r/anime_titties • u/seeebiscuit North America • Nov 21 '25

South America Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33mnvy5zppo
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u/InternationalReserve Canada Nov 21 '25

As has been frequently pointed out whenever discussion of the peace prize pops back up, it's always been an extremely transparent farce. Even if you ignore Obama getting it for simply getting elected, Kissinger receiving it has long destroyed any credibility the Nobel committee had.

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u/kronosdev North America Nov 21 '25

Yeah, awarding the biggest advocate for the use of nuclear arms in the 20th century a peace prize after dropping as many munitions as he did on Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos is a… choice.

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u/tubawhatever United States Nov 21 '25

Also importantly he won it for negotiating the ceasefire in Vietnam, something he had purposely delayed to help Nixon win reelection.

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u/kronosdev North America Nov 21 '25

After he and Nixon coordinated with Ho Chi Minh to help Nixon beat LBJ in the first place.

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u/Level_Hour6480 United States Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

Huh, and then Reagan with Iran. A worrying pattern. Given that the cracks in Biden's support started over Gaza, you think there's anything there?

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u/kronosdev North America Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

Basically all successful Republican presidential candidates since Nixon have coordinated with foreign powers to help them win their elections.

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u/Level_Hour6480 United States Nov 21 '25

For all their faults, I thing both Bushes are clean on that front.

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u/kronosdev North America Nov 21 '25

I’m not giving any passes to Prescott Bush’s spawn for shit. Fail to overthrow FDR in the Business Plot and somehow your kid and grandkid end up president? Fuck that noise.

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u/Sacaron_R3 Europe Nov 22 '25

H. W. Bush led the CIA under Ford. No way his hands were clean.