On: Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes (2015)

[diplomatpuppy]

The prize may have given them political cover that let their violence go on longer

[Tomte → diplomatpuppy]

They only get the prize after stopping, so you're arguing for something more complicated: violence, then non-violence, then violence.

Possible, but not terribly plausible, IMO. And the examples proffered so far (Obama or Kissinger) certainly don't fit that pattern.