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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by woah on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:43PM (#50023159)
Although I need to preface this by saying that the Trump administration is one of the stupidest and pettiest in history, the Nobel peace price lost all credibility after it was awarded to Barack Obama for no reason. It seems to be a mechanism for trumpeting the political views of those on the committee.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by rf15 on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:27PM (#50023851)
the last peace price was also not very credible after the recipient... promptly tried to gift it to trump iirc.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by MomsAVoxell on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:31PM (#50023923)
It was the Bush nomination which tainted the whole thing for me. That was ridiculous.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by matsemann on Friday October 09, 2026 @04:36PM (#50026266)
Bush nomination? You know there are hundreds of people that can nominate whoever they want? A nomination means nothing, they aren't coming from the Nobel committee.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by wredcoll on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:14PM (#50023628)
What does that have to do with trump attempting to harm people?
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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by jeroenhd on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:41PM (#50024070)
Trump is upset about not getting the peace price Obama got, and the latest winner of the peace price was an ICC judge.

He was already upset about the ICC existing after the ICC tried to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes, but the timing makes it obvious that is just the president of the United States of America is being petty here.

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Re:US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins... by senderista on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:22PM (#50023777)
I agree with that and what I think about Trump might get me arrested if I expressed it openly.
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