Unplugged: Should Obama Accept Nobel Prize?

John Dickerson, CBS News Washington Bureau Chief Chris Isham and Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens discuss Taliban's strike in Pakistan and President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. Plus; Fernando Suarez uncovers the unusual practice of ship building.

[@CanadaYo]

Christopher is alive and well on KZbin.

[@EpicMRPancake]

If you search attentively enough through his writings and videos, you find he says new things relevant to current events. In 2016 I was disappointed that he was not here to discuss the election. People used his videos trashing the Clintons to justify voting for Trump. Recently I've found several videos where he talks about Trump, either implicitly or even explicitly.

[@GooseBurt]

EpicMRPancake Trump 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@coreycox2345]

@@EpicMRPancake After reading "No One Left to Lie to," I sure would not have voted for a Clinton.

[@roustabout17]

Honestly was just thinking how he is everlasting in this space when I saw this comment

[@Peter-dr9ch]

“He’s managed to cover 80% of his head with 30% of his hair” - Hitchens on Donald Trump.

[@markashdown1314]

Hitch as ever, the maestro. Badly missed. RIP Sir.

[@richardfletcher3098]

Hitchens was such a compelling speaker that I found myself fastforwarding past Isham. Hitchens had an incredible ability to make complex subjects sound interesting. Sadly missed.

[@capalabaplant2818]

If Hitchens was alive today , KZbin would probably "de-platform" him.... too smart ... too astute too honest

[@ChalrieD]

He’s be leading the Bernie Bro’s online. He’d be a major upgrade for the Bernie movement

[@comradesky5931]

@@ChalrieD I don't know if Bernie would want to be so close to someone so confrontational. Hitchens would Hitchslap the other "Left" idiots. I also believe Hitchens would stand by his position that invading Iraq was the right thing to do, but the government really fucked it up. The Democrats would try very hard to get Bernie to denounce him.

[@lukejohnston3949]

you do realize that this is youtube?

[@ticotechhouston4917]

dogor

[@AFMMarcelD]

@@comradesky5931 Ny dear comrade Sir, agree 💯 x a million, Hitch was too brilliant to be confined to any of these so call political denominations, he would have Hitchslap the shit out of the left and right, much to their chagrin, they would have not been able to contain him.

[@seanmadison6360]

I had the exact same thoughts about Obama accepting the Peace Prize. That's like offering Leonardo Da Vinci an award for inventing the helicopter.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

"Hello Chris" "Hello other Chris" "Please call me Christopher, I hate being called Chris!"

[@novemberflower7027]

Love the segment at end on model building. Wow- would have loved to get paid to do that!!!

[@TheWillog]

Weird seeing people sit this close together 😂

[@wolfsden3]

The shipbuilding piece was cool I'm glad you left it in there.

[@Morffin92]

Is this evidence of an intelligent conversation/host on an American news program? :O There's no shouting or talking over guests... What is this strange place?

[@elisabethrio6498]

A civil, intelligent exchange. Refreshing!

[@blaskoxx4954]

How is this comment 9 years old? News went INSANE after Trump, I don't even see them going back to normal anytime soon. They are almost Tabloided.

[@jasonwiley798]

John Dickerson is a terrific moderator

[@Justen1980]

a 17min clip WELL DONE I love hearin Hitchens opinions on things but 4min sound bites are all I tend to find

[@2-facedsob756]

Often find myself skipping over other guests (except when they are, rarely, worthy of attention) just to get to Hitchens.

[@greymann]

Both turned out to be wrong about the Taliban and the Afghan people's toleration of a Taliban government.

[@michealcaseres914]

Christopher, should be Sir Christopher ! Speaks a lot of common sense, if you agree or not. ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@christinaconway8036]

I don't know if he'd accept a knighthood 🤔 but I agree with the sentiment 😁

[@captur69]

Putting a title like ''sir'' in front of a person's name..doesn't matter...the world is full of gangsters and scumbags with sir in their name...hitchens would of laughed at it...

