President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - What for?

Hopeless Romantic

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Fri Oct-09-09 10:57 AM
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President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - What for?

Don't get me wrong, I'm supportive of Obama and am glad that he is in the Whitehouse but

What's he really done, so far, for world peace?

Is it really warranted?

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Hopeless Romantic

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Fri Oct-09-09 11:01 AM
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1. Interesting, even the man himself seems a bit baffled

US President Barack Obama has said he was "surprised and deeply humbled" to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, less than 10 months into his presidency.

Speaking at the White House hours after the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee named him as a surprise winner, he said the award should be a "call to action".

The world faced challenges that "cannot be met by one person or by one nation alone," Mr Obama said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8299824.stm

"A call to action" ???

Isn't the prize supposed to be for action already done?

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