Seriously, Obama gets the Nobel in his first year in office? Not only that, the deadline for submitting the award was only two weeks after he was elected.
So what was he getting the award for? And what does this award even mean anymore?
I guess the Nobel prize is more based on "feelings" now, I think Myanmar/North Korea/Iran and others should take note and start talking about
1.Bridging the divide with the west, standing together
2.Mending deep distrust over ideological differences
3.Fly to a big city to do their speech.
Of course these won't really mean anything either, they are just speeches and "feelings". I guess in the 21st century, everything is marketing.