{"id":22293,"date":"2012-10-22T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=22293"},"modified":"2012-10-21T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T15:01:24","slug":"the-nobel-war-prize-selected-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/10\/the-nobel-war-prize-selected-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel War Prize – Selected Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nobel Committee did it again. The essence of its highest award, the Nobel Peace Prize, has been perverted. It\u2019s been turned into a propaganda tool, a form of institutionalized revisionism, for which war is upheld as a peaceful endeavour, creeping alongside power struggles called \u201chumanitarian interventions\u201d in a fantasy tale we call history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Neither Henry Kissinger, nor Barack Obama and the European Union (EU) deserved a peace prize. How can the EU deserve a peace prize when it\u2019s been using its military might in the Middle East and Africa for over a decade? As David Swanson notes:<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope […] has not during the past year \u2014 which is the requirement \u2014 or even during the past several decades done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations.\u00a0 Ask Libya.\u00a0 Ask Syria.\u00a0 Check with Afghanistan.\u00a0 See what Iraq thinks.\u00a0 Far from doing the best work to abolish or reduce standing armies, Europe has joined with the United States in developing an armed\u00a0global force<\/a>\u00a0aggressively imposing its will on the world.\u00a0 There were good nominees and potential nominees available,\u00a0even great ones<\/a>\u00a0[…]<\/em><\/p>\n

The West is so in love with itself that many will imagine this award a success.\u00a0 Surely Europe not going to war with itself is more important that Europe going to war with the rest of the world!<\/em>\u201d \u00a0(David Swanson, Why Europe Did Not Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In addition to waging war with murderous weapons, the EU also uses \u201ceconomic weaponry\u201d directed against civilians,\u00a0such as the sanctions it\u00a0imposes on Iran. Unlike the EU, Iran has not invaded or attacked any country and the reasons justifying the economic sanctions are pure fantasy. Kourosh Ziabari explains:<\/p>\n

[T]his union has aggressively declared an all-out, bloodless war on Iran, affecting millions of innocent civilians in my country who can\u2019t understand for what crime they are being targeted and punished in such a belligerent and unfair manner.<\/em><\/p>\n

The European Union began to impose an inclusive oil embargo against Iran since July 1 as a result of direct pressure and lobbying by the United States and in an effort aimed at paralyzing Iran\u2019s nuclear program which they claim is not aimed at civilian purposes, and finally breaking the back of Iran\u2019s economy and pressuring it into making political concessions […]<\/em><\/p>\n

Sensitive medicine and pharmaceutical products which were previously imported from the foreign countries cannot find their way to Iran\u2019s markets anymore and thousands of patients badly in need of medicines for such diseases as thalassemia, hepatitis, diabetes, different types of cancer, heart diseases and psychiatric disorders are facing serious problems with finding their medicines.<\/em><\/p>\n

Waging wars does not take place simply by means of bombarding cities or dropping nuclear bombs on other nations. What the European Union has been doing with Iran is the unmistakable representation of an all-out war in which the ordinary citizens are the silent victims.<\/em> (Kourosh Ziabari The Nobel Peace Prize for Those Who Declared War on My Country<\/a>)<\/p>\n

And as if that was not enough, European peacemaking also includes fighting Iran\u2019s freedom of speech as Danny Schechter reports:\u00a0\u201cEuropean satellite company Eutelsat says it\u2019s pulled the plug on several Iranian satellite channels following an order by the European Commission.\u201d (Danny Schechter, Tell Me Lies: European Satellites Ordered To Drop Iranian Channels In Disregard of Free Speech<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The odd Nobel Laureate is waging a financial war on its own members as well as the cases of Greece and Spain illustrate:<\/p>\n

How can you award of a\u00a0Peace\u00a0Prize \u2013 of all things! \u2013 to an entity that systematically supports the economic and social destruction of Greece; imposes extreme hardship on Spaniards and Italians whilst it supports greedy mega-bankers; has an undemocratically elected president (Herman van Rompuy) and, through its NATO war machine, continues bombing and destroying Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and is now poised for unilateral attack against Syria and Iran? Indeed, \u201cPeace\u201d should be made of sterner stuff!!<\/em> (Adrian Salbuchi, The European Union Grabs the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But in addition to its internal economic warfare and its plea of moral duty to promote war abroad and assert its position on the global chessboard, the EU is not an eligible candidate for this prize. According to Michel Chossudovsky:<\/p>\n

While the EU\u2019s contribution to peace is debatable, the key issue is whether a union of nation states, which constitutes a political, economic, monetary and fiscal entity is an \u201celigible candidate\u201d for the Peace Prize, in accordance with the mandate of the Norwegian Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Olympic Games are \u201cgranted\u201d to countries. But the Nobel Peace Prize cannot under\u00a0any stretch of the imagination\u00a0be granted to a nation-state, let alone a union of nation states<\/em>. (Michel Chossudovsky The EU is not a \u201cPerson\u201d: Granting the Nobel Prize to the European Union is in Violation of Alfred Nobel\u2019s Will<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Has the Norwegian Nobel Committee become Orwell\u2019s worst nightmare, where war is peace? To understand their nonsensical choices over the years and what to expect in the future, one has to wonder who and what does the Nobel Committee represent?<\/p>\n

Expect anything from Nobel Committee members. They represent wealth, power, privilege, imperial lawlessness, and war, not peace. Perhaps they believe war is peace. They\u2019ll have to explain why scoundrels regularly win their highest award<\/em>. (Stephen Lendman Nobel Hypocrisy Wins Again<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If the Nobel Peace Prize is delusional, the victims of the EU\u2019s warfare will tell you the horror of war is real.<\/p>\n

Global Research offers its readers a list of selected articles on this topic.<\/p>\n

Selected Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Prof. Johan Galtung, The Peace Prize: Nobel or Ignoble?<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Swanson, Why Europe Did Not Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kourosh Ziabari, The Nobel Peace Prize for Those Who Declared War on My Country<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof Michel Chossudovsky, The EU is not a \u201cPerson\u201d: Granting the Nobel Prize to the European Union is in Violation of Alfred Nobel\u2019s Will<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Diana Johnstone and Jean Bricmont, Proposal: 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to NATO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Bridge, EU Austerity Measures: Will the Nobel Prize Laureate use NATO to Collect Bad Debts?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman, Nobel Hypocrisy Wins Again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adrian Salbuchi, The European Union Grabs the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Danny Schechter, Tell Me Lies: European Satellites Ordered To Drop Iranian Channels In Disregard of Free Speech<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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