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The Orwellian Noble Peace Prize

Why we shouldn’t waste our time on the Nobel committee's Newspeak.

18 Oct 2024 ~~ By Bruce Thornton

Last week nominations for the Noble Peace Prize were announced, and the nominees were typical of the Prize’s history. A perusal of past winners reveals that the majority of prizes are for good intention, moralizing internationalism and its institutions, short-lived peace treaties, feckless disarmament, and any choice that gratifies global anti-Americanism.
And let’s not forget terrorists and their enablers included in this year’s nominees: the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency, the International Court of Justice, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. All three reflect the Prize’s long history of promulgating globalism and the “rules-based international order” that has serially failed to deter aggression.
The Wall Street Journal’s profile of this year’s nominees is a must read. Take the International Court of Justice, which took up South Africa’s specious charge of “genocide” against Israel, a despicable lie, given that South Africa seems unconcerned that Hamas’ founding charter explicitly calls for the genocide of Israel’s Jews. Worse, the ICJ “ruled that Israel ‘must immediately halt its military offensive’ in Rafah and other areas ‘which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.’”
The moral equivalence between the victims and murderers, like the lie “occupation,” makes a mockery of the UN’s claims to serve justice and peace. As the Journal concludes, “These aren’t peace makers. They’re apologists for war makers.”
~Snip~
Progressive Americans, on the other hand, who endorse and promote globalism’s erosion of national sovereignty, and the anti-national “global community” delusions, are welcome. Hence, it’s no surprise that Jimmy Carter, the most ineffective foreign policy president in U.S. history, in 2002 won the Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
~Snip~
Finally, another blot on the Prize’s reputation is that it’s often awarded to anti-American individuals and organizations in Europe, and to oikophobic progressives rather than conservatives in America. Take this notorious example: in 1990, a year before the Soviet Union finally collapsed from its chronic economic failures, and Ronald Reagan’s realist policies and military build-up the Soviets couldn’t afford to match, the Noble Peace prize went to USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, “for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations.” In fact, his only “role” was accepting the inevitable fate resulting from Ronald Reagan’s realist policies, the actual “leading role.”
Progressive Americans, on the other hand, who endorse and promote globalism’s erosion of national sovereignty, and the anti-national “global community” delusions, are welcome. Hence, it’s no surprise that Jimmy Carter, the most ineffective foreign policy president in U.S. history, in 2002 won the Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Again, it’s not about concrete achievements, but paying homage to the globalist “international rules-based order.” In fact, Carter was a defeatist and apologist for the U.S. He set the tone in his first Inaugural Address, when he confessed the nation’s “recent mistakes,” counseled Americans not to “dwell on remembered glory,” and reminded citizens that “even our great nation has its recognized limits,” and can only “simply do our best.” Such defeatist rhetoric no doubt pleased the Europeans and the Soviets with a de facto rejection of American exceptionalism. Naïve promotion of human rights and disarmament, not defending our Constitution and national security and sovereignty, was Carter’s mission.
Finally, one can’t end an exposure of the Nobel Peace Prize’s function as a press agent for the shibboleths of globalism and the “international community,” without mentioning the Prize bestowed on Barack Obama in 2009 after only a few months in office, “for his decades [?] of untiring efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Once again, campaign rhetoric rather than achievement sufficed to “earn” this prestigious honor. In 2007 Obama had published an article in Foreign Affairs that comprised a panegyric to “diplomatic engagement” that the U.S. allegedly had neglected for decades. He called the war in Iraq a “morass” from which American forces should be withdraw before the dreaded “escalation” would hastens a looming disaster. In 2011 Obama did just that, only to send our force back a few years later when ISIS threatened to conquer Iraq.
Also music to globalist ears, Obama promised “to reinvigorate American diplomacy” and “to rebuild the alliances, partnerships, and institutions necessary to confront common threats and enhance common security.” These statements reflected the Democrats’ campaign smear that George W. Bush had compromised alliances and ignored diplomacy, a claim that is empirically false. And Obama denigrated American exceptionalism, reducing it to a nationalist amour propre. Finally, he pledged to use American wealth and power to help other countries “not in the spirit of a patron but in the spirit of a partner––a partner mindful of his own imperfections.”
When it comes to our security and interests, and our unalienable rights and freedoms, the Nobel Peace Prize has no interest in acknowledging the benefits America has given the world. But it is quick to reward those, including Americans, who criticize our actions and threaten our security and interests. We shouldn’t waste our time on this Orwellian Newspeak.


