Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 that was awarded to him.

On Thursday the 10th of December 2009 he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Why Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 was for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between citizens of the world. President Barack Obama's creation of a new climate in international politics closely fulfils the statutes of Alfred Nobel's will which is why the Norwegian Nobel committe nominated him as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on the 9th of October 2009. This is what Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as he announced the winner on the 9th of October 2009.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

On the 10th of December Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in his presentation speech went on to explain why the committe saw it fit to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. You can read the full text of that presentation speech on the following link,
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/presentation-speech.html
I am a peace-lover myself and have always believed that nothing ever justifies violence or for that matter war but after reading the Nobel Peace Prize lecture that President Barrack Obama gave just before being awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize I now understand and am convinced that sometimes it is neccessary to wage war in order to achieve lasting peace but only as a last resort when peaceful negotiatians, sanctions and passive resistance have failed. You can read this Nobel Peace Prize lecture on this link,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34360743/ns/politics-white_house/
These are some of the words in Obama's speech that convinced me to change my rigid anti-war mindset.
1."There will be times when nations - acting individually or in concert - will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified and war is justified only when it meets certain preconditions: if it is waged as a last resort or in self-defense; if the force used is proportional, and if, whenever possible, civilians are spared from violence."
2."As someone who stands here as a direct consequence of Dr. King's life's work, I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there is nothing weak -nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.
But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason."
3."I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war. Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later. That is why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace."
4. "I understand why war is not popular. But I also know this: the belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. That is why NATO continues to be indispensable. That is why we must strengthen UN and regional peacekeeping, and not leave the task to a few countries. That is why we honor those who return home from peacekeeping and training abroad to Oslo and Rome; to Ottawa and Sydney; to Dhaka and Kigali - we honor them not as makers of war, but as wagers of peace."

World history is full of charismatic leaders who were or are great orators but President Barrack Obama surpasses them all, his charisma and ability to give moving speeches that exude his humanitarian nature can not be equaled but that is not why he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009. Why he was awarded the prize is because he not only talks but walks the talk. It is almost a year since he came into power but the many peaceful negotiations he has embarked on in that small space of time in trying to heal the world and make it haven of peace, love and happiness makes him deserve to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009. If I had my own peace, love & happiness unto the whole world award I would award it to him too, for he rightly deserves it.