Greg Krehbiel
Does anybody care about the peace prize any more?
by Greg Krehbiel on 9 October 2009
Seriously. For as long as I can remember it’s seemed that the Nobel Peace Prize is simply a way for liberals to congratulate one another. That’s been my impression, anyway.
If we were to be serious about peace, the greatest force for peace in the world is the U.S. Army. But they’re never going to get the “peace prize.”
So … Does anybody (other than liberals) care who gets the silly peace prize?
Giving it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing threatens to hold the prize up to the mockery
Along those lines, see this. Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize
2009-10-09 » Greg Krehbiel
9 October 2009 @ 11:21 am
I think this move may have put the nail in the coffin for anyone caring. Giving it to Arafat was a travesty, but this is just a joke. I could well see it being given to Obama five years down the road after he’s done some stuff (even if it’s stuff I don’t like) but giving it to him for just being Barack Obama??????
9 October 2009 @ 1:03 pm
Is this the Norwegians way of influencing US policy? Will Obama be so giddy about being praised as “a man of peace” that is would be hesitant to disappoint international peaceniks? Is he willing to accept the peace award and then send 40,000 men and women off to war?
9 October 2009 @ 2:20 pm
I also agree that the peace prize is more-or-less meaningless.
The curious thing to me is that it typically takes years to be recognized for scientific or other work. Prizes are awarded for work that was done decades before, but Obama is being recognized for what he intends to do.
I strongly suspect that he got the prize because he’s not Bush.
9 October 2009 @ 3:46 pm
That’s probably right, John. And if you look at it that way, I’ll have to withdraw the objection that he hasn’t done anything. He has a solid 48 year record of not being George W. Bush!
9 October 2009 @ 7:14 pm
In fact, I think Kim Jong Il should get the prize. He’s not been George W. Bush for even longer.
Or at least Andy Rooney.
9 October 2009 @ 9:22 pm
The “Peace” prize is a farce. Whether Arafat, Gore, Carter – all a joke. Liberals destroy everything that once had meaning.
10 October 2009 @ 8:22 am
Yeah, like slavery, state imposed religion, the hereditary rights of monarchs….
10 October 2009 @ 9:29 am
@ John – was Jefferson a Democrat? I can’t keep the “Whigs” and such straight.
@Pentamom – that was hilarious! lol
@the Peace Prize – Scientists care – they get money if people agree they didn’t steal thier ideas and usurp someone else’s reasearch to win it for whatever the latest science thing is…
10 October 2009 @ 11:17 am
Yes, but those aren’t the peace prize. The Nobel Prizes other than peace seem to have pretty good credibility, though literature is a little dubious because it tends to get picked on ideological grounds rather than the impact the literature has had on the world — most, but not all, the authors are obscure even to most educated people. But at least they are always people who create notable literature.
12 October 2009 @ 12:31 pm
Jefferson is whatever the person quoting him wants him to be; a liberal, a conservative, a libertarian, a deeply religious man, an atheist. He’s a human Rorschach ink blot.