Yes, this years Nobel for Peace has gone for Obama. But why him??? What substantial work has he done for the peace of world??? This step calls into question the yardstick applied by the Nobel Prize Committee.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obama-wins-Nobel-Peace-Prize/articleshow/5105622.cms

OSLA: US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his calls to reduce the world's stockpile of nuclear weapons and working
for world peace.

The first African-American to hold the country's highest office, Obama has called for disarmament and worked to restart the stalled Middle East peace process since taking office in January.

Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize less than a year after he took office with the jury hailing his "extraordinary" diplomatic efforts on the international stage.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee hailed the US president for ``his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.''

The prize worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million) will be handed over in Oslo on December 10.

Anyone reading/hearing this news is asking just one question.. Why he I seriously wonder what kind of peace has he established in the world.. There was no war nothing... Or did it all happen under covers

This is too premature award.You don't hand over the most prestigious peace prize just for promises.Is it the triumph of celebrity and oratory over reality?

Why him?

Nobel prizes are supposed to go to people who prove the mettle and not people may end up doing so. Winner is selected for proven record not for who is going to prove (no one knows whether a person can be proven in future).

Imagine a science nobel prize for a scientist who wants to achieve/discover something but practically hasn't achieved/discovered it yet.

Obama himself has stated that he will accept the award as "Call to Action" which means he has not acted yet. The one thing that bothers is that the nomination being made just few days after he took office as pointed by Anitha. The nominations for this year's peace prize closed ten days after he was sworn in. What the committee found worthy in ten days of office to award this prize remains a question.

While Obama may prove himself a worthy recipient (at least he has been making the right noises so far), he does not have enough actions, contributions or results to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. And that is the basis of this Prize.

This is like giving someone an 'A' in an exam because it looks like they studied/prepared well and they said so too that they will do well, but before they took the exam. One has to wait and see how the person performed in the exam before you give the marks!!!

He won Nobel Peace Prize. He is only few months old President. He won ..ok but for what ?? What has President Obama actually accomplished ?

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009
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Incumbent Presidents have quite frequently been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were Laureates while in office, as for instance, were Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev of the USSR and Kim Dae-jung of South Korea. There have also been current Prime Ministers (Yitzhak Rabin of Israel) and Chancellors (Willy Brandt of the Federal Republic of Germany), but never before has anyone been made a Peace Laureate so early into their term of office. Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a little under 10 months after he took up residence in the White House. Nominations for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize closed just 11 days after he took office.
Barack Obama is the fourth US President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the last being Jimmy Carter in 2002. In selecting him, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which consists of five people appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, or Storting, appear to be endorsing Obama's appeal for greater multilateral cooperation aimed at tackling the thorniest global problems; conflict, nuclear weapons, climate change. They highlight his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy, and the new climate of dialogue and negotiation that Obama is promoting. Emphasis is also placed on renewed US commitment to international organizations, in particular the United Nations.
The section of Alfred Nobel's will detailing the creation of the Peace Prize states that it should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." In answer to questions during the announcement press conference about how early in Obama's Presidency the award was being made, Thorbjørn Jagland replied that the Committee wanted to demonstrate its support for the approaches he is taking towards global problems.

Pres. Obama said that he is surprised and humbled by the award.
I feel its been given too prematurely. Its like bestowing a Ph.D.
to a high school student.