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Peaceful Person Wins Peace Prize Shock!
How do you reckon the Chinese are going to react to this one?
Peaceful Person Wins Peace Prize Shock!
In a startling turn of events the committee which gives prizes in the memory of the man who invented dynamite has honoured someone who has failed to kill anyone, send suicide squads to murder children, order drone strikes, or plant a tree.
This years Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said he was honoured "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," and added that the Committee ' has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace".
There is clearly no fooling this years Committee unlike last year when some people criticised the choice. Barack Obama won despite being nominated just 11 days into his Presidency He went on to surge troops into Afghanistan, fail to close Guatnanamo Bay prison, and fire more missiles into Pakistan in one year than George Bush managed in seven. In mitigation he worked hard on nuclear missile reduction and the Israeli/Palestinian talks..........................
This years Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said he was honoured "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," and added that the Committee ' has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace".
There is clearly no fooling this years Committee unlike last year when some people criticised the choice. Barack Obama won despite being nominated just 11 days into his Presidency He went on to surge troops into Afghanistan, fail to close Guatnanamo Bay prison, and fire more missiles into Pakistan in one year than George Bush managed in seven. In mitigation he worked hard on nuclear missile reduction and the Israeli/Palestinian talks..........................
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