Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Darth Penguin]

Russian President Vladimir Putin was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by an advocacy group that credits him with bringing about a peaceful resolution to the Syrian-U.S. dispute over chemical weapons.
The Russian advocacy group International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation of Peoples of the World nominated Mr. Putin, characterizing his forged agreement with Syrian President Bashar Assad — to turn over admitted chemical weapons cache to international authorities — a world-class and prize-worthy piece of diplomacy, United Press International reported.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...l-peace-prize/

[Darth Penguin]

Who may submit nominations?

According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person who falls within one of the following categories:
Members of national assemblies and governments of states

Members of international courts

University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes

Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Board members of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1)

Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Committee does not itself announce the names of nominees. In so far as certain names crop up in the advance speculations as to who will receive the year's Prize, this is either sheer guesswork or information put out by the person or persons behind the nomination. Information in the Nobel Committee's nominations data base is not made public until after fifty years.

[VeeVee]

Interesting and sad

[Natalka]

NO!

[vesper]

Al Gore and Obama WON nobel peace prizes. I don't think anyone takes this seriously anymore, it is rather sad as it used to be a very prestigious award, now it's a political statement award.

[Darth Penguin]

Nominated doesn't mean Putin or any-one else for that matter is going to get the Peace Prize. I seem to remember lots of people talking about nominating President Bush Jr several years ago and before that some people were trying to nominate President Reagan for the end of the Cold War.

We will have to wait for another 20ish years to see if President Reagan had ever been nominated and 40ish years for President Bush.

[Bubbelinchen]

nice....

[Darth Penguin]

Bush, Blair nominated for 2002 Peace Prize

One has ordered his forces into battle more times than any other postwar British leader. The other threatens military action against "evil" nations and keeps a scorecard of dead al-Qaida leaders, marking each fatality with an X. Now, Tony Blair and George Bush have received international recognition for their unswerving willingness to use force: a nomination for the 2002 Nobel peace prize.
The prime minister and US president have been jointly nominated for the accolade by a rightwing Norwegian politician who believes their military campaign against terrorism meets Alfred Nobel's criteria that the winner "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
Harald Tom Nesvik, who represents the Party of Progress in the Norwegian parliament, said yesterday: "The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to use force to secure peace."
Mr Nesvik has nomination rights as a member of a national legislature.

[Patty Smyth]

Putin 1 - Obama 0

[Patty Smyth]

Obama should be sending him a case of Vodka for getting him out of Syria.