Sometimes, all you can do is shake your head in wonder....

BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Nobel's regrets on Peres award

In an interview with a Norwegian newspaper, committee members said they regretted that Mr Peres' prize could not be recalled because, as a member of the Israeli cabinet, he had not acted to prevent Israel's re-occupation of Palestinian territory.

One member said Mr Peres had not lived up to the ideals he expressed when he accepted the prize.

And Arafat has?

"What is happening today in Palestine is grotesque and unbelievable," said Hanna Kvanmo.

But those people blowing themselves up and killing Jews, the ones Arafat pays for, that stuff is cool.

"Peres is responsible, as part of the government. He has expressed his agreement with what [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon is doing," she said.

If Arafat were killed by Israel, Peres could "share in the blame"

"If he had not agreed with Sharon, then he would have withdrawn from the government."

Ah, so you quit rather than have any direct influence or power. How wonderful.

Oslo Bishop Gunnar Stalsett, a committee member for the past eight years, describes as "absurd" what he sees as the involvement of a Nobel laureate in human rights abuses.

Again, what about that guy with...well, whatever it is wrapped around his head?

Other committee members argue that the Israeli government's actions in general and Mr Peres' involvement in particular are threatening to bring the prize into disrepute.

But PLO suicide bombers don't? I swear, I am beginning to believe that if you live in Europe you truly believe you live in a fairy tale.

InstaPundit provides a link to RevokeThePrize.org, which is gathering "signatures" to have the Prize snatched from Arafat. If you want to contact someone directly, there's The Norwegian Nobel Institute.