If the USG had this information, why didn’t Reagan take action against Iran? We know Khobar Towers was blown up by the Iranians, yet Clinton did nothing. The problems we have today with Iran stem from our failure to act ever since our Embassy was taken over in Tehran in 1979.
Yes, I’m of the opinion that you have to forge policies that really screw up the globe for billions, for decades, in order to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
I’m not sure Mugabe’s efforts in Zimbabwe are good enough, because although the consequences of his leadership technically rise to the level of a Peace Prize, they are localized and won’t infect an entire continent like Carter’s and Arafat’s have.
Gore’s efforts are resulting in the possible starvation of billions around the globe, by providing incentives for rich people to burn food in their cars (and jets), raising prices for everyone else, another easy case for a Peace Prize.
I think Rachel Carson should have gotten a Peace Prize (or maybe Literature prize) for penning a screed that resulted in the hysterical ban of DDT, dooming hundreds of millions to die of preventable malaria.