told reporters:

"We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in
the future but for what he (Obama) has done in the
previous year. We would hope this will enhance what he
is trying to do."

Peace is an ongoing process. Few would argue that Martin
Luther King or the Dalai Lama did not deserve
the Nobel Peace Prize simply because permanent peace was
not accomplished.

The prize is given because of efforts
not achievements. War and peace, are not either/or
alternatives, for the various actions or inactions of the
superpowers tend to move the world one way or another
along the continuum between military holocaust and peaceful
harmony. Therefore steps designed to enhance the prospects
for peace rather than war are matters of practical reality,
not impractical ideals.

Omama encourages peaceful solutions. He seeks reductions
in nuclear arsenals and wants to restart talks between Israel
and Palestine. As the Nobel Committee said:

"His extraordinary efforts to strengthen international
diplomacy and co-operation between peoples..." is the reason
they gave him the award.

Unless we are willing to give up
the possibility of gaining further advantages over each
other in military technology, and unless we begin to trust
one another sufficiently to enter into any agreements at all,
unless we talk to each other, we risk the murder of hundreds
of millions of people, and the jeopardizing of our very
species.

A leader who reaches out to the world and asks for
co-operation - surely deserves recognition for his efforts?

Well pointed out Foxy. Some food for thought.

i suppose with the premption doctrine...maybe its for what he is expected to do...not what he has done...noting that nominations for the nobble prize...closed 11 days after he took office...lol

the media builds people up[or cuts them up...ever notice its all villans and heroes...and sport?...recall mr no-bell..made his wealth from his patent on dynomight...[ewho rules the biggest warmongering state...of all time...

who derives its income from the busness/export of war....making ever more wars...on other peoples lands...not only having the highest prison population...ANYWHERE...but..has special extra prisons..on many foreign shores...

does he deserve the gold from the inventer of dino-mite...[10 million]..of course..thats what 30 pieces of silver is worth now-a-days...heard of the faulse prince of peace...beore the real one returns...its all media dtiven spin..jesus left to build his fathers hous...was offered/...AND REFUSED...these realms...who's realm is this

of course glory hounds love the glory via gory enactments...you know clinton..worked for busche seniour..you know that obama interned for kissenger..you know israel runs the usa clay goyam...simply insert notes..into the senete...carfully vetted by the jewish defence league...

the powers have activly/selectivly been/subverted away from the us people in 1913...the..nobble pieces prize..means they just paid you in glory...to allow the continuance of the gore/gory/glory..well done obama..seems no one watches..the obama deception...lol..that name change really did it for you..eh

oh and congrats by the way...they didnt want to wake you...lol..and with this open bribe...gently let you go back to sleep...just like all the other whiners..ooops winners..

go to sleep...lol..till they tell the goyam to bomb bomb iran...peace prize my buttt...we shall see..dont think god isnt watching..peace prize allows more pieces...get USA..to blow up things...its blood money bro...get it?

from car bombs...to pennytraitor cruise missiles...your the pres..of their biggest cuss-T-hummer

"We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future but for what he (Obama) has done in the previous year."

Foxy, I think that this comment from Thorbjorn Jagland says it all. Obama gets the prize for what he has done in one year.....which has resulted in how much of an improvement in world peace??

Given that Obama has got a long way to go, I think that his Nobel Prize is grossly premature.....and that surely there are many people who have been battling away for decades that are more deserving.

'Does the US President Barack Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?'

No. Not at this stage.

Foxy,Obama was the one who extended the War into Pakistan.Not even Bush wanted to go there.Now he wants to pick a fight with Iran.Bush back in Aug 07 was jumping and down,making serious threats towards
Iran.Nothing has changed in Iran's nuclear status,yet now they are trying to push Iran into a corner,so it will fight back and they have another excuse to invade another country.

The really big worry is that now the US wants to use nuclear tactical weapons.They have already used depleted Uranium ammunition in Iraq which has also destroyed the health of their own soldiers.

The US in my view is out of control and Obama is just doing the biding of his puppet masters.After 911 when Bush brought on the Patriot Act and new Presidental Executive powers,this marked the end of any sort of Democracy in the US.Obama at the slightest excuse can suspend the Constitution and negate all Congressional powers.

These are really dangerous times.Germany went to war after difficult economic times and the US with all it's woes at home will be seroiusly tempted to unite the country via war.They want it all both the oil in the Persian Gulf and the new fields above Afghanistan.

The Nobel Peace Prize has a history of being
awarded to people for their efforts, rather
then their actual achievements. For example, West
German Chancellor Willy Brant was awarded the
prize in 1971 for his "Ostpolitik," and Gorbachev
was awarded the prize in 1990 - before the end of
the cold war.

There is no denying the fact that there are undoubtedly
very deserving people and organisations who work for
peace on a daily basis. However, the US President has
a larger world stage - and his position provides an
influential forum for world opinion, and while his
position may not always prevent war - it surely helps
influence the course of action that other superpowers
make.