Surely he jests! But no!

The Committee of Freedom, (an Orwellian moniker, doncha think?), has nominated Mr. Berlusconi to follow in the famous footsteps of the likes of Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner (née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau) and Yasser Arafat.

Evidently, Silvio Berlusconi had a key role in bringing peace to Israel and Palestine. Long may that peace hold.

If you read Italian, you can learn all of Mr. Berlusconi's key roles in promoting world peace and prosperity by going to the Silvio Berlusconi Nobel website. A couple of warnings are in order before you click on that link, however. First, there's loud and cheesy "music" you can't turn off. Second, you'll encounter frequent bolding of text, a trademark of Berlusconi nemesis (and nemesis of many) Beppe Grillo. (Or maybe bolding is an Italian political trait. I'll get back to you on that.)

Perchè Silvio Berlusconi? Perchè indeed.