It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

MOAMMAR QADAFFI FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? Amatai Etzioni makes the case.

Deproliferating a country without killing anyone, without firing a shot. Qaddafi should be nominated for a Noble Peace Price; he has done much more for global safety than many others who have received the prize in the past. (Those who will say that his motives were impure should consider the motives of others who have received the prize, including Yasser Arafat.)

We have an odd tendency of showering billions of dollars on countries that threaten us while doing next to nothing for countries who disarm voluntary. Lybia should be awash in appreciation, and not just in fine words. Such recognition would encourage other countries to follow its lead, and it may even encourage Libya to take the next step: improving its dismal human rights record.

I don't know if I'd go so far as to give Qadaffi the Nobel Prize but I do agree that good behavior should be generously rewarded, something that I don't see much under this administration.