The Nobel Peace Prize Committee once again proved, as I have
posted before, that it regards the awarding of the prize as little more than a
liberal popularity contest.
The Committee, which is made up of
members of the Norwegian Parliament, awarded the prize to the Colombian
President for his peace deal with the Marxist narco-terrorists that was
rejected earlier this week in a referendum by the people of Colombia, as I
noted in my last post. The deal includes
impunity for the terrorists, which is hardly in keeping with the spirit of
advancing peace. It is uncertain whether
the prize winner will attempt to renegotiate the deal or resign.
If any
individual deserves credit for the war ending in Colombia, it was the previous
President of Colombia, conservative Alvaro Uribe, whose military campaign,
aided by the United States, succeeded in striking major blows to the
narco-terrorists and forcing them to negotiate after a half-century of guerilla
warfare, financed by cocaine and kidnappings for ransom, and backed by the Socialist
dictatorship of Venezuela, but the liberal Committee never honors leaders who
end wars by militarily defeating enemies.
I am
certain there were numerous others more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize this
year than the current awardee.
No comments:
Post a Comment