Nobel Peace Prize: redundant, repugnant and simply ridiculous

Yes it has reached that time when another Nobel Peace Prize has been given away to an individual or organisation that are considered creditable by a committee of cocks. This time the committee have awarded the prize to the ‘Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’. Which I admit would be a challenge for me to attack, considering the use of chemical weapons is universally considered to be morally incomprehensible, even by myself. Despite this I think it would still be right for me to argue that the OCPCW receiving a prize of any form in relation to Syria is certainly premature, considering it is one, Unknown to the extent of which Chemical weapons have been used, and two, nobody has been legally held accountable for such war crimes, which as I have mentioned are not fully known. Yes they destroy the chemical weapon stockpiles themselves, but they do not attempt to legally attack those who have used them. I think in this case anyway we should not be thanking OCPCW for destroying Syrian chemical weapons, but rather Russia for placing diplomatic pressure on Syria for allowing this.

Now as I continue I think it is noteworthy to mention that OCPCW are a good organisation. It is also noteworthy to mention that the Nobel Peace Prize is ill-fitting on them.  The Nobel Peace Prize had started off with noble origins, rewarding those who have strived and succeeded for a greater goal of peace, most definitely via peaceful action than that of violent action. Yet the Nobel Committee have nominated and awarded members who do not live up to this category such as: Henry Kissinger (1973), Teresa of Calcutta (1979), Nelson Mandela (1993), Al Gore (2007) Barack Obama (2009) and European Union (2012). Let alone absurd nominations such as Joseph Stalin who was nominated twice in 1945 and 1948.Which has thus resulted in me saying that the prize is now redundant, repugnant and simply ridiculous

To some people my list of names mentioned may be considered “controversial” so I shall aim to tackle this in a series of short statements, evidence and sources. Henry Kissinger was responsible for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and crimes against international law; which include political assassination, kidnap and torture. Taking place in nations from Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indochina, Timor, Chile and Cyprus (C Hitchens ‘Trial of Henry Kissinger’). Henry Kissinger’s list of crimes are just far too long to talk about in any detail, nor should it be considered controversial since the source in which I have mentioned was a bestseller, which resulted in Henry Kissinger being banned from travelling to France, which confirms its legitimacy, if entering the borders he will be arrested for such crimes listed and face a trial similar to that of the Nazis in Nuremburg, and rightfully so also. In the words of a great hero of mine and the author of the 'Trial of Henry Kissinger' Christopher Hitchens: “Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized, and excluded”.

Teresa of Calcutta or Mother Teresa who was a “Fundamentalist, a fanatic and a Fraud”; responsible for “untold misery, pain and was proud of it”. She had taken money from Mafia mobster Dictators in Haiti, and herself provided money for political murders in Central America. Refused to give any of her patients any form of pain medication other than paracetamol at the most extreme case. She believed that the “love of God” was enough, yet when she herself was ill, she allowed herself to have the best healthcare that the Italian system can provide (CH4 ‘Hells Angel’ and C Hitchens ‘The Missionary Position’) a true hypocrite and a fraud.

Now onto one of the most widely accepted “statesman” of the modern world, praised by Hollywood and by pretty much everyone in the west, from recently deceased singers such as Amy Winehouse to the BBC and all other news sources. I hold a slightly different opinion to that of the Populists. I see Nelson Mandela as a member and then leader of the African National Congress or ANC, the political party that were responsible for Massacres, murders and torture. Mandela actually pleaded guilty to signing off on 156 acts of public violence in his trial. Let alone after destroying the evil apartheid system and becoming president, he befriended and even financially supporting numerous African dictators and their equally evil dictatorships based on similar racist principles to that of the Apartheid system. Though I will state that one could argue despite these crimes, that he did have the support of the nation, as he was elected as President from 1994-1999, he also destroyed the Apartheid system. Though the destruction of the Apartheid system is a ridiculous reason for gaining the Peace Prize, unless the actions of those involved were in themselves peaceful: which they were not. Many would frown at the idea of Stalin winning the Peace Prize in 1945 or 1948 due to him being a brutal dictator who also had partook in war crimes during the Second World War. Yet Nelson Mandela also has such blood on his hands, at a much lesser extent and scale I admit, but if anyone looks at him in greater detail they will see that he isn’t the saviour in which he is marketed as.

 Al Gore was nominated for the environmental reasons not for Peace, so short and simple, just isn't worthy of its own paragraph. Barrack Obama was given the prize after spending less than a year in office, after having not achieved anything. Seeing the Obama Administration now in office at the latter half of his presidency, I think it would be hard to argue how ridiculous that decision was, Obama has kept with George W. Bush’s use of Drone strikes. He has wire tapped his own Citizens in the name of “Safety” and attempted to start a war in Syria. It is clear that he certainly did not live up to expectations of “Change We Need”.

The European Union on the other hand is one of the most insulting winners in the existence of the Nobel Peace Prize. The European Union’s figurehead policy the Euro is failing, resulting in huge unemployment across Europe as well as internal confrontations of many nations and the rise of extremes, Example being Greece and France with the rise of Fascist popularity, which is in relation to the EU’s failed multi-cultural programs. It was obvious that the EU certainly could not have won the Nobel Economics award, so don’t give them the Nobel Peace Prize, one that they certainly can’t claim.

So to conclude the Nobel Peace Prize is certainly redundant, repugnant and simply ridiculous. It’s about time that we stop listening to the Nobel Committee in Norway. It’s a Prize that has been dirtied by shameful nominations since late 40s; has since been ruined by countless poor winners. To those who I have yet to convince on this topic, I challenge you to seek disputation of my claims, to argue my points. I believe that the evidence and statements in which I have provided should be more than satisfactory to prove the futility and ignorance of the Nobel Peace Prize, it has failed to do what it was set up to do reward those worth rewarding in the goal and aim for peace. Thus being redundant, repugnant and simply ridiculous.