OSLO – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
It is his efforts and not necessarily the results which are being rewarded.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nobel_peace


Author, are you paying attention here? 


