Obama and the Nobel prize

The Obama and Nobel prize scene just does not leave me. I am compelled to read the numerous articles on this topic which I find quite interesting.

It is interesting because,

• Most of the comments on twitter and other sites/blogs(including me) say that he did not deserve it yet.
• He would have been in office barely for 3 weeks when the nomination deadline would have closed. So how did he get into the list of nominees anyway? He could not have done any peace work by then!

It gets more interesting because,

• the world leaders who are opposed to the US of A have applauded the award.
• Americans(basically who did not vote for him and his political opponents) are voicing their opinion against it as if it were his fault that he got awarded.

This article gives a view of the committee members view on why they chose Obama for the peace price - Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize

"Alfred Nobel wrote that the prize should go to the person who has contributed most to the development of peace in the previous year," Jagland said.
"Who has done more for that than Barack Obama?"

And what does Obama do with the Nobel Peace prize money? Obama to donate Nobel prize money to charity - An excellent idea indeed.