First Arafat, then Obama and now the European Union
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday, an award seen as a morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis.
The committee praised the 27-nation EU for rebuilding after World War Two and for its role in spreading stability to former communist countries after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.
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"This is a message to Europe to do everything they can to secure what they've achieved and move forward," [Committee chairman Thorbjoern] Jagland said, saying it was a reminder of what would be lost "if the union is allowed to collapse."
The president of the European Parliament welcomed the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union on Friday, saying it recognized post-war reconciliation in Europe and would serve as an inspiration.
"(We are) deeply touched and honored that the EU has won the Nobel Peace Prize," Martin Schulz said in a statement distributed on Twitter.
"Reconciliation is what the EU is about. It can serve as an inspiration. The EU is a unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity."I wonder what the odds are in Las Vegas on the EU existing a year from now. This ought to raise the odds on them not existing.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, European Union, Nobel Peace Prize, Yasser Arafat
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:37 PM
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Funny how the Norwegians are so enamored of the European Union that they've now awarded it the Nobel Peace Prize--but not quite so enamored as to actually join the thing...
According to an article published at the blog Strategy Page, a CIA analytical report projects the collapse of the EU no later than 2020. The report supposedly stated that social and economic tensions and incompatibilities between various nations will prove it's ultimate undoing.
I for one will celebrate at the fall of the EUSSR. The English UKIP MEP Nigel Farage is probably the most articulate anti-EU politician today. Here is a link to a Youtube index of some of his best anti-EU harangues in the EU "Parliament".
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