Ignobel Peace Prize

Jimmy Carter's got one. Yasser Arafat had one. So why not the IAEA?

The decision of the Nobel Prize committee to award its no-longer-prestigious Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Commission is news worthy of Jon Stewart. Could they find no more humorous an honoree?

The Commission wasn't even able to vote out sanctions on Iran, opting instead to merely threaten that it might recommend sanctions. It failed to stop Pakistan's nuclear program, whistling "peaceful use" in the dark. It had nothing to do with bringing North Korea to the mat, although the agreement does rely on the IAEA to verify compliance ... a frightening thought.

The IAEA's director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, doesn't think Iran is pursuing nukes, didn't think Saddam was pursuing them, and failed to get a new non-proliferation treaty through the UN earlier this year.

Yet the Nobel Committee, intent on scoring a point for internationalism even if it's a mighty weak one, soldiers on:

"At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its director general."

Don't you just love that "broadest possible international cooperation" jibe? It makes you think that if there were no George Bush, there would be no Peace Prize for the IAEA. Similarly, if there were no George Bush, there would be no six party talks and no breaking of NoKo's nuke will.

Internationalism has failed; only the UN, its sister agencies, the Nobel Committeee, MSM and Dems haven't noticed. (source)

Update: Michelle's got a good wrap-up of blogger comments going.