Some Peace Prize
October 10, 2003
The US government pressured Norway, its tiny satellite, to make sure that no actual advocate of international peace–Pope John Paul II, for example–would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since this would have been seen as a rebuke to Bush, generalissimo of the most massive warfare state in the history of the world. Instead, the prize went to an advocate of feminism in Iran, thus advancing the neocon war strategy.
The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [send him mail], former editorial assistant to Ludwig von Mises and congressional chief of staff to Ron Paul, is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute, executor for the estate of Murray N. Rothbard, and editor of LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Against the State and Against the Left. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
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