Commentary:
Great thesis by Thorton, his nuance reflected his use of Noble as regards Nobel is far reaching.
Since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson the American presidents and veep awardees of Nobel Prizes are Carter, Obama, and VP.Al Gore.
The man who freed more people and did more for world peace than any other human in history is Reagan was omitted..
In the case of the man of multiple names Obama, people still wonder why he was awarded the 'Noble' prize similar to finding it in a crackerjacks box. Certainly it was not for any of his efforts to promote peace as his 8 years legacy has shown.
His ultimate mission was to create conditions for the fall of America so he can then be a hero to Billions and only hated by Millions!
The hatred by the now Neo-Marxist Democrat Left to attack anyone that is not on their side and the Democrat hierarchy is passing out the matches and gasoline with one spark leading to Civil War… “Brother against Brother!” Race against Race! Religion against Religion! They love it and when Biden grants amnesty to 40 million, they’ll have the votes to realize their American Dream: ONE-PARTY RULE!
When Nobel Peace Prizes are handed out like party favors only to Marxists, islamic terrorists (Yasser Arafat), Global Warming cultists (Al Gore), it’s no surprise this crybaby Obama also got one.
 
If Trump won the Peace Prize that would be certainly Orwellian.
 

The Orwellian Noble Peace Prize

Why we shouldn’t waste our time on the Nobel committee's Newspeak.

18 Oct 2024 ~~ By Bruce Thornton

Last week nominations for the Noble Peace Prize were announced, and the nominees were typical of the Prize’s history. A perusal of past winners reveals that the majority of prizes are for good intention, moralizing internationalism and its institutions, short-lived peace treaties, feckless disarmament, and any choice that gratifies global anti-Americanism.
And let’s not forget terrorists and their enablers included in this year’s nominees: the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency, the International Court of Justice, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. All three reflect the Prize’s long history of promulgating globalism and the “rules-based international order” that has serially failed to deter aggression.
The Wall Street Journal’s profile of this year’s nominees is a must read. Take the International Court of Justice, which took up South Africa’s specious charge of “genocide” against Israel, a despicable lie, given that South Africa seems unconcerned that Hamas’ founding charter explicitly calls for the genocide of Israel’s Jews. Worse, the ICJ “ruled that Israel ‘must immediately halt its military offensive’ in Rafah and other areas ‘which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.’”
The moral equivalence between the victims and murderers, like the lie “occupation,” makes a mockery of the UN’s claims to serve justice and peace. As the Journal concludes, “These aren’t peace makers. They’re apologists for war makers.”
~Snip~
Progressive Americans, on the other hand, who endorse and promote globalism’s erosion of national sovereignty, and the anti-national “global community” delusions, are welcome. Hence, it’s no surprise that Jimmy Carter, the most ineffective foreign policy president in U.S. history, in 2002 won the Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
~Snip~
Finally, another blot on the Prize’s reputation is that it’s often awarded to anti-American individuals and organizations in Europe, and to oikophobic progressives rather than conservatives in America. Take this notorious example: in 1990, a year before the Soviet Union finally collapsed from its chronic economic failures, and Ronald Reagan’s realist policies and military build-up the Soviets couldn’t afford to match, the Noble Peace prize went to USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, “for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations.” In fact, his only “role” was accepting the inevitable fate resulting from Ronald Reagan’s realist policies, the actual “leading role.”
Progressive Americans, on the other hand, who endorse and promote globalism’s erosion of national sovereignty, and the anti-national “global community” delusions, are welcome. Hence, it’s no surprise that Jimmy Carter, the most ineffective foreign policy president in U.S. history, in 2002 won the Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Again, it’s not about concrete achievements, but paying homage to the globalist “international rules-based order.” In fact, Carter was a defeatist and apologist for the U.S. He set the tone in his first Inaugural Address, when he confessed the nation’s “recent mistakes,” counseled Americans not to “dwell on remembered glory,” and reminded citizens that “even our great nation has its recognized limits,” and can only “simply do our best.” Such defeatist rhetoric no doubt pleased the Europeans and the Soviets with a de facto rejection of American exceptionalism. Naïve promotion of human rights and disarmament, not defending our Constitution and national security and sovereignty, was Carter’s mission.
Finally, one can’t end an exposure of the Nobel Peace Prize’s function as a press agent for the shibboleths of globalism and the “international community,” without mentioning the Prize bestowed on Barack Obama in 2009 after only a few months in office, “for his decades [?] of untiring efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Once again, campaign rhetoric rather than achievement sufficed to “earn” this prestigious honor. In 2007 Obama had published an article in Foreign Affairs that comprised a panegyric to “diplomatic engagement” that the U.S. allegedly had neglected for decades. He called the war in Iraq a “morass” from which American forces should be withdraw before the dreaded “escalation” would hastens a looming disaster. In 2011 Obama did just that, only to send our force back a few years later when ISIS threatened to conquer Iraq.
Also music to globalist ears, Obama promised “to reinvigorate American diplomacy” and “to rebuild the alliances, partnerships, and institutions necessary to confront common threats and enhance common security.” These statements reflected the Democrats’ campaign smear that George W. Bush had compromised alliances and ignored diplomacy, a claim that is empirically false. And Obama denigrated American exceptionalism, reducing it to a nationalist amour propre. Finally, he pledged to use American wealth and power to help other countries “not in the spirit of a patron but in the spirit of a partner––a partner mindful of his own imperfections.”
When it comes to our security and interests, and our unalienable rights and freedoms, the Nobel Peace Prize has no interest in acknowledging the benefits America has given the world. But it is quick to reward those, including Americans, who criticize our actions and threaten our security and interests. We shouldn’t waste our time on this Orwellian Newspeak.


