Bush, Blair Nominated for Nobel Prize for Iraq War

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=2706011 ^ | Thu May 8, 2003 10:28 AM ET | By Alister Doyle

[hapy]

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian parliamentarian nominated President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, praising them for winning the war in Iraq.

'Sometimes it's necessary to use a small and effective war to prevent a much more dangerous war in the future,' Jan Simonsen, a right-wing independent in Norway's parliament, told Reuters.

'If nobody acted then Saddam Hussein could have produced weapons of mass destruction and, in five or 10 years, could have used them against Israel,' he said.

An award to Bush and Blair would be a U-turn after the Nobel Committee awarded the 2002 prize to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter last October. At the time, the committee chairman called it a kick in the shins to Bush's Iraq policies as Carter had been calling for a diplomatic solution

[hapy]

not a good day to be a liberal

[AmericanAge]

A very nice gesture, but it will never happen, just like the Freeper running for office in San Francisco.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Don't hold your breath.

[Walkingfeather]

Oh to see clintons face if Bush won....

[Chi-townChief]

Now, to keep the ball rolling, Mr. Simonsen should get a Profile in Courage nomination.

[T Lady]

"...Jan Simonsen, a right-wing independent..."

Reuters just HAD to throw that 'right-wing' phrase in there, didn't they?

Anyhow, it's a rather pleasant surprise that this committee would even consider President Bush for such an honor, much less give it to him. We'll all just have to wait and see.

-Regards, T.

[elbucko]

A very nice gesture, but it will never happen,..

Perhaps. Europe needs to mend fences with the US (esp Ger.). The "linkage" of the "prize" to the left leaning Tony Blair, makes it easier to swallow.

If it did happen, gawd, that would be funny.

[chainsaw]

If either Bush or Blair get the prize it will be a protest award against Byrd the KKK grand master

[Hugin]

I give it the proverbial snowball's chance that the Nobel committee would ever award it to Bush and Blair. They will probably give it to Chirac for his "valiant efforts to prevent war in Iraq".

[HEY4QDEMS]

Hollywierd must be having a hissy fit.

[hapy]

nice pic!

[AgThorn]

this would be so cool .. but as someone else already stated .. it's got as much chance as a snowball in hell.

[rintense]

I swear the libs must be collectively having strokes.

[Semper Paratus]

Baghdad Bob as a better chance to get than Bush or Blair.

[Ruth A.]

That they got a nomination has stunned me. The world, for a brief shining moment, is in its correct order.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

A very nice gesture, but it will never happen, just like the Freeper running for office in San Francisco.

Who's that?

[Savage Beast]

Poor Gunnar Berge--just as his leg was beginning to recover from the last kick...

[Savage Beast]

Post 10: I love the expression on Bush's face.

[Consort]

'If nobody acted then Saddam Hussein could have produced weapons of mass destruction and, in five or 10 years, could have used them against Israel'

Pre-emption works.

[Mia T]

Norwegian Braves clinton's Implicit Threat ("If you give my Nobel to Bush, you'll go to hell.")