I imagine it will only lend fuel to the idea that the Peace Prize is all totally political and has nothing to do with actual achievements.
Oh definitely, and I even suspect that to some extent that was the idea. This was the first prize to be handed out by the committee's new leader, and unlike the previous one (who was a staunch conservative and a deeply religious man) the new leader is known as a bit of a lefty with a fondness for making big political statements.
he's certainly a better choice than Henry EFfing Kissinger was!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-10-09 01:35 pm (UTC)Oh definitely, and I even suspect that to some extent that was the idea. This was the first prize to be handed out by the committee's new leader, and unlike the previous one (who was a staunch conservative and a deeply religious man) the new leader is known as a bit of a lefty with a fondness for making big political statements.
he's certainly a better choice than Henry EFfing Kissinger was!
Not the proudest moment in Nobel history that. ;)