| Background:The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was | | | | results.What about the US military? Have they ever |
| awarded to the IAEA. Don't know who they are? | | | | been honored? Let's review what they have done.1. |
| They are the International Atomic Energy Agency. | | | | They almost single-handily defeated the empire of |
| What did they accomplish? I don't know. Did they | | | | Japan in WW II while simultaneously helping the |
| prevent the proliferation of atomic weapons in North | | | | Soviet Union defeat Nazi Germany. |
| Korea or Iraq? No. But they meant to and that is | | | | 2. Their presence in Europe after the war maintained |
| usually good enough for the Nobel Committee. These | | | | peace in Europe for 45 years. Has Europe ever seen |
| Norwegians (the Peace Center is in Oslo, Norway, not | | | | 45 years of peace? |
| Stockholm Sweden) are idealists, intentions go a long | | | | 3. They were the bulwark of NATO forces that |
| way with them.Let's review some of their other | | | | protected Europe (that includes Norway) from Soviet |
| stunning awardees.2004- Wangari Muta Maathai. | | | | invasion for 45 years. |
| Already forget who she was? That was just last | | | | 4. They have kept the peace on the Korean |
| year. She is an AIDS activist and environmentalist. No, | | | | peninsula for the last 50 years. |
| she did not get the prize for medicine or chemistry. | | | | 5. They ended the Cold War and communist |
| She received the prize for peace. Despite many | | | | hegemony over Eastern Europe. |
| advanced college degrees, she is an AIDS conspiracy | | | | 6. They are currently almost single-handily fighting |
| nut who thinks that the virus was created by the | | | | the international war on Islamofascism. |
| western governments to destroy Africans. She was | | | | 7. They are routinely dispatched to extinguish small |
| supposedly selected because she drew attention to | | | | brush fire sized wars throughout the world. |
| political oppression in her fights with her home | | | | 8. They are routinely dispatched to feed starving |
| government of Kenya. Drew attention? Did she | | | | countries and respond to natural disasters such as |
| accomplish anything?2002- Jimmy Carter. Really? For | | | | earthquakes and tsunamis. |
| his work, where? North Korea? Haiti? Has anything | | | | 9. They are the only peacekeepers nobody messes |
| really improved in those two countries since his visits? | | | | with. They actually keep the peace. |
| Maybe former president Carter and the Nobel Peace | | | | 10. They keep international sea lanes open to |
| Committee should move to either Haiti or North | | | | trade.That's only ten. I'm sure there are many more. |
| Korea. Do you prefer to live in Haiti and put up with | | | | So here is my plan. In order to give the United |
| roving gangs? Or is North Korea and their internal | | | | States' military a Nobel Prize, we are going to have |
| security forces better for you. Human rights? | | | | to invade the Peace Center and appoint our own |
| Whatever.2001- The UN. Where have they ever | | | | committee members. Then we can declare the US |
| gone anywhere and made a difference without the | | | | military the winner of a Peace Prize.We can probably |
| US backing them up? But they have good | | | | do this without hurting anybody. I think Norway is |
| intentions.1994- Yassar Arafat. The father of modern | | | | the only country in Europe that surrendered faster |
| day terrorism who became a multi-millionaire by | | | | than France in 1940. When we arrive on the beaches |
| stealing international aid money from his own | | | | of Norway all those Quislings will probably lie down |
| people.1990- Mikhail Gorbachev. He thought that he | | | | and surrender.If we have to threaten the use of |
| could reform communism and make it stronger by | | | | force we can use this opportunity to test our new |
| giving his people a little freedom. He never | | | | F-22 Raptors and drop some bombs in their fjords. |
| understood the events that unfolded. You can't give | | | | They will surrender before we kill all of their lutefisk. |
| the people a little bit of freedom.1988- UN | | | | Christmas is almost here and that is lutefisk |
| Peacekeepers. An ad-hoc group of soldiers who | | | | season.Besides, what have the Norwegians done for |
| usually just stand by and watch events such as | | | | anybody except send Vikings out to loot, pillage, and |
| genocide unfold around them. They will do nothing | | | | burn villages and monasteries? And they don't like |
| without the military backing of the US. In fact, they | | | | America. They never have. They sailed here before |
| tend to sit around and get bored a lot. So they bide | | | | anyone else and then turned around and settled |
| their time with some favorite activities that include | | | | Greenland because they thought that was a nicer |
| looting, rape and child prostitution.1985- International | | | | place to live. Sure, they tend to do well in the Winter |
| Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Now | | | | Olympics. But that is only because every event |
| that is a noble calling. One problem. This organization | | | | revolves around skiing and Norway is covered in |
| was a KGB puppet that was organized to try to curb | | | | snow for 46 weeks out of the year. This coincides |
| US nuclear power. It was chaired by Yevgeny | | | | nicely with the 46 weeks of vacation the average |
| Chazov, a member of the Central Committee of the | | | | Norwegian worker receives each year.I'm sure the |
| Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Now that was | | | | United Nations would spring into action and send |
| a pleasant group of peace loving people.Ronald | | | | some peacekeepers in two or three years. We can |
| Reagan. Oh no, I'm sorry, my bad. They didn't give | | | | then leave and let the Norwegians bitch slap them |
| one to him in 1985/86 when he refused to back | | | | around. Meanwhile if the UN tries sanctioning the US, |
| down to the Soviets with his SDI. Or in 1987, when | | | | we can sanction them. We can withhold more of our |
| he gave his "Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down this Wall" | | | | dues, lock them out of their own building in New |
| speech. These two events led to the end of World | | | | York City, and make them pay their parking |
| War III, aka, the Cold War. Conservatives are not | | | | tickets.Don't get me started on the UN. Not today. |
| allowed to win the prize, even if they do get | | | | |