2013 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the EU? Is this a joke?

I almost choked on my coffee this morning when I read that the Nobel committee gave the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU. Really? Their rather loose explanation is that they are recognizing the EU for staying committed to the concept of the EU during the financial crisis that continues to test the alliance’s union.  I'm sensing a trend in how the Nobel committee prioritizes its selection: Let’s honor and individual or entity that has the potential to advance the EU’s political and social interests, and let’s ignore the actual individuals who have helped the world avoid war(s) or helped humanity. I mean, really, did President Barak Obama – in hindsight – really deserve to receive the Nobel Peace prize as his first act as President – for the image of world peace maker that he projected during his 2008 campaign?

The Nobel Peace Prize committee is choosing to ignore the fact that the EU led the campaign against Libya’s Gaddafi  which ended up in his lynching and the total dismemberment of the Libyan infrastructure, with thousands killed. The country is now run by armed gangs - along with the Al Qaeda Islamist extremists that killed our American Ambassador and 3 others. The Nobel Prize committee is choosing to ignore the fact that the EU, while encouraging the downfall of Bashar Assad of Syria by supplying arms and ammo to the Syrian opposition, has done little else while over 30,000 Syrians have died.

Here’s my nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who has seen his country attacked with thousands of missiles from Iranian surrogate’s Hamas and Hezbollah, while at the same time has given EU/US sanctions against Iran 6 years to work despite the fact that they aren’t stopping Iranian efforts to produce nuclear weapons. PM Netanyahu has always had the necessary military capacity to attack Israel’s enemies, but he has “walked the walk” of true peacemaking and “gone the extra mile” by holding back in hopes of a peaceful resolution to Israel’s “Iranian problem”.

The credibility of the Nobel committee was seriously damaged in 2009 when it awarded Barak Obama the Nobel Peace Prize and elevating him to the same level as Gandhi – a true warrior for peace. This year’s award to the EU is no less offensive.