Commentary:
Great thesis by Thorton, his nuance reflected his use of Noble as regards Nobel is far reaching.
Since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson the American presidents and veep awardees of Nobel Prizes are Carter, Obama, and VP.Al Gore.
The man who freed more people and did more for world peace than any other human in history is Reagan was omitted..
In the case of the man of multiple names Obama, people still wonder why he was awarded the 'Noble' prize similar to finding it in a crackerjacks box. Certainly it was not for any of his efforts to promote peace as his 8 years legacy has shown.
His ultimate mission was to create conditions for the fall of America so he can then be a hero to Billions and only hated by Millions!
The hatred by the now Neo-Marxist Democrat Left to attack anyone that is not on their side and the Democrat hierarchy is passing out the matches and gasoline with one spark leading to Civil War… “Brother against Brother!” Race against Race! Religion against Religion! They love it and when Biden grants amnesty to 40 million, they’ll have the votes to realize their American Dream: ONE-PARTY RULE!
When Nobel Peace Prizes are handed out like party favors only to Marxists, islamic terrorists (Yasser Arafat), Global Warming cultists (Al Gore), it’s no surprise this crybaby Obama also got one.
Yet Trump and his cronies are jocky'ing soooo hard for Trump to win this prize.

I don't think a guy who renames the Department of Defense to the Department of War should get the Nobel Peace Prize do you?

Did you hear this bullshit? Pfizer CEO Albert Boura has said President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the development of the COVID vaccine.

And this jackoff



Listen to Steve Witkoff kiss his ass. There's one thing he wishes for. That Trump wins the Nobel peace prize. He doesn't wish for peace. He wishes Trump would win the award. Must be pretty important to your side for them to want it so bad huh?
 
Safe to say most of America prefers Putin to Kamala.
I don't think so. Many people who voted for Trump because they preferred him to Kamala are regretting it. I mean, you hate whoever our front runner is the most. Whoever it is, you say they are the worse ever. Kamala, Biden, all the way back to Bill Clinton. You said he was horrible too remember? But even Trump admitted you were just jealous. Well, same for Biden and Obama. Hillary/Gore/Kerry would have been much better than Bush or Trump.

Trump is destroying our standing with the rest of the world while bragging about ending 10 wars. What a joke. Is that to distract from the meeting India, China, Russia and North Korea just had?

See the bad jobs numbers?

No, only MAGA want a leader like Putin. Because Trump is like Putin. Corrupt, evil, greedy, corrupt. Ever ask yourself why Russia puts up with Putin? It's because he successfully rigs elections. I'm sure 45% don't mind. Guys like you. And the other 55% are powerless to do anything about it.

I believe if Trump were younger America would turn into Russia's form of government. Truly. But Trump won't last and there is no one who can replace that cult leader.
 
I don't think so. Many people who voted for Trump because they preferred him to Kamala are regretting it. I mean, you hate whoever our front runner is the most. Whoever it is, you say they are the worse ever. Kamala, Biden, all the way back to Bill Clinton. You said he was horrible too remember? But even Trump admitted you were just jealous. Well, same for Biden and Obama. Hillary/Gore/Kerry would have been much better than Bush or Trump.

Trump is destroying our standing with the rest of the world while bragging about ending 10 wars. What a joke. Is that to distract from the meeting India, China, Russia and North Korea just had?

See the bad jobs numbers?

No, only MAGA want a leader like Putin. Because Trump is like Putin. Corrupt, evil, greedy, corrupt. Ever ask yourself why Russia puts up with Putin? It's because he successfully rigs elections. I'm sure 45% don't mind. Guys like you. And the other 55% are powerless to do anything about it.

