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Could someone please enlighten me on what Hussein Obama actually did to receive The Nobel Peace Prize?
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Could someone please enlighten me on what Hussein Obama actually did to receive The Nobel Peace Prize?
You don't have google?
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Could someone please enlighten me on what Hussein Obama actually did to receive The Nobel Peace Prize?
having a black skin.
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Everybody knows Hussein Obama has gotten many of our troops killed. Just sayin'.
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Everybody knows Hussein Obama has gotten many of our troops killed. Just sayin'.
Really....not going to blame the person who sent them there.... ::)
Fact of the matter is that when you take the oath and put on a uniform, you should realize that the job can possibly get you killed or seriously fucked up. That's part of the job in being a soldier.
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I would expect a Nobel Peace Prize winner to live up to his campaign promises and bring the troops home. Instead he sent more where they don't belong.
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Really....not going to blame the person who sent them there.... ::)
Fact of the matter is that when you take the oath and put on a uniform, you should realize that the job can possibly get you killed or seriously fucked up. That's part of the job in being a soldier.
(http://www.newworldorderwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bush-obama.jpg)
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He got it for the USA's work in Sudan. But yes he doesn't deserve it. As long as you are supporting wars and starting new ones how in the hell do you win a Nodel peace prize?
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That years NPP was a "gift" win. Pure political BS.
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Could someone please enlighten me on what Hussein Obama actually did to receive The Nobel Peace Prize?
He was black and two weeks in to office with no experience. Thats it.
Obama is the poster child for everything wrong with affirmative action.
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Obama is the poster child for everything wrong with affirmative action.
Bingo
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He should give it back.
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there have been many nobel winners who after obama won said they felt like their win did not mean as much.. he did nothing to deserve it.. plain and simple
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having a black skin.
x2
reverse racism
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/us-obama-nominations-brennan-idUSBRE90T07I20130130
(Reuters) - John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as a top spy agency official, according to multiple sources familiar with official records.
Those records, the sources said, show that Brennan was a regular recipient of CIA message traffic about controversial aspects of the agency's counter-terrorism program after September 2001, including the use of "waterboarding."
How deeply involved Brennan was in the program, and whether he vigorously objected to it at the time, as he has said he did, are likely to be central questions lawmakers raise at his Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, scheduled for February 7.
After Brennan temporarily left government service in 2005, he publicly disavowed waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning, and other physically painful techniques that are often described as torture.
The official records, which include raw CIA operational message traffic that remains classified, are silent on whether he opposed the techniques while at the spy agency, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Brennan served as deputy executive director of the agency beginning in 2001.
Some former officials familiar with deliberations about the program said they don't recall Brennan voicing objections to the use of harsh interrogation techniques.
But other former officials say Brennan was among agency officials who were uncomfortable with the use of physically coercive tactics, despite the legal opinions that supported their use. He expressed concern, according to these officials, that if details of the program became public, it would be CIA officers who would face criticism, rather than the politicians and lawyers who approved them.
"If John says he expressed reservations about some techniques, I believe him because he's an honest guy," said John McLaughlin, who was deputy CIA director at the time.
"Mr. Brennan had significant concerns and personal objections to many elements of the EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) program while it was under way," a senior administration official said in response to Reuters' inquiries. "He voiced those objections privately with colleagues at the agency."
The question of whether and to what extent Brennan raised objections will be a focus of his confirmation hearing for Republican and Democratic senators alike.
"I have many questions and concerns about his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, especially what role he played in the so-called enhanced interrogation programs while serving at the CIA during the last administration," Senator John McCain, who was tortured during captivity in North Vietnam, said recently.
KNOWLEDGE, BUT NOT RESPONSIBILITY
Under the CIA program, which largely ended before Obama took office, captured militants were detained and interrogated in a network of secret CIA prisons. Sometimes, they were delivered to foreign governments through an extralegal process called "extraordinary rendition."
Three high-ranking al Qaeda leaders, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, were waterboarded.
Because he was a regular recipient of operational traffic related to the interrogation and detention program, Brennan's name appears in a secret draft of a 6,000-page Senate Intelligence Committee investigative report on the program, sources familiar with that report said. They added, however, that he was cited in passing, not as a significant supervisor or manager of the program.
Brennan, who is now Obama's White House counter-terrorism adviser, played no role in the program's "creation, execution or oversight," the senior Obama administration official said.
"(Brennan) was on hundreds if not thousands of messages a day regarding many different issues but his primary responsibility was ... helping manage the day-to-day running of the agency, to include support, logistics, IT, budget, personnel resources, facilities, IG (Inspector General) recommendations, and the like."
SECOND TRY FOR CIA
This is the second time that Obama has sought to nominate Brennan to head the spy agency, and the second time that questions have arisen about his involvement in enhanced interrogation tactics when he was a CIA official during the administration of former President George W. Bush.
Brennan's candidacy for the top CIA job was derailed over the issue when he was an early front-runner for it after Obama's 2008 election victory.
