[Marxism] Peace prize for Putin

2015-11-19 Thread Michael Yates via Marxism
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In Counterpunch today, Barry Lando makes a case for giving the Nobel Peace 
Prize to Vladimir Putin. Well, he asks, would this be any more absurd than 
awarding it to Obama? And he forgot to mention Kissinger. Jesus, who would 
write an article like this? What is the point of it? Peace through bombs, 
murder, death in large numbers. One disgusting dictator supporting another. 
Maybe Assad could agree to resign, and then he could share in the prize.
   
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Re: [Marxism] Peace prize for Putin

2015-11-19 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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On 11/19/15 10:35 AM, Michael Yates via Marxism wrote:

In Counterpunch today, Barry Lando makes a case for giving the Nobel
Peace Prize to Vladimir Putin. Well, he asks, would this be any more
absurd than awarding it to Obama? And he forgot to mention Kissinger.
Jesus, who would write an article like this? What is the point of it?
Peace through bombs, murder, death in large numbers. One disgusting
dictator supporting another. Maybe Assad could agree to resign, and
then he could share in the prize.


I actually think that the idea of a Nobel Peace Prize for Putin makes 
perfect sense. It would be consistent with such past winners: Theodore 
Roosevelt (1906), Woodrow Wilson (1919), George Marshall (1953), Henry 
Kissinger (1973), Menachem Begin (1978), Elie Wiesel (1986), Yitzhak 
Rabin/Shimon Peres (1994), and especially Barack Obama (2009).




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