Bush Gets First International Medal Of Peace

Think Progress:

To mark World AIDS Day, Saddelback Pastor Rick Warren is hosting a Civil Forum on Global Health at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Warren will present President Bush with the first "International Medal of PEACE" from the Global PEACE Coalition in recognition of his unprecedented contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The "International Medal of PEACE" is given for outstanding contribution toward alleviating the five global giants recognized by the Coalition, including pandemic diseases, extreme poverty, illiteracy, self-centered leadership and spiritual emptiness. The Bush administration reports that its AIDS initiative helped treat two million people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Comments

[elsie900]

WTF??

[cactusgal]

Piece of $hit medal would be more appropriate.

[Mnemanth]

Hey, you're the guy in charge? Have someone make up some medals for you. Whatever to keep him occupied while the big kids are working...

[helonias]

Was he able to wash the blood off his hands first?

[JackNasty]

Apparently the Rev. Rick Warren is so filled with religious nonsense that he cannot tell peace from war.

[jashu51]

What? No peace medal for "liberating the Iraqis"?

[poco767c]

"pandemic diseases, extreme poverty, illiteracy, self-centered leadership and spiritual emptiness"
The perfect synopsis of the bush administration.

[GOP-Hater]

I'm NO fan of Bush nor Rick Warren, but Bush did do more to stop HIV/AIDS from spreading than any other President!

[whawhawha]

Except make prophylactics readily available in the areas of the world where AIDS is rampant, like Africa. But, after all, promoting abstinence is wildly successful in the U.S., so why not try it elsewhere?

[dm10003]

earlier presidents ignored or under-reacted to the problem.

[bascombe]

sidesaddle rick is handing out medals.

whoopee

[jacklambert]

A joke right???

[KBinIA]

That was my first thought when I saw the title of the article...­lol.