Nobel Prize Committee Insults World’s Intelligence

Martin Luther King, Jr. should be shocked.

Mother Teresa should be stunned.

And Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt ought to be downright indignant.

In fact, the whole world should be insulted by the indefensible selection of President Barack Obama for the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace a mere eight-plus months into his first term as President.

Okay, Nobel Committee, we get it, you were not fond of George W. Bush. But seriously, let’s look at what the Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be for and compare it to the records of past recipients.

The Nobel Prize was established in 1901 and its intent was to award “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

In addition, to those mentioned above, past Laureates have included Nelson Mandela, Lech Walesa, Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Elie Wiesel, and the Dalai Lama. All one has to do is simply match up the achievements that such individuals have made towards the cause of world peace against those of our 44th President to see what a preposterous selection this is.

Even more insulting is what this choice says to the other 2009 nominees. Those nominees include Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, who has stood up against the corrupt and oppressive Mugabe government. They include Chinese dissident Hu Jia, who has been jailed for her efforts on behalf of Democracy in that country. And they include Sima Samar, who is head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and an advocate for women’s rights throughout the Islamic world.

Each of these individuals, and many others besides, have sacrificed greatly in order to fight for the causes they believe in and advance the progress of peace in their native countries. They have faced down persecution and even threats against their lives for the sake of even small strides towards freedom.

By awarding the Nobel Prize for Peace to a man who has sacrificed nothing and faced only peaceful political opposition to get where he is today, it sends the message to these other nominees that what matters to the global community is not your sacrifices and struggles for peace, but rather which political party you belong to.

Such a message should be considered an affront to the spirit of the Award and an insult to us all.

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