[@MGsven]

hitchens should get the nobel peace prize :P

[@moontrack4625]

Way less then before the USA arrived!

[@Masada1911]

Flashing forward to 2019. President Donald Trump is trying to negotiate an agreement with the Taliban. Hitch would have lost his mind at that

[@MeanBeanKerosene]

@@treygowdyspurpletie9878 More ramblings of a deluded conservative with no idea what he is talking about.

[@lordoftheflies7024]

What a shame that Trump is STILL AT WAR with the middle east despite claiming to want peace there

[@lordoftheflies7024]

It Should also be noted that Trump hasn't actually got a plan as to what will be negotiated because Trump says many things. He is just SAYING he wants to negotiate, he doesn't actually know that will happen and has reaffirmed that we will remain in afganistan if the Taliban doesn't agree to a deal which is utter nonsense as we should NOT CARE if they want a deal or not-we should just leave. Let the President of Afghanistan deal with that trash. Its been 18 years, now. Try.p knows full well these people wont negotiate. When he went to visit the troops in Afghanistan Nov 28, the white house press secretary Stephanie Grisham went ahead and assured the press that his meeting with the president was more about the troops than actual negotiation because trump is JUST saying popular things (for the American people). He shoots from the hip, thats who he is. Thats why u cant trust what he says and should instead focus on what he DOES. Since we still have troops there, since he increased drone strikes and loosened the rules of engagement, since he is moving troops around the map-it is therefore safe to say this was just another trump comment not meant to be taken seriously. Like his "I am not a puppet to my donners!" (He took money during the campaign). He is as big a liar as Hillary Clinton.

[@christinaconway8036]

@@lordoftheflies7024 trump is the bigliest, greatest liar🤦‍♀️the best at everything 🙄😊😂

[@christinaconway8036]

@@lordoftheflies7024 he might not back up what he says with actions, but according to trump himself, he has "the best words"🤦‍♀️🤣🤣

[@skeletorrobo]

10:18 Christopher HItchens: Obama hasn't done anything to earn a Nobel Peace Prize

[@freddovich7925]

Honestly, building model boats in a navy bomb shelter sounds like a dream job. Sure, maybe a surface level workshop with fresh air and sunlight would be better, but building model boats for a living? That's just awesome.

[@shaynestothart5637]

The other guy looks terrified at the start for being pitted against Hitchens

[@salasvalor01]

I don't even feel like Hitchens is dead. Thank Science for videos :-)

[@jefffletcher8209]

Thank you KZbin for Mr. Hitchens

[@CivilianFatBody]

Thank the magical rocks we pull out of the ground to give us iPads for KZbin

[@laza6141]

@@CivilianFatBody I use a PC , don't discriminate !

[@blackbird5634]

9:08 peace prize question.

[@blaskoxx4954]

When does the museum open up!?

[@slutbunwallah]

He should create a Nobel Hitch Prize to see if anyone else is worthy enough. That should be the next step above the Nobel Peace Prize!

[@writersblock26]

@shwwnn True. I agree with Christopher Hitchens that the Swedish Academy would do better if they added a Human Rights Prize to the Alfred Nobel Prizes. After all, there are many worthy champions of Human Rights who unfortunately get overlooked by the Nobel Committee because their work does not fit the criteria for the Peace Prize. Unfortunately, I doubt that the Swedish Committee has that prerogative, or would even do anything if they did have it.

[@surfibit]

My Meatball rolled off of the table, My Meatball rolled on to the floor

[@rotvalo]

They ought to abridge the title of hte award to "Nobel Prize" as peace is not the most desireable of values as it were. I prefer truth, justice, and reason to name a few.

[@keddaw]

The US only got directly involved in WW2 after the bombing of Peal Harbour. Most Americans saw WW2 as a European conflict and wanted no part of it. The US was initially founded as an isolationist country. The founders wanted no direct involvement in international conflicts and thought that each country had to arrive at their own solutions to their own problems.

