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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Should Obama return his Nobel Peace Prize?



   2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama has started bombing another Middle Eastern country-Syria- for the 7th time in recent years (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Iraq).Since Obama took this perhaps unethical approach in an attempt to eliminate terrorist group ISIS, there has been some debate over whether he should revoke his Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize in general is given to someone who has done the most work towards creating nonviolent international relations and eliminating war throughout the world... and in the opinions of many, killing of civilians and supplying copious amounts of weapons doesn't exactly fit the description.

    However, you could argue that maybe Obama has initiated policies like drone attacks and bombings in order to achieve peace through eliminating terrorism. Unfortunately, if what we know from experience about the middle east and terrorist cells is true, then bombing Syria will only result in more backlash against ISIS's persecutors, thus creating a war-like environment.

    So is Obama still worthy of maintaining his title of Peace Prize recipient alongside humanitarians like Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, and Nelson Mandela? It is my personal opinion that the large number of civilian deaths carried out during Obama's presidency should cause his title to be revoked.

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