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You could at least make the case that Obama promoted -- indeed, in a sense, embodied -- "fraternity between nations," for he was incredibly popular with most of
by A_D_E_P_T 3y ago
You could at least make the case that Obama promoted -- indeed, in a sense, embodied -- "fraternity between nations," for he was incredibly popular with most of America's allies. (See, e.g., his "rock star" reception in Germany.) Even its enemies were at worst ambivalent towards him personally, and at best they were hopeful that he'd bring about positive change. In this sense, he, at minimum, shored up the self-image of the Western world.
So I thought it was weird, sure, but I could somehow rationalize it.
But this year's prize will apparently do nothing but increase enmity and discord, which strikes me as odd and counter to the prize's intended purpose. The Iranian regime isn't going to look at this prize and see the light; it's going to react indignantly and perhaps violently.
- parthdesai 3y ago> So I thought it was weird, sure, but I could somehow rationalize it. Not if you happened to be a person in Libya/Syria/Afghanistan or a few other middle eastern countries.
- suoduandao3 3y agoIf I recall correctly though, Obama won the peace prize shortly after winning the election and ran from a much more doveish platform than he governed from.
- LanceH 3y agoHe won the prize before actually doing anything more than campaign promises. If we're awarding prizes based on campaign promises...well, there will be some interesting awards, indeed.
- dmbche 3y agoI think they might be refering to Al Gore instead of Obama?
- barry-cotter 3y agoBoth of them got it for not being Bush.
- jansan 3y agoOP here, I meant Obama. I totally forgot that Al Gore received the Nobel Peace Prize. Dear Lord, that prize has really lost its meaning.
- screye 3y agoThe mishandling of the entire middle-east is hard to ignore. If anything, Trump's only consensus wins came from cleaning up the mess in the middle east. > shored up the self-image of the Western world Which tells you everything you need to about the Nobel Peace Prize.
- mrguyorama 3y ago>cleaning up the mess in the middle east. Pray tell, how did Trump clean up anything in the middle east?