My Thoughts on Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize is usually given for work done in previous years. Nominations for this year’s award were due on February 3rd, just two weeks after he was inaugurated. The only thing Obama did in 2008 was run the best presidential campaign in history. An impressive feat for sure but I'm not sure what it had to do with peace throughout the world. 

Will he improve foreign relations around the world? Maybe. Will he decrease the number of nuclear weapons in the world? Maybe. Will he somehow bring the war in Iraq & Afghanistan to an end? Maybe. BUT, he hasn't done any of those things yet. 

Based on the mere fact that he had to be nominated by February 3rd I would argue that is nomination has more to do with politics than anything else. He may deserve the award one day but I don't think he does right now.