Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Reuters AlertNet - Bush, Blair nominated for Nobel prize for Iraq war
"OSLO, May 8 (Reuters) - A Norwegian parliamentarian nominated U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, praising them for winning the war in Iraq."

This story suggested (with thanks) by LyP in a comment below. It reminded me of the how Alfred Nobel came to give his money to the Nobel Prizes. He read his obituary in the paper one day. No, he wasn't dead, but his bro was and the paper got it wrong. But when he read what a bastard the paper thought he was for inventing dynamite and making a fortune out of death and destruction, he had a conscience attack. He came up with the idea of the Nobel Prize, which was never intended for warriors. Bush and Blair, however, would not be the first unqualified people to get one. I can think of three right off the top of my head who won the prize for peace, who were avowedly in favour of using violence for settling disputes. C'est la guerre (et la vie), huh?

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