In Donald Trump's perverse ambition [22] to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he is citing his supposed diplomatic victories in ending six conflicts: Armenia-Azerbaijan [23], Congo-Rwanda [24], Israel-Iran [25], India-Pakistan [26], Thailand-Cambodia [27] and Egypt-Ethiopia [28]. In Episode 292 of the CounterVortex podcast [29], Bill Weinberg examines each of these examples, and breaks down how claims to have won "peace" are either extremely overstated or (more often) total Orwellian jive. The implication that Russia-Ukraine [30] will be next, as Putin escalates his aggression [31], puts a hideous crown on the irony.
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