Barak Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate nine months after his inauguration. Subsequently, he used a drone to murder an American citizen, among a litany of other atrocities.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 73 points 5 months ago

Meanwhile Lê Đức Thọ refused the prize as it was shared with FUCKING KISSINGER.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Best thing Obama did was pulling out of Iraq, finally leaving an illegal war, so hats off for that. But all his talk about envisioning a world free of nuclear weapons and then not even attempting disarmament of the US ones kinda seems weak.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 33 points 5 months ago

Kudos to Obama for actually following through, but the withdrawal from Iraq had a deadline set by the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement signed by Bush, per the request of the Iraqi government.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

I think his attempts to reestablish new diplomacy with Cuba and Iran were good.

Then Trump fucked it all up and Biden doesn't seem to give a shit about going back.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Putin didn’t want to even talk about a new START and unilateral disarmament is irresponsible.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 5 months ago

He got that prize mainly for not being George W. Bush if I remember 2009 correctly.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't Carter a Nobel recipient too?

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, but that was in 2002, long after his term in office.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

We actually bombed the moon on the day of the Nobel Prize announcement!

Seriously though, it was a middle finger to Bush more than anything.