Brennan withdrew his name from consideration at that time and, in a letter to President-elect Obama, said he had been a "strong opponent" of Bush-era policies, including the Iraq war and coercive interrogation techniques.
Brennan instead became Obama's White House counter-terrorism adviser. Obama issued an executive order banning the techniques shortly after taking office.
Barring unexpected revelations, most political handicappers believe Brennan will be confirmed as CIA director this time.
(Additional reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; Editing By Warren Strobel and Christopher Wilson)
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He should give it back.
He, too, realized it was patronizing and premature, so he donated all the cash.
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He, too, realized it was patronizing and premature, so he donated all the cash.
False - he should never accepted it in the first place and allowed himself on that stage and accepted the medal.
O-Twink very much thought he deserved it.
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False - he should never accepted it in the first place and allowed himself on that stage and accepted the medal.
O-Twink very much thought he deserved it.
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Why did he not turn it down if he felt that way?
BTW - O-SHITFACE is in good company with arafat, carter, gore, etc
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Why did he not turn it down if he felt that way?
BTW - O-SHITFACE is in good company with arafat, carter, gore, etc
I'd explain it to you, but your hatred overrides any reason.
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I'd explain it to you, but your hatred overrides any reason.
Go ahead since not even his devoted cult following has provided anything even remotely logical or rational as to why he did not turn it down.
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The Nobel Peace prize has long been corrupted, it's political nonsense that means zero, you can almost guarantee that the winner is somehow corrupt or a war criminal. They gave it to Henry Kissinger who was a bigger rogue and villain than Pol pot, he certainly was a good old fashioned American mass murderer.
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The Nobel Piece prize has long been corrupted, it's political nonsense that means zero, you can almost guarantee that the winner is somehow corrupt or a war criminal. They gave it to Henry Kissinger who was a bigger rogue and villain than Pol pot, he certainly was a good old fashioned American mass murderer.
Hmm. 'Corrupted' isn't right, but it's not really wrong, either. Certainly the bestowal choice is made with political ends, that's a given. Moving over to literature, the Nobel committee needs to give the prize already to Philip Roth and not a continuing litany of obscure authors. >:(
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The Nobel Piece prize has long been corrupted, it's political nonsense that means zero, you can almost guarantee that the winner is somehow corrupt or a war criminal. They gave it to Henry Kissinger who was a bigger rogue and villain than Pol pot, he certainly was a good old fashioned American mass murderer.
No shit.
I always laugh when I think Gorbachev received it too.
Last one who really deserved it was this Fat Finnish, Martti Ahtisaari few years ago.
He has helped to reach peace in many places in Africa as chief negotiator.
Never killed anyone and brought war lords to same table for talks.
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These prizes are given out to sooth the egos of various higher ups.
The EU received a Nobel Piss Prize for example... so anybody can get one.
Next up the Muslim BrotherInDahood getting one for sending people to "heaven" and selling cheap oil.
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http://www.thefinaledition.com/article/nobel-committee-asks-obama-nicely-to-return-peace-prize.html
About fucking time.
F obama
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"The Russian president said Obama, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, should remember the impact any U.S. attack would have on Syrian civilians."
LMFAO!!!
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/30/trump-should-win-the-nobel-peace-prize-says-south-koreas-moon.html
:)
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http://www.thefinaledition.com/article/nobel-committee-asks-obama-nicely-to-return-peace-prize.html
About fucking time.
F obama
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobel-surprise/
"However, no one associated with the Norwegian Nobel Committee officially asked President Obama to return his Nobel Prize; the article was just a bit of pointed political humor from TFE, a satirical web site whose other recent stories include “Shock in Arizona: Governor Jan Brewer Reveals She’s a Velociraptor,” “From Here to iTernity: Apple Launches iTombs,” and “Thatcher Dies, Goes to Hell, Hell Spits Her Right Back Out.”
I really didn't need to check to see if the article was fake, it was pretty obvious, but I figured you would need proof
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobel-surprise/
"However, no one associated with the Norwegian Nobel Committee officially asked President Obama to return his Nobel Prize; the article was just a bit of pointed political humor from TFE, a satirical web site whose other recent stories include “Shock in Arizona: Governor Jan Brewer Reveals She’s a Velociraptor,” “From Here to iTernity: Apple Launches iTombs,” and “Thatcher Dies, Goes to Hell, Hell Spits Her Right Back Out.”
I really didn't need to check to see if the article was fake, it was pretty obvious, but I figured you would need proof
https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/former-secretary-of-nobel-committee-says-obamas-peace-prize-was-a-mistake
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobel-surprise/
"However, no one associated with the Norwegian Nobel Committee officially asked President Obama to return his Nobel Prize; the article was just a bit of pointed political humor from TFE, a satirical web site whose other recent stories include “Shock in Arizona: Governor Jan Brewer Reveals She’s a Velociraptor,” “From Here to iTernity: Apple Launches iTombs,” and “Thatcher Dies, Goes to Hell, Hell Spits Her Right Back Out.”
