Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel prizes were the legacy of Alfred Nobel. He was a wealthy man. In 1896 he stipulated that his entire fortune to be used to award annual prizes in fields such as physics, chemistry, medicine or psychology, literature and peace. I checked thru Wikipedia to find notable American recipients of the Nobel Peace Prizes. 1906- Theodore Roosevelt- Mediation of the Russo-Japanese War 1919- Woodrow Wilson- For establishing the League of Nations 1945- Cordell Hull- United Nations Organization 1953- George Marshall- Marshall Plan 1964- Martin Luther King, Jr- proved a struggle can be made without violence 1973- Henry Kissinger -1973 Paris peace agreement ending the Vietnam War 2002-Jimmy Carter- for decades of effort to find peaceful solutions 2007-Al Gore- Disseminating greater knowledge about man made climate change 2009- Barack Obama- Extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people Why have I researched this because of the brouhaha about Donald Trump being nominated not once but twice? First for the UAE, Bahrain and Israel agreement and second for the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. I listened to Pelosi minimizing the achievement because it didn’t include the Palestinians. She called it a distraction. Also the editorial writer for Atlantic said it was time to stop handing out peace awards. Trump, Kushner and the team took a different route to try to end the never-ending conflict in the Middle East. Instead of coddling Hamas they tried an end run with the hope that as other Muslim nations sign on and stop subsidizing Hamas they will eventually have to settle as well. These two new ones are added to Jordan and Egypt. It is reported others are close to agreement. A magnificent achievement.