I'm sure many of you were as confused by that title, as I was. I was sure they had to mean the other, longer-haired, lame singer John Bolton, because the US ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Nobel Peace Prize seem to be complete and total opposites. In fact, I believe merely mentioning the two in the same sentence can cause a tear in the space-time continuum. So tread carefully...
(CNSNews.com) - John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment.
Bolton and Kenneth R. Timmerman were formally nominated by Sweden's former deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, for playing a major role in exposing Iran's secret plans to develop nuclear weapons.
They documented Iran's secret nuclear buildup and revealed Iran's "repeated lying" and false reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency, a press release said.
Bolton formerly served as U.S. undersecretary for arms control and international security, and he authored the Proliferation Security Initiative, an international effort to block WMD shipments. The effort eventually unmasked the secret nuclear network directed by Pakistan nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan.
Timmerman, an independent researcher, has written extensively on Iran's nuclear activities for more than 20 years. His report for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in 1992 first detailed Iran's ties to A.Q. Khan. His most recent book, "Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran," was published last year. |
I still can't believe it, and if there is a backbone among any on the committee that actually decides who deserves the award, he'll get it. Just the nomination isn't a huge deal, I mean Tookie Williams was nominated for crying out loud. But since the Nobel Committee doesn't have the common sense to fill a thimble, hell will freeze over before he gets it. If he does win, it may even be a sign of the apocalypse. |
