The Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 went to Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency. I'm underwhelmed.
Maybe I'm not as innocent as I used to be but it seems like the Peace Prize has gotten so political as to render it meaningless. In 1992 the committee wanted to send a message about how evil Christopher Columbus and the Europeans were so they made a point of giving awards to Native Americans. They gave one to Jimmy (malaise) Carter as a pointed comment to George Bush of how they think an American president should ask. Now, with Iran and Korea pushing ahead with their nuclear programs, they give the award to the person who is supposed to stop this from happening. And they say that Bush rewards failure.
At least they didn't give it to the victims of nuclear weapons.
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