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A modest proposal for ending the war in Ukraine
2022-03-25
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[AmThinker] I propose that Vladimir Putin be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after he announces the end of hostilities and withdraws his troops.

This isn't as crazy as it sounds. If Putin did end the war, he actually would qualify for the prize, which is officially awarded "to the person who 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." (Incidentally, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has no provisions for disqualifying people who start wars.)

Putin would be an unusual pick, to say the least. But the Nobel Committee has made a number of unusual picks in recent decades. In 1994, it awarded the prize to Yasser Arafat.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Except he doesn't want a prize. He will settle for only Zelensky's life and his own figurehead in Kiev.

Actually that's an easier thing to give him. Strategically too it would be a good chess move. Putin will be stressed for years controlling the rebellions and guerrilla fighting in the region. And countries wishing to jump into the by now floating NATO umbrella would be dissuaded. Best part, Soros and company would be denied this perverse game of gō in this lifetime.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh   2022-03-25 15:21  

#6  Reminds me of this:
Shecky Greene:

"Frank Sinatra? Heck of a guy - real prince. Saved my life once. We were doing a show at the Sands, and between sets, I took a break in the parking lot. Next thing I know, three guys are working me over real good. Then I hear Frank say, 'OK, boys, that's enough.'"
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert   2022-03-25 15:11  

#5  Give him two Nobels, maybe more apply as well.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-03-25 11:42  

#4  And here I thought he was up for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for ending the Covid Pan-epidemic. Cause I'm not hearing the daily panic on that front anymore.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-25 08:21  

#3  Kissinger, 1973
Posted by: Butch Clert6965   2022-03-25 07:29  

#2  This years Nobel Peace prize is earmarked for a Transgender; Putin does not have a chance.
Posted by: Airandee   2022-03-25 06:54  

#1  The precedent for Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to communist dictators has already been established. I don't see a problem with the idea.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-25 03:57  

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