Originally posted by StinkyFeet
George Bush is much more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than Obama has been to date. Let us look at his accomplishments.
This is an absolute troll thread but as it shows no signs of slowing i'll add my thoughts.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
1. He signifiganlty increased aid to the African continent.
Yep he did but a better solution would have been to spearhead the cancellation of third world debt. Giving aid whilst taking money on interest loaned
to them is stupid. Well actually i suppose it is smart as the income from the interest is good for the lenders.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
2. He helped to rid the world of a huge number of terrorists.
No actually George Bushes tactics have created an entire generation of very annoyed people who absolutely hate the USA and her allies. Furthermore the
continuing wars have caused extremists in western countries to gain a foothold and turn peaceful communities into recruiting grounds.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
3. He worked for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, well until they elected a bunch of terrorists in Hamas to be their leaders.
Firstly that process was already in place, secondly the peace prize should be judged on results and as Israel and palestine are stil going at it i
would say this is a mute point.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
4. He worked to concentrate terrorist fighting into Afghan and Iraq, so the rest of the world was more safe from Terrorism. In fact, he kept our
country safe from any major terrorist attack for 7 years and drove the numbers of attacks around the world down.
Really he did? Whilst the intelligence services successes are never seen and their failures become public knowledge i don't see how much George Bush
has reduced attacks. Before 9/11 there weren't that many terrorist attacks from other countries, they tended to be domestic. Think Timothy McVeigh
here.
Now however you have a large amount of very annoyed extremists who will try again and again. The old adage "they have to be lucky all the time"
comes to mind in regards to the defense of a country. The terrorists will suceed at some point, and that will be another tragedy. If George Bush had
extended a peaceful hand instead of a knife then the extremists would have had less ammunition to recruit people with.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
5. He rid the world of the evil dictator Sadaam Hussein.
He did rid the world of Saddam however tons of people are still dying in Iraw and the invasion itself to find and kill Saddam killed hundreds of
thousands of innocent people. Also there are other, far worse dictators in the world and yet Bush never mentions them. It would have been much easier
to take out Mugabe than Saddam and easier to have achieved more lasting results.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
6. He set the people in Afghanistan free from the hands of the Taliban and their restrictive and ridiculous laws that are harmful to
women.
You are joking right? The taliban are still running wild, the opium growers still fund the Taliban because if they don't then their fields get burnt
down and they get killed. The women are still not free.
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
On the other hand, Obama is a newbie, so maybe he will live up to the title some day. We can keep our fingers crossed and hope.
Obama should not have gotten the prize either. I can think of 5 people off the top of my head who are more deserving, hell even your average aid
worker is more deserving!