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I think it was more because he'd replaced that murderous warmonger Bush, and came with a message of hope and peace that contrasted with his predecessor.

The fact that Obama also turned out to be a murderous warmonger just illustrates how it's better to judge people on their actions rather than their rhetoric.

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> The fact that Obama also turned out to be a murderous warmonger just illustrates how it's better to judge people on their actions rather than their rhetoric.

Or identity in general. Obama even admitted that he doesn't know why he received it. Perhaps everyone knows that the Peace Prize has lost respect in the 21st century since it can be won with little effort or for no reason.

What a shame and a complete waste.

It's hard to beat the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for the engineering of the profoundly undemocratic Oslo peace accords, that led one of the recipients to start the Second Intifada (i.e. a revolution against the deal that he himself had negotiated) and the assassination of the other and the rise of the deeply unsavoury Netanyahu. It's set back meaningful peace in the region by at least a generation.

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