I believe if Trump were younger America would turn into Russia's form of government. Truly. But Trump won't last and there is no one who can replace that cult leader.
Yep, that may be true. Each time you loons put a candidate out there you lower the standards. Biden was a joke; Kamala was a DEI hire, and her VP pick was a fricken clown.
 
Yep, that may be true. Each time you loons put a candidate out there you lower the standards. Biden was a joke; Kamala was a DEI hire, and her VP pick was a fricken clown.
You guys are great at smearing our candidates. Newsom, AOC, Pelosi, Hillary, Biden, Obama, Kerry, Gore, Bill. All of them good presidents or would have been good but you thought Bush or Trump would be better.

Bush stole 2000 and you guys voted for him again in 2004 so I'm not surprised you voted for Trump after 2020. I'm surprised 5% more of moderates, women, hispanics, blacks arabs fell for Trump and excused all his lies and bullshit. And women. Don't get me started. He did what he did with Roe V Wade and pro choice women forgave and forgot? They get what they deserve.

Remember, I'm a upper middle class white man with no debt. I'll be fine. **** all those dumb ass minorities. But it's going to **** you and I too. You gonna take medicare when you're old enough? Expect cuts to be made. They got to pay for that bbb and balance that bloated budget you know. They aren't going to pay for it you and I are.
 
You guys are great at smearing our candidates. Newsom, AOC, Pelosi, Hillary, Biden, Obama, Kerry, Gore, Bill. All of them good presidents or would have been good but you thought Bush or Trump would be better.

Bush stole 2000 and you guys voted for him again in 2004 so I'm not surprised you voted for Trump after 2020. I'm surprised 5% more of moderates, women, hispanics, blacks arabs fell for Trump and excused all his lies and bullshit. And women. Don't get me started. He did what he did with Roe V Wade and pro choice women forgave and forgot? They get what they deserve.

Remember, I'm a upper middle class white man with no debt. I'll be fine. **** all those dumb ass minorities. But it's going to **** you and I too. You gonna take medicare when you're old enough? Expect cuts to be made. They got to pay for that bbb and balance that bloated budget you know. They aren't going to pay for it you and I are.
Damn, so much for election deniers.

Biden was a good President? Yep, good for screwing Americans. Pelosi, who fricken knew she was even in the running, maybe in your imagination. Newsom, hell, he screwed up a city (SF), moved on to screw up a state (CA), now you want him to move on to screw up the country.
 
Damn, so much for election deniers.

Biden was a good President? Yep, good for screwing Americans. Pelosi, who fricken knew she was even in the running, maybe in your imagination. Newsom, hell, he screwed up a city (SF), moved on to screw up a state (CA), now you want him to move on to screw up the country.
OMG, Trump imposed tariffs essentially shifting the tax burden more on to you. I guess that's what you Cons have wanted for years. Eliminate all taxes and just have a sales tax. You get taxed when you buy. It feels like that's what's going on doesn't it? They/you do brag about how much money the tariffs are bringing in to the treasury. Not to pay down the debt of course or go into medicare/social security. Trump will spend it on defense and other things you know it. BBB bitches! No he will not release the Epstein files. Just the military on our cities. And not red states. Although they did raid a auto plant in Georgia

 
OMG, Trump imposed tariffs essentially shifting the tax burden more on to you. I guess that's what you Cons have wanted for years. Eliminate all taxes and just have a sales tax. You get taxed when you buy. It feels like that's what's going on doesn't it? They/you do brag about how much money the tariffs are bringing in to the treasury. Not to pay down the debt of course or go into medicare/social security. Trump will spend it on defense and other things you know it. BBB bitches! No he will not release the Epstein files. Just the military on our cities. And not red states. Although they did raid a auto plant in Georgia

It "feels" like that's what's going on? No, it "feels" like you clowns make new sh*t up every 10 minutes.
 
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It "feels" like that's what's going on? No, it "feels" like you clowns make new sh*t up every 10 minutes.

You're brainwashed with Hyperbolic rhetoric dude.

Nothing is ever getting little bit better or a little bit worse — it’s always so good or so bad that it’s never before been recorded in the annals of human history.

The phrase, which Trump is using with increasing frequency, is not just a rhetorical signature. It’s also a reflection of how Trump views the world and approaches the presidency. Almost everything is black and white, with himself as the hero and his political opponents as the villains. His successes are legendary in his eyes, and the country’s problems are urgent crises that require him to consolidate power and take drastic action.

