Oddly enough this morning Obama was named the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. It was given to him due to “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

OSLO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world “hope for a better future” and striving for nuclear disarmament, in a surprise award that drew criticism as well as praise.

The decision to bestow one of the world’s top accolades on a president less than nine months into his first term, who has yet to score a major foreign policy success, provoked gasps of surprise from journalists at the announcement in Oslo.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize to mixed reviews

As reactions pour in it’s apparent this is a controversial decision by the Nobel Prize committee. It can be said that Obama has not done enough to earn such a distinction. Some have called it absurd, others have called it appauling.

With two current wars going on the receipt of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize by this president is strange indeed.