Obama Wins Nobel War Prize

Mic Network ^ | 6-17-2011 | Jake Horowitz

[george76]

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,” .

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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.”

News this week that the CIA is building a secret military base in the Middle East had the committee buzzing with excitement. One judge noted, “We applaud Obama for presiding over 865 military bases abroad at a cost of over $102 billion annually. At a time when the country is faltering from the economic crisis, Obama’s decision to approve the construction of more bases deserves praise.”

[wastedyears]

Is this satire?

[george76]

yes

[NEWwoman]

It’s hard to tell what is satire and not these days.
When Obama first won the the Nobel Peace Prize, how many thought that was satire?

[353FMG]

“....how many thought that was satire?”

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It WAS satire. How many occasions are there for the Nobel Prize Committee to hand the medal to a Muslim?

[cruise_missile]

HA!

[NEWwoman]

LOL