Oh, My!
Obama Wins Nobel War Prize
ByJake Horowitz | PolicyMic
President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
As the July 2011 deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal nears, President Barack Obama is gearing up for another significant milestone, the Nobel War Prize awards ceremony, which will be held in Oslo next month.
Obama has been selected as this year's winner of the first inaugural prize to commemorate the world leader who has "best advanced the goals of war and militarization across the globe," amongst a notable cast of runners-up that includes NATO's head Anders Fogn Rasmussen, China's premier Wen Jiabao, and former President George W. Bush.
The selection committee includes a host of venerable war-makers in their own right, including Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi -- each of whom will be honored in a special category celebrating the "Leaders that Wage War on Their Own People."
Among Obama's list of war accomplishments, the committee highlighted Obama's decision to double the number of troops and expand the number of private contractors in Afghanistan, as well as his dramatic escalation of drone strikes and targeted assassinations in Yemen and Pakistan. According to one committee member, "Two years ago, we worried that President Obama would rollback Bush administration policies and pursue a peace agenda, but in fact he's expanded the militaristic Bush approach to counterterrorism. He's managed to get the U.S. involved in three wars in the Middle East, keep Guantanamo open, and dramatically expand the use of covert CIA capture/kill operations across the globe. We could not think of a more worthy candidate for this award."
This one he's actually earned.
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Comments (9)
I'm so proud of Barry! Peac... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 11:49 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I'm so proud of Barry! Peace by attrition. I want my kids to be scholarly too.
1. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 11:49 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 11:49
2. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | June 20, 2011 12:16 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
The so-called "anti-war" left, i.e., washed-up hippies and their brain dead students, won't be able even to grasp that satire.
2. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | June 20, 2011 12:16 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 12:16
3. Posted by Constitution First | June 20, 2011 12:27 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I think the rumor that the Liberal/Progressive/Left is Irony-proof, has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt.
3. Posted by Constitution First | June 20, 2011 12:27 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 12:27
4. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 1:20 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
When is Barry going to receive an award for excellence in economics?
Considering the Nobel, I think he is over due for an award in this area too.
4. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 1:20 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 13:20
5. Posted by Rodney Graves | June 20, 2011 1:28 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Sep14,
Wouldn't that be the "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal for crippling the Economy of the United States?
5. Posted by Rodney Graves | June 20, 2011 1:28 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 13:28
6. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 1:43 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Workers of the World, unite!
So decrees Barry Marx! Killer of giants!
6. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 1:43 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 13:43
7. Posted by GarandFan | June 20, 2011 1:46 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Yeah, "The Order of Lenin" would be most appropriate. Just ask the Poles and the Czechs.
7. Posted by GarandFan | June 20, 2011 1:46 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 13:46
8. Posted by Matt | June 20, 2011 1:52 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Finally, an award the warmonger-in-chief deserves.
8. Posted by Matt | June 20, 2011 1:52 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 13:52
9. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 2:42 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Next up for Barry- Taxpayers pick for most avid golfer of the year award!
9. Posted by Sep14 | June 20, 2011 2:42 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on June 20, 2011 14:42