This
is the biggest lie that has ever come out of the Nobel committee. It is true
that since 1945 a third world war has been avoided. But that does not mean that
the countries of the European Union have only been involved in peaceful
activities. First of all there was the cold war against the Soviet Union and
other countries of the Warsaw Pact. For decades the European countries,
especially Germany, did everything possible to destabilize the Soviet Union,
and they were involved in every American threat made against the Warsaw Pact.
American
nuclear weapons are still littering Europe, even though the cold war has been
over for years. Then, what to think of the way Europe destroyed the former
Yugoslavia? Again it was Germany who started the conflict on the Balkan by
recognizing Croatia, which was illegally breaking away. This was the start of a
bloody war in which NATO planes bombed Serbia at random. Thousands of people
died as a result. Apparently the Nobel committee has forgotten this war on
European soil. We can make a long list of interventions by Europe in the Middle
East, sometimes open en sometimes in a more hidden way. But the results were
always the same. More people killed, more destruction, and intervening in the
affairs of other countries far beyond international laws.
If
this is keeping the peace, it makes you wonder what war would look like. It is
also said that the prize has been awarded to boost the European idea. It is
this idea that has started the current financial crisis and which has plunged
millions of people, especially in southern Europe, in poverty and unemployment.
While the European idea is turning Europe more and more into a field of
destruction, the clutter brains in Norway paint a picture of Europe that makes paradise
look like a neglected backyard.
So
why has this prize been awarded? We have already seen that it has nothing to do
with peace. The answer is simple. The European leaders needed a boost to hide
their panic and confusion over de Euro crisis. They were desperate for some
good news while their system is collapsing with increasing pace. The peoples of
Europe are rightly associating Europe en the EU with cutbacks, financial chaos
and increasing police repression. That picture is right and in accordance with
reality. But the European leaders want to show another side. A side which in
reality does not exist. The Nobel committee has let itself be used for this
unrealistic European propaganda. Propaganda, which hides the truth and paints a
rosy picture of a bankrupt system.
We
all know that the European leaders and the truth are a combination which does
not match. It is logic that they try to draw others into this murky game. You
cannot even blame them. But you can blame the Nobel committee which let itself
be used in such an obvious way. The European leaders can now congratulate
themselves with this so-called achievement. But they will not fool anybody. The
peoples of Europe have taken a long time to see the truth about the EU and open
their eyes. But now they know a propaganda lie when they see one. So in the end
no one will benefit from this distasteful charade.
If
the committee in Norway wanted to give a prize, they should have given it to
the European peace movement which has fought for years against higher defence
spending, war preparations, nuclear arms and foreign interventions. The
millions who demonstrated and stood on picket lines. Who withstood police
attacks and condemnation through the rightwing and establishment press.
They
deserve this peace prize every year. But instead of getting a prize they are
seen as troublemakers, traitors or the enemy within. This goes to show how
serious the Oslo committee is when it comes to real peace. After this debacle
the best thing is to abolish the prize altogether and have done with it. Before
anymore sickening awards are made. It degrades prizes such as these and ignores
the people who really care about peace. End of story, we would say.
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