Although not publicly stated,  the criteria for winning the Nobel Peace Prize  seem to be a) who has denounced the United States most demonically; b) who has denounced Israel most demonically.   Doing so indicates one's peacefulness, so from Jimmy Carter to Yasser Arafat, with rare lapses into worthiness such as Mother Teresa, recent Nobel Peace Prize winners have outshone themselves in stooping for this standard.  Oh occasionally a protest here, a complaint there over one obscure  prize winner or the other was whispered, only to be drowned out by the worldwide anti—American, anti—Israel approving chorus.   But 11 years ago the Nobel Peace Prize committee really hit below rock bottom, awarding the prize to Yasser Arafat, a man who appeared in public at the United Nations with a gun, loudly promising that either he got his way eliminating Israel or he would use the gun.  And since the UN rather approved of him and...(Read Full Post)