I really didn't need to check to see if the article was fake, it was pretty obvious, but I figured you would need proof
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/18/former-top-nobel-official-says-maybe-obamas-peace-prize-was-not-such-a-good-idea/72396794
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/18/former-top-nobel-official-says-maybe-obamas-peace-prize-was-not-such-a-good-idea/72396794
From your own link, which you obviously didn't read ;
"Following several headlines that said Lundestad thought it was a "mistake" to have awarded the prize to Obama, he called a press conference on Thursday to deny that was what he had implied. "Several of you have written that I believe the prize to Obama a mistake, but then you cannot have read the book," Lundestad told reporters, according to VG. "It says nowhere that it was a mistake to give Obama the Peace Prize."
But please continue, it's not like you have any credibility to lose.
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President Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian Lawmakers
Fortune ^ | 06/13/2018
Posted on 6/13/2018, 11:23:17 AM by SeekAndFind
U.S. President Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in reaching an agreement to work toward de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
The U.S leader was nominated by two members of Norway’s governing Progress Party, according to state broadcaster NRK. The deadline for this year’s prize passed in January, so this nomination would make him eligible for next year. It is unclear whether he was nominated for this year’s prize.
Nominations for the world’s most coveted prize are open to lawmakers, academics and researchers from around the world. The Nobel Committee in Oslo typically receives hundreds of nominations each year, and past candidates have also included Russian President Vladimir Putin and Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. A record 330 people were nominated this year.
While the Norwegian Nobel committee is appointed by parliament, it’s decisions are independent. Trump was nominated by two right-wing members of Norway’s Progress Party, which advocates for limited immigration and lower taxes.
(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...
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The Nobel Peace Prize.
Sponsored by the man who invented dynamite, which is used to blow things up.
Talk about a guilt trip.
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Nobel Chief Finally Admits He Regrets Giving Obama the Peace Prize
Godfather Politics ^ | January 3, 2019 | Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 1/4/2019, 2:15:53 PM by Jyotishi
Anyone with half an ounce of brains immediately knew in 2009 that the Nobel Peace Prize committee was making itself look foolish for giving Barack Obama its top award even though he had only been president for about five minutes. Now the group's former secretary is admitting that the whole thing was a huge mistake.
Nobel's former secretary, Geir Lundestad, told the media that he thought giving Obama the award would spur him to great accomplishments. Instead, Obama did nothing of note over the next eight years.
Lundestad addressed the foolhardy decision in his recently published autobiography, according to the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960
Mr Lundestad, writing in his memoir, Secretary of Peace, said even Mr. Obama himself had been surprised.
"No Nobel Peace Prize ever elicited more attention than the 2009 prize to Barack Obama," Mr. Lundestad writes.
"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," he says. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for".
Lundestad that at first Obama greeted the situation with some good sense and initially said he did not even want to come pick the thing up.
But, soon enough his natural (and proper) embarrassment at being given the award for no logical reason was overcome by his arrogance and desire for personal adulation. He went and picked it up in person anyway.
Of course, Obama's detractors here in the U.S.A. widely made fun of the idiotic award.
As well they should. Obama did not deserve any "peace prize" before he had even fairly begun his first term. And eight years later, even Lundestad now admits that Obama did nothing even after two terms to deserve it.
It's about time they admit it.
Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston https://twitter.com/warnerthuston
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Nobel Chief Finally Admits He Regrets Giving Obama the Peace Prize
Godfather Politics ^ | January 3, 2019 | Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 1/4/2019, 2:15:53 PM by Jyotishi
Anyone with half an ounce of brains immediately knew in 2009 that the Nobel Peace Prize committee was making itself look foolish for giving Barack Obama its top award even though he had only been president for about five minutes. Now the group's former secretary is admitting that the whole thing was a huge mistake.
Nobel's former secretary, Geir Lundestad, told the media that he thought giving Obama the award would spur him to great accomplishments. Instead, Obama did nothing of note over the next eight years.
Lundestad addressed the foolhardy decision in his recently published autobiography, according to the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960
Mr Lundestad, writing in his memoir, Secretary of Peace, said even Mr. Obama himself had been surprised.
"No Nobel Peace Prize ever elicited more attention than the 2009 prize to Barack Obama," Mr. Lundestad writes.
"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," he says. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for".
Lundestad that at first Obama greeted the situation with some good sense and initially said he did not even want to come pick the thing up.
But, soon enough his natural (and proper) embarrassment at being given the award for no logical reason was overcome by his arrogance and desire for personal adulation. He went and picked it up in person anyway.
Of course, Obama's detractors here in the U.S.A. widely made fun of the idiotic award.
As well they should. Obama did not deserve any "peace prize" before he had even fairly begun his first term. And eight years later, even Lundestad now admits that Obama did nothing even after two terms to deserve it.
It's about time they admit it.
Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston https://twitter.com/warnerthuston
It looked great on his mantle:
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