At least the hosers were forthright enough to admit they gave the award to bust bush's nads

In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to former US President Jimmy Carter, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is making clear that it doesn't like the current US president's policies in the Middle East.

Gunnar Berge, the longtime sardine quaffing Labour Party politician who heads Norway's Nobel Committee, answered with an "unconditional yes" when asked whether the choice of Carter should send a message to Washington.
Berge lauded Carter's consistent urging that mediation, not confrontation, be used when trying to resolve conflicts. Current US President George Bush, in the Nobel Committee's eyes, has dismissed mediation in its war against terrorism and its position on Iraq, and instead wants to launch an attack against Iraq's leadership. Bush has just won authority to make a military strike from the US Congress.

Berge later told reporters that the current hostilities between the US and Iraq make awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Carter relevant. Berge noted that Carter "has taken another position" than the Bush administration, and the Nobel Peace Prize is in part aimed at rewarding that position.

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-philw (damn Vikings)