Nobel Winner Criticizes US Invasion of Iraq, Prison Abuse

Dow Jones | 5/10/05 | AP Staff

[hgro]

If this lady was a true advocate of freedom for her people she wouldn't be working for the government she despises would she. Winning a Nobel prize loses whatever value it might have when recipients spout this kind of garbage.

[RightWhale]

ANyone who would accept a nobel prize is not anyone we need to be listening to

One's thesis can lead one to counterintuitive conclusions.

[Pearls Before Swine]

She wants freedom and democracy for Iranians, not Iraqis.

After the bitter memories of the Iran/Iraq war, who can blame her?

[The Scourge of Yazid]

The Nobel Prize lost whatever luster it had when it was awarded to Henry "realpolitick" Kissinger for his work in "ending" the Vietnam War. Giving it to Yasser Arafat was merely the icing on the cake. I'm expectantly waiting for the Nobel Prize Committee's next choice for peacemaker of the year: Musab al-Zarqawi.

[man of Yosemite]

It was Sadr, a man who entered Iraq after the war from Iran, who has caused the most trouble there. Let the people decide as long as militants from Iran and Syria come in to encourage the people to vote for them at the point of a gun.

[gipper81]

As long as this "Prize Winner" doesn't have an absentee ballot for Florida, who gives a rat's ass?

[Tempest]

I wonder where this clown was when Iraqi soldiers were abusing Kuwaiti prisoners.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Even though it was Hussein who putatively 'started' the war by crossing into disputed territory, Iran was nearly as culpable as a result of Khomeini's reckless actions.

Remember that it was during the Iran-Iraq war that his government sponsored terrorism throughout the globe:providing funds, military training and religious guidance for Hezbollah, Amal and other Shiite militias waging war in Lebanon.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

It appears one doesn't need to have a mind steeped in logic to win a Nobel Prize these days.

[Unicorn]

Yeah well up yours too.

[CasearianDaoist]

Today was the watershed. It will begone in a week. Did you see the USA Today Gallop poll? Some of Bush's numbers went up! Had to laugh. It will head out to sea soon.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Even though it was Hussein who putatively 'started' the war by crossing into disputed territory, Iran was nearly as culpable

I don't disagree. I'm firmly of the "plague on both your houses" camp with respect to Iraq, past and present, and the Iran of the mullahs. I was just trying to think like a Nobel prize winner who might have hometown bias.

[lepton]

I wonder if she's aware of the conditions of the 1991 cease-fire.

I wonder if she cares about the savagery and carnage Iraq would be filled with if there was no structure to handle grievances when we up and left? Even most Iraqis don't want us to leave immediately - eventually, yes, but not immediately.