[NormsRevenge]

IAEA AND MOHAMMED EL BARADAI WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE (Just in) ^

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498225/posts

[NormsRevenge]

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei delivers a press statement prior to the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board of governors meeting, on Feb. 28, 2005, at Vienna's International Center. The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, have won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 7, 2005.(AP Photo/Rudi Blaha)

[technomage]

Absolute proof that libs (like the Nobel panel) look only for intentions and not results!

They are mentally deranged.

[RightWhale]

Isn't the Nobel prize usually awarded for results?

[.cnI redruM]

You have to be joking. Would this guy notice it if his seeing eye dog piddled on his leg?

[TitansAFC]

---"IAEA AND MOHAMMED EL BARADAI WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE"---


Bwah ha hah hah hah...! That was a good one. But seriously, this belongs in the humor section, or possibly vanity.

I mean, it is clearly a damned joke.

[penelopesire]

Good grief! Under this guys 'watch', PAKISTAN, IRAN and NORTH KOREA have all built bombs! Unbelievable!

[frankjr]

"People will remember El Baradei from last October, when the WaPo suggested he might be trying to influence the US election. (OK, we had been screaming that as well, and let's note the denial.)

Needless to say, for the Nobel Committe that was not a bug, it was a feature."

from:
http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2005/10/el_baradei_wins.html

[ASOC]

Once again, proof that the Nobel Peace "Prize" is worth less than zero.

Tho I suppose they could take credit for no nuclear wars on their watch. /S

I would guess that any notice (from obscure agency to megastar today) is likely a reflection of the USofA/Western Powers trying to get them off their collective dead asses to do something, anything, to get a handle on proliferation.

Or not.

[thoughtomator]

So to win the "peace" prize, you have to:

a) assist a brutal, tyrannical regime in acquiring nuclear weaponry; or

b) play a crucial role in legitimizing a terrorist leader?


Just trying to figure out what the criteria are...

[steel_resolve]

I see this as having less to do with him and his performance than a thumb in the US eye and a thumb in the eye of using the military instead of endessly talking these rogue states off the nuclear ledge. I swear that if Europe is attacked like in WW2, I will not lift one damn finger to help them. They can reap the whirlwind as far as I am concerned.

[newcthem]

Rates right up there with boybugger Araft and PresidentJimmy

[RightWhale]

And another thing, how can they give a Nobel Prize to an agency. And another thing, how can they give the Nobel Prize to an agency that is supposed to be doing its job?

[miloklancy]

I guess we should expect this, being that Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter are former recipients. But it is a joke. The IAEA has failed miserably at taking Iran to task on their nuclear program. Anymore the noble peace prize is also just that, a joke.

[silverleaf]

Dear Mohammed,
Keep up the fair work.
signed,
Nobel Peace Prize Committee

snicker

[Deetes]

Crazy... But Bono could have won....

[etlib]

Here is how the NY Times News Service began its article on the prize:

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded yesterday to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, whom the Bush administration tried but failed to remove from his job just months ago.

The award was a vindication of a man and an agency who have long sparred with President Bush and his administration over how to confront Iraq and Iran. The prize could strengthen the agency's position as conflicts loom over preventing Iran from obtaining fuel it could turn into nuclear weapons and disarming North Korea.