Did Barack Obama deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

President Barack Obama will accept this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, tackling head-on the paradox in his receiving the accolade just 10 days after committing an additional 30,000 US troops to the war in Afghanistan.

The presentation in Oslo City Hall will be seized by the President as an opportunity to articulate, if he is able, how pressing forward with two wars is compatible with his wider vision of breaking down walls with dialogue and co-operation.

Debate on this issue is now closed.