Quote from: Clockd 0NeEven as a political token awarding him the prize for his motivations, movements and plans thus far towards democratically bringing themselves out of isolation and more nations towards peace can only be a good move.

Well yes - it may well achieve some good, and Obama may well do a much better job than Bush at achieving some stability in the world however that isnt necessarily how awards like this should work.

Tis like Spielberg announcing he is going to make his best movie ever and then getting awarded an Oscar for it before hes even finished filming it. Yeah he probably will make an awesome movie, yeah he might well win an Oscar for it, but lets wait until hes finished and then decide.....

As that video skidzilla posted showed though, historically thats not how the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded previously either.

If someone works all their life towards peace between their nation and another, then someone steps in at the last minute and gets the glory for it through a new motion or something, does that then give them a better stake on the award?