Give peace a yes we can!

Like many of you blogging today, I am also shocked by the decline in the Nobel Peace Prize Committee's standards. It used to be de rigeuer for world leaders to, if not start, then at least escalate a major armed conflict in order to be considered eligible. Yes, I know Obama has recently increased troop levels in Afghanistan, but as far as I'm concerned that's too little too late, especially given that nominees were submitted way back in January before the announcement was made. Wherever those Swedes have mislaid their moral compass, I hope they find it again. After all, it would be a damn shame if, for instance, Joseph Kabila were to suffer the same fate as his father and be assassinated before his unparalleled contributions to world peace were recognised.