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Not trying to get political, but I feel the middle east talks wasnt even between the right countries. Get Syria, Iran, Palestine and Israel to sign a peace agr

Not trying to get political, but I feel the middle east talks wasnt even between the right countries. Get Syria, Iran, Palestine and Israel to sign a peace agreement, now that would be an accomplishment. Peace between Israel and Bahrain? Were they even fighting? Edit: should have known this was a touchy subject...

shripadk 6y ago
> Get Syria, Iran, Palestine and Israel to sign a peace agreement, now that would be an accomplishment. Did Obama do that? Then why was he given the Nobel Peace Prize? See that is why I said it is a joke! You guys have different standards for Obama and Trump. With Obama, he literally did not do anything and was given the Nobel Peace Prize. Even he was shocked when he heard it. But Trump did much more good than Obama and yet he hasn't been awarded. It is a joke! Obama literally launched 12 new proxy wars during his entire tenure. Trump hasn't launched even one. Most US Presidents have been involved in some War or the other. Trump pulled troops out of Syria and Afghanistan. That is an accomplishment in itself.
ecommerceguy 6y ago
Like I said to get these Countries to RECOGNIZE each other is a major accomplishment. Downvoting does not accomplish much besides suppress the truth via greyed out text. HN mods should flag this discussion. Sad to see this type of divisive behavior but I'm not surprised. I'm personally excited to see UAE and Israel sitting at a table instead of flinging bombs but I've always been pro peace. Perhaps Obama supporters truly are not. Gross
- panpanna 6y ago
  Sure, but Turkey and Egypt recognized Isreal in 1950 and 1979. Saudi Arabia/Iraq/Syria still do not recognize Israel. In comparison, Bahrain and UAE are tiny countries that already had pretty normal relationship with Israel, just not very official. So an achievement by POTUS, yes. But let's not oversell it. (Not gonna comment more on this, politics make me nervous)
  - shripadk 6y ago
    > So an achievement by POTUS, yes. But let's not oversell it. Redirecting you to my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737337

shripadk 6y ago

> Get Syria, Iran, Palestine and Israel to sign a peace agreement, now that would be an accomplishment. Did Obama do that? Then why was he given the Nobel Peace Prize? See that is why I said it is a joke! You guys have different standards for Obama and Trump. With Obama, he literally did not do anything and was given the Nobel Peace Prize. Even he was shocked when he heard it. But Trump did much more good than Obama and yet he hasn't been awarded. It is a joke! Obama literally launched 12 new proxy wars during his entire tenure. Trump hasn't launched even one. Most US Presidents have been involved in some War or the other. Trump pulled troops out of Syria and Afghanistan. That is an accomplishment in itself.

ecommerceguy 6y ago

Like I said to get these Countries to RECOGNIZE each other is a major accomplishment. Downvoting does not accomplish much besides suppress the truth via greyed out text. HN mods should flag this discussion. Sad to see this type of divisive behavior but I'm not surprised. I'm personally excited to see UAE and Israel sitting at a table instead of flinging bombs but I've always been pro peace. Perhaps Obama supporters truly are not. Gross

panpanna 6y ago
Sure, but Turkey and Egypt recognized Isreal in 1950 and 1979. Saudi Arabia/Iraq/Syria still do not recognize Israel. In comparison, Bahrain and UAE are tiny countries that already had pretty normal relationship with Israel, just not very official. So an achievement by POTUS, yes. But let's not oversell it. (Not gonna comment more on this, politics make me nervous)
- shripadk 6y ago
  > So an achievement by POTUS, yes. But let's not oversell it. Redirecting you to my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737337