Nobel Peace Prize
“It’s not April 1st, is it?” asked a White House aide when told that his boss, Barack Obama, had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Well it’s not a joke but the award to the US President is easily the most controversial laureate in living memory. Remember some of the others who have won this: Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Clerk for ending apartheid; Mikhail Gorbachev for bringing an end to the Cold War; John Hume and David Trimble for helping bring peace to Northern Ireland.
Oh, and there’s also Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama.
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Fact: today in 1989 the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in liberating the Himalayan region from China. You can read his acceptance speech.
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iansand says:
That’s kind of my point. People like him, without understanding the brutality of the regime which he represents. Tibet may be one of the rare occasions when a totalitarian takeover actually improved the lot of the common people. Read more »
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k says:
I like the Lama - that is all that matters Read more »
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