nobel jumped the shark

in the spirit of awarding terrorist yassir arafat the 1994 nobel peace prize (a few years before the bloody intifada) and jimmy carter (more for his bush-bashing rather than the landmark camp david accords), the 2005 nobel peace prize goes to Mohamed ElBaradei and the nuclear watchdog IAEA. the committee (laughably) states

"At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its director general."

ElBaradei considered it a "Keep doing what you are doing" message and a "shot in the arm".

hopefully, it'll improve its rather dismal performance as watchdog, as jay tea at wizbang notes. the french group Sortir du Nucleaire (Get Out of Nuclear) goes further dubbing this prize "a joke", suggesting the IAEA should be disbanded