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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - cbelt3 - 10-12-2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/europe/norway-nobel-peace-prize/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
ohhhkay....
Not to any individual or organization that has actually had a hand in ending a war ? But just because they haven't blown up in a cascade of blood and steel ?
Or heck.. even award it to a politician because they hoped he'd do something good ? :biggrin:
Is it just me, or is that kind of a weird award ?
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - August West - 10-12-2012
It's not just you. I didn't understand that when I heard the blurb this morning. To me, it seems to cheapen the award.
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - $tevie - 10-12-2012
The award got cheapened when Kissinger won it. It's a silly award at this point and not worth the hand wringing which it creates every year.
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - Acer - 10-12-2012
Well, Europe had been killing itself continually for the previous 2000 years, so the EU is a success in peace in that way. Would we had that kind of "cheap" peace in the Middle East.
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - hal - 10-12-2012
The Peace Prize has gone in the same direction as Time's Man of the Year. No longer worthy of discussion...
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - mrbigstuff - 10-12-2012
they gave it to Obama, but it was really for "the American people."
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - $tevie - 10-12-2012
mrbigstuff wrote:
they gave it to Obama, but it was really for "the American people."
Yeah, they handled that poorly. I think they mistakenly thought the President of this country represents its citizens, when in fact at any given time half of us don't feel that way at all.
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - Ca Bob - 10-12-2012
A minority view here, but if you read The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, and then look at Europe as it exists today, there is a point to the award. The EU has allowed for peaceful travel across borders, commerce, and a collection of countries that have no need to argue their differences at the point of a bayonet. The current Euro crisis shows how collective security can deal with a very difficult situation without blood curdling threats. I think they have a long way to go, but perhaps the prize is meant to be cautionary, in the sense of "don't blow this chance."
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - Dennis S - 10-12-2012
It does seem a little weird, but I think I understand their pick.
Re: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ... The EU ? - Chakravartin - 10-12-2012
Ca Bob wrote:
A minority view here, but if you read The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, and then look at Europe as it exists today, there is a point to the award. The EU has allowed for peaceful travel across borders, commerce, and a collection of countries that have no need to argue their differences at the point of a bayonet. The current Euro crisis shows how collective security can deal with a very difficult situation without blood curdling threats. I think they have a long way to go, but perhaps the prize is meant to be cautionary, in the sense of "don't blow this chance."
Plus, another $1.4 million goes to Greece's bailout fund!