George W. Bush Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

[Real American]

Bush, Blair nominated for Nobel prize for Iraq war

By Alister Doyle

OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - A Norwegian legislator nominated President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, praising them for winning the war in Iraq.

"Sometimes it's necessary to use a small and effective war to prevent a much more dangerous war in the future," Jan Simonsen, a right-wing independent in Norway's parliament, told Reuters.

"If nobody acted then Saddam Hussein could have produced weapons of mass destruction and, in five or 10 years, could have used them against Israel," he said.

An award to Bush and Blair would be a U-turn after the Nobel Committee awarded the 2002 prize to former President Jimmy Carter last October. At the time, the committee chairman called it a kick in the shins to Bush's Iraq policies because Carter had been calling for a diplomatic solution.

Simonsen said the war had "made it possible to create democracy and respect for human rights in a country which for so many years has been ruled by one of the worst dictators in modern times."

However, Geir Lundestad, the director of the Nobel Institute where the five-member committee meets, said Simonsen's proposal would have to wait for the 2004 award because the deadline for nominations for 2003 passed on Feb. 1.

The secretive five-member committee names the annual winner in mid-October. More than 160 people and organizations have been nominated for the 2003 prize, including Pope John Paul II, Irish rock star Bono and Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya.

"I'm not especially optimistic that Bush and Blair will win but I think it's worth a try," Simonsen said.

He said he would encourage like-minded parliamentarians in other countries to also nominate Bush and Blair.

Nobel committees have frequently honored the United Nations instead of unilateral action by member states. The United Nations did not give an explicit mandate for the war amid opposition from countries including France, Germany and Russia.

The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize went to the United Nations and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Thousands of people around the world, including members of national parliaments, professors of history, law and politics and former laureates can make nominations for the prize. The nomination process is secret, but people sometimes publicize their choice.
   
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[7even]

he was nominated because they thought he wouldnt be a bitch and go for war tho

[Trauma-san]

^^ Um, whatever that means... he was just nominated, AFTER the war.  


Anyways, he'll never win.  The guys that handle this thing are a bunch of weenies, I believe they're 99% french or something.

All the president needs is support from the american maniacs, brother! God Bless America!!!!!

[King Tech Quadafi]

It is disgusting and repulsive that George Bush is nominated for this. Utterly disgusting.

[Immortal]

lmao

thats the biggest joke of the century

[T.J.]

lmao

thats the biggest joke of the century

word

[Quakaveli]

lmao

thats the biggest joke of the century

[DOC. da G.P.T...[METS][REX/MaB]]

that's just dumb......

[ITW [the irish boy]]

hahaaha....id also like to nominate saddam hussein for his restraint in not using his vast amt of wmd. We should forget his atrocities and all ill motives and give him the prize.


lol, what a contradiction, giving a peace prize for fighting a good war. Its like winning the nobel prize for literature for directing a well made porno film

[willie_d]

What a joke!
This Norwegian must be riding Bush dick for real. What a fool!

[TilMakaveliReturns]

Damn, who would've thought that someone can ride Bush's dick harder than Mister America....

[Quakaveli]

Damn, who would've thought that someone can ride Bush's dick harder than Mister America....

to be honest, I didnt  

[Trauma-san]

Any word on if he won yet??  


GO BUSH!!!! SAVE THE WORLD!!!!

[Jome]

What a joke!
This Norwegian must be riding Bush dick for real. What a fool!

Actually.. we are not.. LoL
And it's not "one Norwegian" in charge, it's a big ass commitee..

Our prime minister said "sorry mack", when asked to support the Iraq-war by Bush, and we didn't agree with the Germans/French/Russians neither.
Norway was as neutral as Switzerland usually is when it comes to the Iraq-war..
We helped out during the Afghanistan-war though, and still do some air-raids when we feel like..