Writing the post below started me thinking about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama in 2009. I've had an insight I'd share with you.
Nobel's rules say the Prize is only given to individuals, not to nations. I believe Obama's prize should be thought of as the Nobel Committee rewarding the American electorate for electing a Black man President.
I speculate Obama got the Peace Prize for who he is, and what his election represents symbolically in the U.S. and to the world. His accomplishments beyond getting elected were in 2009, and remain to this day, severely limited.
