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Secretary of War Hegseth: "The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize, every single year, is the U.S. military." (xcancel.com)

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Well, at this point the delusion is not even surprising.

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Secretary of War Crimes

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's up there with "the most moral army in the world" claim by Israel

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

lol yeah

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

When you look over past recipients, it would fit as the fully mature phase of the institution.

[–] MattEagle@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Might as well jagoff

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Don't forget the FIFA peace prize!!!!

[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Are we in for another renaming, Secretary of Peace?

[–] racoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

“War is peace”. Indeed. The USAF should have received the nobel price in August 1945 for achieving almost total peace in two Japanese cities, when it vaporised thousands of women and children in cold blood

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The truly amazing thing about this quote is that most Americans would agree

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Absolutely, if barack obama said it all the libs would clap.

[–] zealouscurmedgeon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

While this makes zero logical sense, given what Nobel Peace Prize winners tend to do after acquiring said prize, this is not as farfetched as it may look.