The point that nominations for the award closed within a couple of weeks of Obama becoming president does make the whole thing look political rather than a genuine response to Obama's actions.

I wish Obama well and hope that he has changed approach enough to make a difference however the whole thing is going to look very silly if his presidency contributes to an escalation of conflict.

Time will tell if Obama can get strategy right to reduce conflict, the award should have waited until there were real runs on the board.

R0bert

we must never forget...under the nobble prize...lies a buisness selling explosions...every bang..is money in the bank

usa is good for busness...those bombers..need to get explosives...and every sale...is good for busness...

without the war/terror based income contributing...there would be no..nobble price/prize..[the 30 pieces of silver...10/12 million obama got...was blood money

http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=4749

but there is more
http://republicbroadcasting.org/?cmd=archives

http://whatreallyhappened.com/

business needs a cash cow...the biggest reason obama got the win...is his support of the carbon tax...

that tax goes direct to big busness...helps subsidise the business...of doing bu-sin-ess...will pay for the next growth spurt[will pay for the restucture..

via consumer tax/subsidy...of the industrial machine controlers/..bankers/multinationals coorporations/lawyers...licenced to steal tax ....direct from our purse

but in the main...the sheeple...unthinking faithfull..you lot couldnt care less...and im pretty much in the same place

we get the leaders..[others can control..thus geat as/what we deserve/..earned..yearned

Ludwig

<< Nominations closed twelve days into Obama's presidency, which can only mean that he is being rewarded for actions that happened after the close of nominations! >>

Perhaps he’s being rewarded for his uplifting and unifying campaigning and his decisive election victory, both of which have united and galvanized the world into believing for the first time in many years that a more peaceful world is indeed possible.

Mike Moore seems to think so.

<< Many, for the past couple days (yes, myself included), have grumbled, "What has he done to earn this prize?" How 'bout this:

The simple fact that he was elected was reason enough for him to be the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Because on that day the murderous actions of the Bush/Cheney years were totally and thoroughly rebuked. One man -- a man who opposed the War in Iraq from the beginning -- offered to end the insanity. The world has stood by in utter horror for the past eight years as they watched the descendants of Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson light the fuse of our own self-destruction. We flipped off the nations on this planet by abandoning Kyoto and then proceeded to melt eight more years worth of the polar ice caps. We invaded two nations that didn't attack us, failed to find the real terrorists and, in effect, ignited our own wave of terror. People all over the world wondered if we had gone mad.

And if all that wasn't enough, the outgoing Joker presided over the worst global financial collapse since the Great Depression. >>

(TBC)

Ludwig (continued)

<< So, yeah, at precisely 11:00pm ET on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. And the 66 million people who voted for him won it, too. By the time he took the stage at midnight ET in the Grant Park Historic Hippie Battlefield in downtown Chicago, billions of people around the globe were already breathing a huge sigh of relief. It was as if, in that instant, one man did bring the promise of peace to the world -- and most were ready to go wherever he wanted to go to achieve that end. Never before had the election of one man made every other nation feel like they had won, too. When you've got billions of people ready, willing and able to join a cause like this, well, a prize in Oslo is the least that you deserve. >>

Short answer No!

Medium answer he should dedicate it to the unsung heroes who work tirelessly for peace and give the money to help to the unsung heroes efforts.

Alternative answer give the money to me And I'll spend it wisely ....trust me ;-D.

Dear Bronwyn,

You've said it so beautifully. It brought
tears to my eyes, and joy to my heart.

I wish that I could have done it so eloquently.

Thank You from the bottom of my heart!