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NOBEL PEACE PRICE
Friday, October 7, 2005
NOBEL PEACE PRICE
Awarded today to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its head, El-Baradei. Roger has a compelling suggestion. REACTIONS: Charles Johnson: "An an Orwellian move, the idiots in Norway have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the fools at the United Nations, and to one toothless nuclear watchdog in particular: IAEA, ElBaradei win peace prize. This completes the transformation of the Nobel Peace Prize into a politically-motivated sideshow, with no connection whatsoever to reality" Jay Tea: "Charged with enforcing the Non-Proliferation Treaty and shepherding research and development of nuclear power into peaceful paths, they have a stellar record of accomplishments" Unfortunately, that stellar record is of failures. Neil Boortz: "The Nobel Appeasement Price" James Joyner: "In recent years especially, the Nobel committee has awarded the Peace Prize on rather dubious grounds, often to make a political statement rather than to recognize general achievement" And so it goes on. Remember this day when you see some mushroom clouds generated by Iran, North-Korea, Pakistan or whatever polity that managed to escape the watchful eye of IAEA.
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