Posted on 10/15/2013 8:55:59 AM PDT by honestabe010
Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, has joked that he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize after it was awarded to the international weapons watchdog currently destroying his regime's massive chemical arsenal. The prize, which was given to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday, "should have been mine," he said.
The remark, which the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted, was made "jokingly" during a recent meeting with visitors at the presidential palace, the newspaper said. However, it might be viewed as inappropriate when uttered by a president whose civil war has already cost more than 115,000 lives. A chemical weapons attack in Damascus in August, widely blamed on the Syrian government, reportedly killed more than 1,200 people.
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He deserves it more than Obama, that’s for sure.
I agree. After all Arafat and Obama got one. Why not Asad?
................................................................................................................................................."You Bet Your Ass!!"
we’re not the only country with a delusional leader
I agree as well!!
If it is good enough for Arafat and Bambi it’s good enough for Assad.
It would have been in keeping with the high standards of the Nobel committee.
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