Nobel Prize for Putin

[Souriya Al-Assad]

So since Russia was able to avert a war in Syria by standing up to the US of A, there are growing rumors that perhaps Vladimir Putin should deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2013/09/pr-campaign-gears-get-nobel-peace-prize-putin
He is clearly a wise leader and although he has some unflattering tendencies (like his attitude towards homosexuals) so did Obama (Drones, NSA, etc) and that didn't stop him from getting one or having said prize revoked.

I know it's a longshot, since the Nobel Committee is ideologically aligned with western values and is probably loath to give a prize to someone who so strongly opposes the liberal transatlantic power structure but it's worth speculating because he arguably is the most formidable statesman of our day.

Agreed. The Putin deserves the Prize.

[Frisivisia]

Obama got one, so... it doesn't really matter, although I hope Obama doesn't get another one.

YEAH, fucking OBAMA. WHERE'S MY CHANGE? HUH?

[Frisivisia]

So since Russia was able to avert a war in Syria by standing up to the US of A, there are growing rumors that perhaps Vladimir Putin should deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2013/09/pr-campaign-gears-get-nobel-peace-prize-putin
He is clearly a wise leader and although he has some unflattering tendencies (like his attitude towards homosexuals) so did Obama (Drones, NSA, etc) and that didn't stop him from getting one or having said prize revoked.

I know it's a longshot, since the Nobel Committee is ideologically aligned with western values and is probably loath to give a prize to someone who so strongly opposes the liberal transatlantic power structure but it's worth speculating because he arguably is the most formidable statesman of our day.

Agreed. The Putin deserves the Prize.

Knowing you, I'd think you'd support Bathar Al Athad.

[Greater Vayland]

They'll probably give Obama another one, or is it the pope's turn?

If Francis can get up on stage to receive it and shake hands before one of the Vatican's drones overrule him again? Sure.

[Cu Math]

This makes as much sense as awarding Stalin an olympic medal for inadvertently creating biathlon...by invading Finland.

[Neoconstantius]

Obama got one, so... it doesn't really matter, although I hope Obama doesn't get another one.

What could he possibly get another one for? Our ongoing war in Afghanistan? The increasing frequency of aerial drone strikes across the world? His sooper-uber-alliez coalition that intervened in Libya? A man of peace, indeed.

[Nyr Hrafn-Heim]

The big VP has been /Putin/ Obama in his place. You go girl.

[Finium]

Obama got one, so... it doesn't really matter, although I hope Obama doesn't get another one.

YEAH, fucking OBAMA. WHERE'S MY CHANGE? HUH?

Shhh... change isn't cool anymore, it's cooler to reveal yourself to have been a closet-conservative all along

[Constaniana]

Magnificent abs and the ability to kill a dozen polar bears from forty paces away with a single flex of the left bicep aren't qualifications for a Nobel Peace Prize.

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

Agreed. The Putin deserves the Prize.

Knowing you, I'd think you'd support Bathar Al Athad.

Hey it' not cool to make fun of Bashar's lisp. Disability is something to sympathize with, not ostracize.

[Frisivisia]

Knowing you, I'd think you'd support Bathar Al Athad.

Hey it' not cool to make fun of Bashar's lisp. Disability is something to sympathize with, not ostracize.

Is chinlessness a disability?

[Wolfenium]

To a man who suppressed free speech, outlaws homosexuality and invades breakaway states and unruly ex-puppets, I don't think so. But then, they gave one to Obama solely for being the first non-white president to be elected in the US, so I don't expect to be surprised if Putin somehow got one.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't usually vote for Nobel Prize winners, but when I do, I prefer ones that throw a women's rights band in prison.

Pussy Riot was kinda asking for it.

You know who says stuff like that? Rape apologists.

Nope, Pussy Riot wasn't asking for it. Putin is a reactionary leader who doesn't give a fuck about his people. He has no compunction about trampling other people's right. He's not Nobel Prize material.

And for the record, neither was Obama. I thought that him winning it was a travesty.

[Greater Vayland]

Magnificent abs and the ability to kill a dozen polar bears from forty paces away with a single flex of the left bicep aren't qualifications for a Nobel Peace Prize.

You're terrible.

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

Hey it' not cool to make fun of Bashar's lisp. Disability is something to sympathize with, not ostracize.

Is chinlessness a disability?

Not really, and in any case Assad has a fine chin. As a straight male I can't tell if he's attractive but since he has a super hot wife then I can deduce he must be fairly good looking.

[Frisivisia]

Is chinlessness a disability?

Not really, and in any case Assad has a fine chin. As a straight male I can't tell if he's attractive but since he has a super hot wife then I can deduce he must be fairly good looking.

Power is a potent aphrodisiac.

[Neoconstantius]

Pussy Riot was kinda asking for it.

You know who says stuff like that? Rape apologists.

Nope, Pussy Riot wasn't asking for it. Putin is a reactionary leader who doesn't give a fuck about his people. He has no compunction about trampling other people's right. He's not Nobel Prize material.

And for the record, neither was Obama. I thought that him winning it was a travesty.

That's a pretty irrelevant factoid, considering that Pussy Riot was not raped. They were arrested for violating the law. Rape has nothing to do with this.

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

Not really, and in any case Assad has a fine chin. As a straight male I can't tell if he's attractive but since he has a super hot wife then I can deduce he must be fairly good looking.

Power is a potent aphrodisiac.

They met when he was an eye doctor. All hail the Glorious dear opthamologist!

[Wolfenium]

Edit: Stupid double post.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

You know who says stuff like that? Rape apologists.

Nope, Pussy Riot wasn't asking for it. Putin is a reactionary leader who doesn't give a fuck about his people. He has no compunction about trampling other people's right. He's not Nobel Prize material.

And for the record, neither was Obama. I thought that him winning it was a travesty.

That's a pretty irrelevant factoid, considering that Pussy Riot was not raped. They were arrested for violating the law. Rape has nothing to do with this.

That's not why I used that analogy. Read again.

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

To a man who actively suppresses free speech, turns the government into a Russian roulette between him and his cronies, outlaws gays and invades breakway states like a boss, I don't think he deserves one. But given the comittee had already given one to Obama for presence alone, I wouldn't be surprised if Tsar Putin actually gets one.

So you admit at least that he is a boss.

[The Corparation]

Putin should win the Nobel Prize in Super-Villainy, for showing us that Bond Style Evil Geniuses don't have to hold the world to ransom with death rays or nukes for gold, they can instead rise to the top of a country through mostly legitimate political means and acquire control of a decent chunk of the world's nuclear arsenal without all that bother of having to worry about whether 007 is banging their mistress.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Being a leader of a major power pretty much automatically entails being a bastard.

That said, Putin doesn't deserve a Nobel peace prize. Neither does Obama. Really, being a national leader should pretty much automatically disqualify you from the running.

[Aeken]

Neither of them deserve it.

[Farnhamia]

So since Russia was able to avert a war in Syria by standing up to the US of A, there are growing rumors that perhaps Vladimir Putin should deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2013/09/pr-campaign-gears-get-nobel-peace-prize-putin
He is clearly a wise leader and although he has some unflattering tendencies (like his attitude towards homosexuals) so did Obama (Drones, NSA, etc) and that didn't stop him from getting one or having said prize revoked.

I know it's a longshot, since the Nobel Committee is ideologically aligned with western values and is probably loath to give a prize to someone who so strongly opposes the liberal transatlantic power structure but it's worth speculating because he arguably is the most formidable statesman of our day.

He averted a war? He's been enabling the already existing war there. How about he brings Assad and the rebels to the conference table and brokers a real peace? That would be worth a Peace Prize.