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Mexico's new president!(i.redd.it)

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CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work
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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.

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wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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Meanwhile Lê Đức Thọ refused the prize as it was shared with FUCKING KISSINGER.

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Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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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.

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queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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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.

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

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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He got that prize mainly for not being George W. Bush if I remember 2009 correctly.

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UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
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Wasn’t Carter a Nobel recipient too?

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CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work
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Yes, but that was in 2002, long after his term in office.

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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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.

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