Peace at last

The announcement today that this years Nobel Peace prize has been awarded to President Obama, took many by surprise, including to his credit the man himself.

The announcement was so unexpected that when one US journalist contacted the White House for a quote, they thought that he was joking!

It is a surprising decision in that he hasn't really done anything significant in this first year of office that instantly springs to mind as an action or series of actions after which we all said "well that's the Nobel Peace prize sorted this year". What he has done is take the USA back onto the world stage as a country who are prepared to negotiate again. The BBC correspondent, Mark Mardell, said on the radio this afternoon that  he thought he had got it for "not being George Bush!"

Any way well done Mr President, it's good to see your efforts (???) are being acknowledged.