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Article: COLUMN: Politicizing the Nobel Peace Prize
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- October 18, 2002
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(Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- On Friday, Oct. 11,
former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for
his peacemaking and humanitarian work over the last 20 years. On Monday,
Carter was off to monitor Jamaica's parliamentary elections, but
not before the Nobel Committee's Chairman made clear that his award
was meant as a criticism of the Bush administration and its plans
for war in Iraq.
Although the Peace Prize often carries a political message, it usually
is not this overt -- and for good reason. By placing the Prize in
political context and attaching political messages to it, the Nobel
Committee diminishes its recipients' honor ...