Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by liability on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:47AM (#24224473)

Obama is far from the most absurd example. The notorious war criminal Henry Kissinger got it years before Obama did.

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Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by dehrmann on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:05PM (#24224673)

Alleged war criminal. He's also an incredibly successful and accomplished diplomat.

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Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by liability on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:09PM (#24224722)

Only 'alleged' because he's politically connected and aligned with America, and will therefore never go to trial.

Or do you also object with 'allegedly' when people call Bush the Younger a war criminal as well? He'll never see a trial either for the same reason, but he is nevertheless a war criminal.

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Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by hoot on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:06PM (#24227330)

'In your opinion'

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Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by sebmellen on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:11PM (#24228269)

This is an interesting piece from Chomsky on that matter: "Noam Chomsky - The Crimes of U.S. Presidents" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXtgq0Nhsc.

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Re:Assange, Manning and Snowden Nominated for the 2020 Nobel... by lenkite on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:01PM (#24227246)

A successful and accomplished diplomat who regularly called the folks he practised "diplomacy" with 4-letter words, racist slurs and shockingly demeaning insults. Look up his transcripts. His personal animus sabotaged so many things for the US. And then he had the gall to publish a book and boast about his "accomplishments". The type of guy who makes Trump look like a Saint.

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