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WarpedSage 47 points ago +47 / -0

I have always felt like the Nobel Peace Prize was a way for Norwegians to influence politics abroad with something shiny. I already got my wish when Obama got the prize and it destroyed the prize's credibility among anyone sane who knew Obomber.

This feels like they are trying to claw their way back to legitimacy by restoring order and balance. The funny thing is, it will fail because leftist TDS sufferers will ruin it for the guy trying to revive the legitimacy.

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Pelosis_xanax 27 points ago +27 / -0

As an older pede, I feel the prize lost its credibility when they gave it to Yasser Arafat

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Italians_Invented_2A 5 points ago +6 / -1

And Mandela, who was a terrorist.

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Tip-O-Matic 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yeah, between Arafat and Obama, it lost all of it's credibility. Now with Trump winning it, it's credible again.

MAKING NPPs GREAT AGAIN!!!

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TrumpsGlassOfWater 2 points ago +2 / -0

lol wow I didn't know he got one.

Yep that clearly shows that it's a tool to be used for foreign diplomacy.

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ThurstonHowell3rd 2 points ago +2 / -0

It holds about as much weight as Time Magazine's Man Person of the Year.

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Pedeville 3 points ago +3 / -0

Our government too busy sucking China/EU dick to actually give out a legitimate peace prize. Our previous PM bombed Lybia illegally and got the NATO president position as a prize from the Clintons afterwards

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SwampView 2 points ago +2 / -0

That was outside my think box. Sage indeed. Thanks.

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patriotexpat 2 points ago +2 / -0

was a way for Norwegians

I thought the Nobel Foundation was in Sweden.

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WarpedSage 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don't fault you for thinking that. Nobel was a Swede. However, the award is given by the Norwegian Nobel Committee whose representatives are chosen by Norwegian Parliament. It is weird because I believe at the time of Nobel, Norway and Sweden were in a United Kingdom loose alliance. It just seems Norway got the Nobel Prize in the divorce.

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putin 1 point ago +1 / -0

TIL. Always thought Sweden awards it.

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patriotexpat 1 point ago +1 / -0

Oh, that's crazy.

Thanks for the clarification!