Nobel Nominee

Yeah, unapologetic murderer Tookie Williams was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

And so was John Bolton.

Two Americans who played a major role in exposing Iran's secret nuclear weapons plans have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

United Nations Ambassador John Bolton and longtime Iran investigator Kenneth R. Timmerman were nominated for their repeated warnings and documentation of Iran's secret nuclear buildup and revealing Iran's "repeated lying" and false reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Bolton was formerly U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security and was author of the Proliferation Security Initiative, an international effort to interdict shipments of weapons of mass destruction and related materials, which led to the eventual breakup of the secret nuclear network directed by Pakistan nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Bolton repeatedly warned of Iran's nuclear plans.

If nomination for a Nobel Prize was a good enough reason to get Tookie off of death row, wouldn't nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize be good enough to get John Bolton an actual appointment with the US Senate for confirmation?

I bet Senator Voinovich was crying again when he heard this news.

United Nations Posted by AlexC at February 8, 2006 7:15 PM