Posted on 02/04/2002 11:27:24 PM PST by kattracks
One has ordered his forces into battle more times than any other postwar British leader. The other threatens military action against "evil" nations and keeps a scorecard of dead al-Qaida leaders, marking each fatality with an X. Now, Tony Blair and George Bush have received international recognition for their unswerving willingness to use force: a nomination for the 2002 Nobel peace prize. The prime minister and US president have been jointly nominated for the accolade by a rightwing Norwegian politician who believes their military campaign against terrorism meets Alfred Nobel's criteria that the winner "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". Harald Tom Nesvik, who represents the Party of Progress in the Norwegian parliament, said yesterday: "The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to use force to secure peace." Mr Nesvik has nomination rights as a member of a national legislature. The committee keeps the names of nominees secret for 50 years, but those making nominations often make their choice public. The full list of nominees will not be completed until later this month. There are signs that Mr Blair and Mr Bush are up against tough competition to secure the $940,000 (£670,000) prize money and see their names added to an elite list which includes Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela. Other unconfirmed September 11-related nominations are believed to include Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, and Guy Tozzoli, an engineer who helped design the World Trade Centre. The winner will be announced in October. Mr Blair's nomination appears to have brought little cheer to Downing Street. Last night a No 10 spokeswoman said: "I think it would be a matter for the committee to consider any nomination. I don't think it would be a matter we would comment on."
My sentiments exactly on that fateful day, no one could have said it better.
This prize normally goes to the leftwing politician who does the most to posture about "peace." Different thing.
But still it's worth it just for the foaming from the looney left.
Think the Hildebeast will go and roll her eyes if Bush wins?
Clearly, we didn't make love or PEACE to the terrorists in Afghanistan. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, we gave them... hmmm... 'war'.
But, remember, people, WAR IS PEACE.
Given the above and their numerous other merits, I propose that Bush/Blair are also nominated for Miss Teenage U.S.A., the best/worst dressed men, at the top of Schindler's list and Dogs of the Year.
What the....for the Nobel peace prize? Did I wake up in rehab again?
Amazing, considering the source. But not hillarious.
Study history a bit. You'll learn an apparently obscure guy named Winston Churchill did much more for peace than Neville Chamberlin.
You may even learn a lesson Europeans, liberals, and "blue dog democrats" (demidogs?) have failed to learn: Appeasement never works.
I doubt it, since Clinton was lobbying for the Peace Prize in the year 2000...this is 2002.
I hope Clinton is STILL choking on crow over this.
<BIG, EEEVEEL GRIN> Imagine how the Clinton left would react if President Bush DOES get the prize! </BIG, EEEVEEL GRIN>
I'm loving the scorecard bit. A nice personal "man to man" spin on the misting of Muslims by the thousands.
Would all of you who keep making this statement have preferred that President Bush lobbed a few cruise missiles into an empty aspirin factory and called it a day? Perhaps he should have gone the "appeasement for peace" route?
None of you who are saying this can truly understand the nature of the foe we are trying to deal with, if you really believe that swift reprisal for the atrocities of September 11 disqualifies President Bush from winning a Nobel Prize for Peace.
Clinton's attempt at the Peace Prize: appeasement of Palestinians in the Mideast lead to a highly successful reign of terror, by individuals calling themselves "freedom fighters", for the past year and a half, with no end whatsoever in sight. Sure, appeasement worked MUCH better.
...and, let's not forget, Yassir Arafat.
Did this guy have a problem when peaceful old Yassir got the prize? I don't know, but I doubt it.
That should be "misting Muslim TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO KILL ALL NON MUSLIMS, IN ORDER TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD by the tousands. I don't have a problem with that. Months ago, Usama called for the death of any moderate Muslim who aided the evil west in it's war on terror. I hope we "mist" many more terrorists.
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