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The deserving and the not so deserving

By Ivan Simic - posted Thursday, 23 October 2008


Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard: an Hungarian-German physicist. He is the winner of the Prize in physics for his research on cathode rays. Later he was adviser to Adolf Hitler, Chief of Aryan Physics and active proponent of Nazi ideology.

Alexander Fleming: a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He is the winner of the Prize (shared prize) in medicine for his discovery of penicillin. Many disagree with the fact that he was the first to discover penicillin.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr: an American President and the first American to receive the Nobel Prize. He was the winner of the Peace Prize in 1905. During his presidency he played an important role in the suppression of a revolt in the Philippines.

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (Heinz Alfred Kissinger): the US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser. He was the winner of the Peace Prize along with Le Duc Tho, however, Tho declined the award. There is evidence that he was involved in the secret campaign of bombing against infiltrating NVA (Vietnam People’s Army) in Cambodia and Operation Condor. He also supported the invasion of Cyprus. Kissinger is wanted for questioning by officials in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France and Spain for war crimes that he might have committed.

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Yasser Arafat), Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin: they are winners of the Peace Prize for the negotiations in Oslo. Arafat was accused of being associated with many violent acts. On the other hand, Rabin was an Israeli Military General who ordered the expulsion of Arabs from areas captured by Israel during the war in 1948.

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr: Vice President of the United States from 1993-2001. He is the winner of the Peace Prize (shared) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". During his service in the office under President Clinton, the US was involved in many military operations. Operations in which many people lost their lives and which had impacts on climate change, pollution, illness, among others. For instance, the NATO bombing of Bosnian Serbs; the US led bombing of Iraq; the US led bombing of Serbia. Al Gore is a fine actor, in fact he is an Academy awarded actor for his role in The Inconvenient Truth for which he won the Oscar.

There are people among us who dedicated their lives to make a valuable contribution to mankind in areas of physics, economics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace but it seems there are some individuals who deserve or deserved to win the prize but never got it, nor will get it.

In contrast there are many with dubious credentials and those who give just a few months of their lives for some cause who win or have won the prize.

If this trend continues, then in the next five years maybe we will see George W. Bush as a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring peace to all mankind by creating new wars in order to prevent wars and terrorism. And maybe as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, for his overseeing of the global credit crisis and for making the war industry wealthier than ever.

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Ivan Simic is an political analyst and author based in Belgrade, Serbia. For the past decade, He has worked in various fields, including: business, diplomacy, and government. He has written many articles and critiques or supported theories concerning global issues and international relations. Currently, He is pursuing diplomatic carrier on international level.

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