Trump has used some version of the phrase 194 times this year, according to Roll Call Factba.se, a database of presidential remarks. (And that’s not counting Thursday, when Trump said “there’s never been anything like” the technological advancements during his term, or Friday, when he boasted about economic investments by saying “nobody’s ever seen numbers like this.”)

Trump’s loose relationship with facts is well documented, all the way back to his bestselling book “The Art of the Deal” in 1987.
“People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular,” the book said. “I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration — and it’s a very effective form of promotion.”

The routine was on full display last year when Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention.
He promised to “lead America to new heights of greatness like the world has never seen before,” and he said the national debt will come down “with numbers that nobody has ever seen.”
Then he unleashed his anger at Democrats.
Rising inflation? “They’ve never seen anything like it.” Illegal immigration? “Nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”

He said “they have crime that’s at levels that nobody’s ever seen before in Baltimore,”

The phrase is spreading through the administration​


Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, told the president that people around the globe “have never really seen the world change in this way” because of his peace negotiations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Trump’s work on controlling migration, saying they’re “getting cooperation from countries that we’ve never seen before.”

Sometimes Trump even likes to put the phrase in other people’s mouths.
In an Aug. 15 interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been impressed with his leadership.

“Vladimir said just a little while ago, he said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody do so much so fast,’” Trump said.
 
The Nobel committee is nothing but a bunch or moralizing liberals. They awarded the Peace Prize to Hussein Obama for getting elected and they awarded a Nobel to Al Gore, who has no scientific background, for selling carbon credits in an extortion scam related to the fake science of man made global warming.
 
You're brainwashed with Hyperbolic rhetoric dude.

Nothing is ever getting little bit better or a little bit worse — it’s always so good or so bad that it’s never before been recorded in the annals of human history.

The phrase, which Trump is using with increasing frequency, is not just a rhetorical signature. It’s also a reflection of how Trump views the world and approaches the presidency. Almost everything is black and white, with himself as the hero and his political opponents as the villains. His successes are legendary in his eyes, and the country’s problems are urgent crises that require him to consolidate power and take drastic action.

Trump has used some version of the phrase 194 times this year, according to Roll Call Factba.se, a database of presidential remarks. (And that’s not counting Thursday, when Trump said “there’s never been anything like” the technological advancements during his term, or Friday, when he boasted about economic investments by saying “nobody’s ever seen numbers like this.”)

Trump’s loose relationship with facts is well documented, all the way back to his bestselling book “The Art of the Deal” in 1987.
“People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular,” the book said. “I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration — and it’s a very effective form of promotion.”

The routine was on full display last year when Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention.
He promised to “lead America to new heights of greatness like the world has never seen before,” and he said the national debt will come down “with numbers that nobody has ever seen.”
Then he unleashed his anger at Democrats.
Rising inflation? “They’ve never seen anything like it.” Illegal immigration? “Nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”

He said “they have crime that’s at levels that nobody’s ever seen before in Baltimore,”

The phrase is spreading through the administration​


Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, told the president that people around the globe “have never really seen the world change in this way” because of his peace negotiations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Trump’s work on controlling migration, saying they’re “getting cooperation from countries that we’ve never seen before.”

Sometimes Trump even likes to put the phrase in other people’s mouths.
In an Aug. 15 interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been impressed with his leadership.

“Vladimir said just a little while ago, he said, ‘I’ve never seen anybody do so much so fast,’” Trump said.
Damn, you're all over the map. I'm shocked you didn't say you "feelz" it's the end of the world.
 
I don't think so. Many people who voted for Trump because they preferred him to Kamala are regretting it. I mean, you hate whoever our front runner is the most. Whoever it is, you say they are the worse ever. Kamala, Biden, all the way back to Bill Clinton. You said he was horrible too remember? But even Trump admitted you were just jealous. Well, same for Biden and Obama. Hillary/Gore/Kerry would have been much better than Bush or Trump.

Trump is destroying our standing with the rest of the world while bragging about ending 10 wars. What a joke. Is that to distract from the meeting India, China, Russia and North Korea just had?

See the bad jobs numbers?

No, only MAGA want a leader like Putin. Because Trump is like Putin. Corrupt, evil, greedy, corrupt. Ever ask yourself why Russia puts up with Putin? It's because he successfully rigs elections. I'm sure 45% don't mind. Guys like you. And the other 55% are powerless to do anything about it.

I believe if Trump were younger America would turn into Russia's form of government. Truly. But Trump won't last and there is no one who can replace that cult leader.
We got Trump back, because of Biden.
 
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