European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize

From Iain Martin, at Telegraph UK, "EU winning Nobel Peace Prize is beyond parody, like knighting Fred Goodwin in the middle of a mad boom":

Daftest of all is the notion that the EU itself has kept the peace. It was the Allies led by the Americans, the Russians and the British who defeated and disarmed the Germans in 1945. The German people then underwent the most extraordinary reckoning, transforming their country into an essentially pacifist society. The EU had very little to do with it. Throughout that period it was Nato, led by the Americans and British, which kept the peace in Western Europe. The American taxpayer picked up most of the resulting tab, and the British paid a significant part of the bill too.

RTWT.

Also at Foreign Policy, "Worst. Prize. Ever."