Seriously?

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EU receives Nobel for building "continent of peace" - Yahoo! News

OSLO (Reuters) - The European Union will receive the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on Monday, honored by the Norwegian committee for bringing decades of peace and democracy to Europe after the horrors and division of two world wars.

So the riots in Greece don't matter?



"The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace," the Nobel committee said on October 12 when it announced the EU had won, an unexpected decision.

"The division between East and West has to a large extent been brought to an end; democracy has been strengthened; many ethnically based national conflicts have been settled."


uhm, Turkey and other eu countries fucking with Israel also don't count?

And

Does no one recall the war with lybia over oil?

I never would have thought they could under do giving one to obama, but they managed.

seriously

 

[Sunni Man]

fyi Neither Turkey or Israel are members of the EU

 

[L.K.Eder]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

 

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fyi Neither Turkey or Israel are members of the EU

Their open support of Turkey causing problems is part of them not being peaceful.

 

[Sunni Man]

Actually, it's the EU's open support of Israel that is causing most of the problems in the middle east.

 

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uhm, have you seen what's going on in the UN? or noticed that islamist keep causing problems with israels navy just for kicks?


Why do you care? You're an American. Why do you care what half crazed muslims from over there do to jews?

 

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waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Most intelligent thing you've ever said.

Did someone log in as you?

 

[Si modo]

I haven't paid attention to what the Nobel committee awards for their peace prize in several years.

 

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I haven't paid attention to what the Nobel committee awards for their peace prize in several years.

Well after gore got the nod, it was all the clue I needed

but seriously, who wouldn't have to look at that link just to make sure what they read was really what they read?

 

[Stephanie]

LOL, peace prize has become nothing more than a JOKE..

they gave it to Obama and all he's done is kill kill kill and get American civilians KILLED

 

[Si modo]

LOL, peace prize has become nothing more than a JOKE..

they gave it to Obama and all he's done is kill kill kill and get American civilians KILLED

Get American citizens killed? He gave the fucking ORDER to kill them, without any judicial review. He's a real "constitutional scholar" you know - that's what the O-groupies keep saying.

 

[L.K.Eder]

gnash, wail, whine, emote

 

[Two Thumbs]

blither, blather, repeat



Wanna try adding to the conversation?

or can you explain why a region wrought with unrest deserves a peace prize?

 

[L.K.Eder]

blither, blather, repeat



Wanna try adding to the conversation?

or can you explain why a region wrought with unrest deserves a peace prize?

compare the unrest of now with the unrest of the early 20th century.
read something about the European Idea.
read the press release you linked.
spend some time in Europe, ha!

why so surprised now, bub?

the ceremony is today. the publication of the decision is 2 months old.

now continue whining, it is delicious.

 

[Sunni Man]

or can you explain why a region wrought with unrest deserves a peace prize?

The prize was awarded to the EU not a region.

 

[L.K.Eder]

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
In the inter-war years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made several awards to persons who were seeking reconciliation between Germany and France. Since 1945, that reconciliation has become a reality. The dreadful suffering in World War II demonstrated the need for a new Europe. Over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.
In the 1980s, Greece, Spain and Portugal joined the EU. The introduction of democracy was a condition for their membership. The fall of the Berlin Wall made EU membership possible for several Central and Eastern European countries, thereby opening a new era in European history. The division between East and West has to a large extent been brought to an end; democracy has been strengthened; many ethnically-based national conflicts have been settled.
The admission of Croatia as a member next year, the opening of membership negotiations with Montenegro, and the granting of candidate status to Serbia all strengthen the process of reconciliation in the Balkans. In the past decade, the possibility of EU membership for Turkey has also advanced democracy and human rights in that country.
The EU is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and considerable social unrest. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to focus on what it sees as the EU's most important result: the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights. The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace.
The work of the EU represents "fraternity between nations", and amounts to a form of the "peace congresses" to which Alfred Nobel refers as criteria for the Peace Prize in his 1895 will.





Oslo, 12 October 2012

 

[blastoff]

Nobel Peace Prize is a fancy euphemism for irrelevant.

 

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blither, blather, repeat



Wanna try adding to the conversation?

or can you explain why a region wrought with unrest deserves a peace prize?

compare the unrest of now with the unrest of the early 20th century.
read something about the European Idea.
read the press release you linked.
spend some time in Europe, ha!

why so surprised now, bub?

the ceremony is today. the publication of the decision is 2 months old.

now continue whining, it is delicious.

So since they are killing their own kind and setting it on fire, they earn a peace prize b/c they aren't killing each other.

About 10 years ago, I wouldn't have laughed.

And yes, I heard about the decision, but thought it was a joke, since it made no sense.

Not that making sense has any meaning to you or any other buffoon.

 

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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
In the inter-war years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made several awards to persons who were seeking reconciliation between Germany and France. Since 1945, that reconciliation has become a reality. The dreadful suffering in World War II demonstrated the need for a new Europe. Over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.
In the 1980s, Greece, Spain and Portugal joined the EU. The introduction of democracy was a condition for their membership. The fall of the Berlin Wall made EU membership possible for several Central and Eastern European countries, thereby opening a new era in European history. The division between East and West has to a large extent been brought to an end; democracy has been strengthened; many ethnically-based national conflicts have been settled.
The admission of Croatia as a member next year, the opening of membership negotiations with Montenegro, and the granting of candidate status to Serbia all strengthen the process of reconciliation in the Balkans. In the past decade, the possibility of EU membership for Turkey has also advanced democracy and human rights in that country.
The EU is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and considerable social unrest. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to focus on what it sees as the EU's most important result: the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights. The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace.
The work of the EU represents "fraternity between nations", and amounts to a form of the "peace congresses" to which Alfred Nobel refers as criteria for the Peace Prize in his 1895 will.





Oslo, 12 October 2012

NATO; EU members and us, went to war with Libya. Thus proving how dumb they and yourself truly are.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

The same Nobel that gave Yasser motherfucking Arafat a peace prize? That gave Obama one for just being Obama?

That Nobel?

Who cares... that thing has been rendered pretty much meaningless.