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Like winning the Charles Bukowski award for sobriety.
A peace award from the father of carpet bombing. That's rich.
To be fair, Nobel peace prizes come from the legacy of the guy who invented military explosives.
Alfred invented dynamite and was horrified at the military applications so he created the Peace Prize.
"Dynamite is meant for peaceful applications, Master Bruce."
he invented explosives primarily used in mining.
Humans began carpet bombing just as soon as we had planes that could carry enough shells. Hell, we were throwing hand grenades out biplanes soon as we got in the air.
It's true that intense bombing was done before, but the intensity of bombing in Vietnam and surrounding countries was unprecedented and some of the most intensive of that bombing was done under the command of Nixon.
To call Nixon the 'father' of carpet bombing is, of course, hyperbole, but the exaggeration isn't extreme.
The Most Bombed Place on Earth
Bombing missions of the Vietnam War
20 years of war, 7.5m tonnes of bombs, 1.3m dead: How the US razed Vietnam to the ground
Göring would like a word. Closely followed by Arthur Harris, fighting for the title.
Birds of a feather... You can know a man by the company he keeps.
"Give him a trinket so we can get on with the business of destroying america" said his dark, behind the scenes handlers.
"We have peace prize at home"
"I am not a crook"...
Said the orange convicted rapist and blatantly obvious crook...
As he accepted a stupid award of no real substance...
For a ceasefire where Israel didn't properly cease firing.
You forgot that the prize comes from a foundation named after another crook! Can’t make this shit up.
AhhRoooo!
Maybe next year he can get the Nobel substitute the CCP created a few years ago.