What else could match Peres' Nobel?

What an absolutely fracking brilliant suggestion. William Safire's op-ed piece (even if it is recycled circa 1996) in the NY Times, and I quote:

For 20 years, the policies of Shimon Peres have been criticized in this space, but not once did he refuse me an interview or duck a difficult question. He's a consistent loser of elections, but a genuine political pro. (Now that the job of Secretary General of the U.N. is coming up for grabs, how about an Israeli dove?)

Peres may be President at the moment, but I am sure the Israelis are already sick enough of him that it would like doing them a massive kindness to lead him away from Israel politics and onto the world stage when Ban-ki Moon's term expires in December 2011. Besides, for sheer entertainment value, how can one beat the constant stream of exploding heads from the UN general assembly? Now, that's entertainment.