When Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, I could only shake my head and ask incredulously how hysterically hyping global warming had even the remotest relationship to fostering world peace. If he had been given the prize for science, I could have challenged his credentials or qualifications or research or findings (if there were some.) But as a Peace Prize, I could only note that it seemed that there was absolutely no anchor to anything for the recognition.
I looked back and recalled when two terrorist bombers shared the prize. They had fought on opposite sides, but both had been true terrorists, planting bombs and killing innocents in their respective causes. They had matured into political leaders and by coming together under the auspices of Jimmy Carter, the stage was set for Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to share the prize. Strange bed-fellows indeed.
Nobel Peace recognition for Yasser Arafat put it in a whole new league. But now we've got the prize awarded for potential rather than any achievement at all. With nominations submitted a mere eleven days into his Presidency, the deliberations of the Nobel committee seem to have overlooked the disasterous intervening eight months.
Read here what the Brits say and be sure to watch the video:
An Absurd Decision
I suppose Neville Chamberlain would have been a shoo-in. Quizling might have been a perfect choice as well, but they probably feared accusations of home-town favoritism.
This increasingly is life as farce.
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