the demise of the nobel prize
your majesties, your royal highnesses, ladies and gentlemen,
The once-renowned Nobel Peace Prize has lost much of its lustre in the public eye by the committee’s increasingly transparent desire to make the prize an extension of its left-wing politics. From rewarding outright Communists and terrorists, to failed American presidents, to the possibility that Jacques Chirac will be honored for his “heroic” efforts to defy Iraqi liberation, the prize has come to be seen as what it truly is: an annual political reward to the Left’s most visible stalwarts.
Last year, the selection of Carter was accompanied by a clear political message criticizing the policies of the Bush administration to disarm Saddam Hussein and liberate the Iraqi people. This polemical sniping, which cheapens what was once the world’s most prestigious award, is unfortunately nothing new.
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