True. And that small number of Swedish people have omitted such luminaries as Ghandi (according to some, rather dodgy with young women) and Steve Biko (who was described as a terrorist by the South African apartheit Authorities). Both those statements I feel to be calumnies. Ghandi may well have been above reproach, and Biko is easily classifiable as a freedom fighter.
And it has been given to Arafat, Kissinger and Rabin. But overall the list is pretty strong if somewhat worthy and, in its early days, Scadawegian/Eurocentric orientated.
Kissinger was given it specifically for the '73 Paris ceasefire agreement for Vietnam. Of his war crimes it makes no mention. Arafat, Peres, and Rabin for making some attempt to unravel the gordian knot of the Middle-East.
Obama gets it for re-instituting diplomacy ahead of the normal way of doing things. it's an international award made without any reference to the US's internal situation, or even US general opinion.
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politicartoons2009-10-09 10:20 am
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They're doing the voting. They decide.
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Besides, last time I checked, the U.S. was a part of the world (even if a small contingent of our residents wish that were not true).
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And it has been given to Arafat, Kissinger and Rabin. But overall the list is pretty strong if somewhat worthy and, in its early days, Scadawegian/Eurocentric orientated.
Kissinger was given it specifically for the '73 Paris ceasefire agreement for Vietnam. Of his war crimes it makes no mention. Arafat, Peres, and Rabin for making some attempt to unravel the gordian knot of the Middle-East.
Obama gets it for re-instituting diplomacy ahead of the normal way of doing things. it's an international award made without any reference to the US's internal situation, or even US general opinion.