In response to Rich Doyle's letter ("Bono not the leader King, Wolfensohn are," March 16), I understand his point of view on why Bono shouldn't be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize, but isn't nominating Bono actually a step in the right direction? Bono, who is a stand-up act, changed the lives of many for the better.

When you look at some of the previous winners of this "esteemed" award, you have to wonder why Fidel Castro and Joseph Stalin never received it. Jimmy Carter, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, tried to sabotage the U.S. plans of liberating Kuwait, asking members of the U.N. Security Council to vote against the resolution to free Kuwait, while also supporting Castro's communist regime. Then we have Yasser Arafat, who won the prize in 1994, who was considered by many to be a terrorist. Kofi Annan was also awarded the prize in 2001, and now he's caught in the middle of the largest scam in the history of the U.N. -- the Oil for Food Scandal.

As far as I know, Bono isn't supporting any dictatorships, nor is he funding money to terrorist groups or claiming that the West is guilty of committing genocide. Let's hope that Bono does win the Nobel Peace Prize, because it will actually go to someone who earned it.