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Some of you speak in such absolutes without looking at the larger picture. The prize isn't given necessarily for achievements done, but for moving in a better direction.

I think Americans should be proud their president has earned this award, but maybe that is just me.

First of all, the prize is not chosen in February. Nominations for winners close in February, and after that there are many months of eliminating (there were 205 nominees this time) before a decision is made.

Also to say that Ghandi never got the Nobel Peace Prize, and therefore it is meaningless is silly. The year Ghandi was nominated he died, and the committee therefore decided there was no other worthy winner, and gave it to no one that year.

Although we may not see it domestically, Obama has very much changed the image of America in the world.

To those who say Obama has done "nothing" he has launched a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons in the world. He has reached out to Islam, making it clear that terrorists do not equal Muslims. He made a powerful stand with allies in the U.N. meeting recently against nuclear proliferation in Iran and N. Korea, and got the UN Security Council to pass a resolution to get nuclear states to eliminate weapons.

The Prize committee said he was not awarded just for his achievements but his vision and inspiring hope. Maybe that doesn't seem substantive to you, but if you are a Obama hater nothing will.