President Donald Trump's desperation to win a Nobel Peace Prize is now a "running joke" among diplomats at their regular gathering. When Trump returned to office earlier this year, he made it clear he wants the famed award, according to Sidney Blumenthal's analysis for The Guardian."In just a few ho...
And Obama’s drone strikes live rent free in the minds of an entire generation of people in the middle east. Still weird as fuck that he got a peace prize, but it would be much weirder if Trump received one.
I was wondering about that as well so I looked into the dates. Apparently Obama got the award in October 9, 2009, and some of the first controversial drone strikes under his administration were in March and April of 2009. Dude came out the gate drone striking and the Nobel Committee just ignored it.
Obama still living in his head rent free
And Obama’s drone strikes live rent free in the minds of an entire generation of people in the middle east. Still weird as fuck that he got a peace prize, but it would be much weirder if Trump received one.
I was wondering about that as well so I looked into the dates. Apparently Obama got the award in October 9, 2009, and some of the first controversial drone strikes under his administration were in March and April of 2009. Dude came out the gate drone striking and the Nobel Committee just ignored it.
Indeed. That any imperialist ruler or diplomat gets a peace prize is absurd. Especially from the USA, but any big power would also be absurd.
Nobody has made a stronger argument of Obama’s unworthiness as the man himself: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-acceptance-nobel-peace-prize
Obama got the Peace Prize for creating hope after dubya … and partly in order to “bind” him to commuting to peace.
That was not one of the better selections.