But the peace prize? How much peace is there in the world and if there is, how much of that had been achieved by the various nominees?
Let us face it, if it is peace and democracy we are honouring then we should look to the body of men (and some women) who have done more than anyone else to bring both those concepts to parts of the world that have, in the past, known little of it.
This blog hereby nominates the US Corps of Marines for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read the whole thing, which includes an unflattering contrast to Gerhard Schroeder.