The peace prize did seem pretty pointless since Obama won it for doing nothing. Like don’t get me wrong I voted for the guy and wanted him to win, but it was pretty dang empty to give him the peace prize, especially since he then went on to be in charge while some really ugly stuff went down.
Now look into how many bombs were dropped under Bush/Chaney, and then how many were dropped under Obama. You’ll quickly understand what the Nobel Peace Prize was for.
You’re saying that there was no Afghan war for the first 10 months of Bush’s admin and no Iraq war for the first two I take it?
Even with that factored in, from what I can tell the Bush admin dropped nearly double (100k for Obama vs 200k for Bush), although I’m not sure where they’re sourcing their information from.
It’s a weird argument, because he got the peace prize really early into his presidency; before he could have an impact to get America to drop 100k bombs vs 200k, but also dropping a hundred thousand bombs seems like a hundred thousand more bombs than one would have to drop to be called a paragon of peace…
Oh for sure, I just don’t think it makes sense to imply he was worse than the people that created the mess in the first place who also happened to drop more bombs.
I think I’m wrong upon further review because Obama pulled back from ground commitments and compensated with bombing campaigns. From what I can tell the Isis bombing campaigns really brought his count up as well.
The peace prize did seem pretty pointless since Obama won it for doing nothing. Like don’t get me wrong I voted for the guy and wanted him to win, but it was pretty dang empty to give him the peace prize, especially since he then went on to be in charge while some really ugly stuff went down.
They gave it to Kissinger too.
The fact that they gave the peace prize to that fucking war criminal says all you need to know.
Oh wow that’s really gross, I had no idea
He didn’t do nothing, he specialized in illegal drone strikes.
They gave him the peace prize way before that though. Almost like a prize for winning the election
Yeah, this was my point with the “nothing” statement. Obama oversaw and approved some absolutely horrendous things.
Yep, drone strikes meant killing without having to worry about bad news cycles with dead Americans
Yeah in hindsight it was a silly award that felt like a “thanks for not being Bush and Cheney” prize.
Now look into how many bombs were dropped under Bush/Chaney, and then how many were dropped under Obama. You’ll quickly understand what the Nobel Peace Prize was for.
Or, you know, that 8 years is longer than 6 years.
You’re saying that there was no Afghan war for the first 10 months of Bush’s admin and no Iraq war for the first two I take it?
Even with that factored in, from what I can tell the Bush admin dropped nearly double (100k for Obama vs 200k for Bush), although I’m not sure where they’re sourcing their information from.
It’s a weird argument, because he got the peace prize really early into his presidency; before he could have an impact to get America to drop 100k bombs vs 200k, but also dropping a hundred thousand bombs seems like a hundred thousand more bombs than one would have to drop to be called a paragon of peace…
Oh for sure, I just don’t think it makes sense to imply he was worse than the people that created the mess in the first place who also happened to drop more bombs.
Where are you getting your numbers from, cause what I’m seeing is that America dropped way more bombs under Obama than under Bush.
I think I’m wrong upon further review because Obama pulled back from ground commitments and compensated with bombing campaigns. From what I can tell the Isis bombing campaigns really brought his count up as well.