Activists Call Peace Prize “Reward For Failure”

Boo Hoo Hoo…

OK, I’m officially laughing my rear end off over the goings on in response to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the IAEA and corrupt Egyptian General ElBaradei.

Survivors of the well deserved US nuking of Japan to end WWII are screaming foul as the “Chief Nuclear Inspector” preens for the cameras.

Chief nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei said on Friday he feels "humbled" after winning the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, and said it sends "a very strong message" about the importance of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) role.

The Egyptian diplomat shares the prize with the IAEA, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency that he leads.

"I'm extremely humbled and honoured," ElBaradei said.

Journalists welcomed him with applause and cheers as he entered the room.

ElBaradei said the prize is a recognition of the agency's work, and of the road that lies ahead as it continues its work to keep the world safe from nuclear weapons.

"The award ... is something that gives me lots of pride and also lots of responsibility," he said. "The award sends a very strong message. Keep doing what you are doing."

ElBaradei said his agency strives to be a neutral agent for peace.

Excuse me while I wipe my eyes…he’s so humble…

But there is dissidence in the ranks of nominees for the prize coming from of all places, the country that brought us Pearl Harbor, Karaoke singing, and cheep 70’s import autos—Japan.

Meanwhile, nuclear-bomb survivors nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize accused the prize committee on Friday of passing them over in order not to offend the US, and said the award is slanted against grassroots groups.

Senji Yamaguchi, an activist whose face was disfigured by the Nagasaki bombing, openly criticised the Nobel judges after the award went to the IAEA and ElBaradei.

The 75-year-old, captured in a 1945 photograph showing gruesome radiation burns, has lectured across the world to urge an end to nuclear weapons. He helped found Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese confederation of nuclear survivors.

"I don't understand why Nihon Hidankyo didn't get the award this year. It makes me wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize committee is paying special consideration to a certain country," Yamaguchi said.

"The US is responsible for not being able to stop other countries from possessing nuclear weapons," he told reporters at his Nagasaki nursing home where he has spent the past two years. "I want ElBaradei and the IAEA to work harder to stop the possibility of repeating the Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragedies in the future."

Of course they can’t resist dragging the US into the discussion and blaming our civilian and military nuclear programs for the world’s problems. It’s sorta like the gun control nuts out there that think that if you remove the guns from the hands of law abiding citizens that all of the criminals will start doing their work with butter knives rather than AK-47’s.

I’m sorry Mr. Hidankyo, but you seem to forget that Japan attacked the US FIRST, as we sat on the sidelines of WWII and watched your country and the Axis powers run amok over the rest of the world.

When you pick a fight, you have to expect to possibly get your ass kicked.

Tough shit if you don’t like the outcome…