[@iMaDeMoN2012]

@WellConditionedChimp The more you know *inspirational music*

[@isles8008]

And...WHY does the navy build model ships??? They never answered that one...

[@blaskoxx4954]

This was CBS, what happened to this news?

[@travelinben1966]

Very cool.

[@lepolemicist]

Indeed, some seem to think that such past irresonsibility allows them to shrike responsibility now. A non-sequitor on a scale which i've never seen before.

[@woodysdrums8083]

Wow how news has changed in just the last 10 years. Sad

[@CLeach13]

The peace Prize is little more than political banter, the eu was given the prize for goodness sake and it has literally caused the fall of democracy's and mass poverty. It is a political award, nothing more.

[@lv4077]

Have to totally agree on analysis of Obama’s acceptance of Noble.This “honor” in anticipation that he would one day do something for peace was absolutely inappropriate and silly but was eclipsed by his fatuous acceptance of it.

[@crazyknight2008]

once barry accepted the noble prize that prize to me lost all meaning,all value, it was shamful and i will never have the respect for barry or the noble prize as i once did.

[@Act2702]

In any case it's a strange prize: Nobel invented dynamyte.... And thought this would end major war.... he was a total dudd

[@mattyohe]

This bandwidth doesn't pay for itself.

[@regelemihai]

My point was to be objective. I'm not either supporting the act or condemning it outright. You have to look at it in its historical context and not issue condemnations based on personal taste.

[@johnnycash578]

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE C.H.

[@kamillaiqbal6521]

Christopher is super fabulous. We all love him. Only others that compare to his sexiness are Tony Hayward or Anderson Cooper.

[@IbsaUtube]

@makeinstall you'd still be complaining if he didn't accept it

[@iMaDeMoN2012]

@WellConditionedChimp When has anyone? Its for one's effort and attitude.

[@equsnarnd]

But he didn't do that because he isn't a great figure with substance and statesmanship. He's a political opportunist plugged into the authoritarian mode of governance.

[@regelemihai]

They were on the cusp of a religious revolution and after the Ayatollah took power it was safe to assume that such a theocracy MIGHT act aggrssivly. I'm more inclined to give the benefit of the doubt the western democracies than to religious fundamentalists.

[@blaskoxx4954]

YOu would make Mint if you can those ship dimensions and make like little boat drones that you can actually battle with.

[@knoose]

The ads are TV style...dragging on... KZbin ads should be snappy and energetic.

[@redshark618]

wow.. fuck this is so old and i dont even know whether Obama accapted or not.. this is back when Hitch still has hair!

[@Keltibarian]

I wonder what Nobel Prize GWB would be eligible for.... Is there a Nobel Prize for Fucking Shit Up?

[@keddaw]

Pirates that were attacking American trade ships. Of course you take action against this. When free trade is stopped by international piracy one of your two principles has to give, either isolationism or free trade. By stopping the attacks they sacrificed isolationism temporarily to maintain free trade indefinitely.

[@gardner90125]

CBS SUCKS FOR ADDING DELTA AIRLINE COMMERCIALS! Hitchens, as usual, is brilliant... Commercials on KZbin will only cause me to avoid those advertisers such as Delta...

[@shwwnn]

@writersblock26 some people think it's a prestigious prize, I think that prize is a joke. they gave it to henry kissinger for goodness sake. Looking at the other people they gave it to (including Obama), they're not trying to hide the fact that it's a joke or care about its reputation. And it's apparent that the prize has not affected Obama's policies. But I agree with you that it's not necessary for him to turn it down. I don't think this whole thing is very important anyway.

[@adamhilmersson4735]

Norway (the ones responsible) truly made the worst of what we gave them. it's become a populist, "what's in the news at this very moment"-award. It would be like the literature award was given to the New York Times best seller of the year. It's ashame.

[@zbla1409]

jhon DICKerson hahahahahaha

[@dirdib69]

Don't call him "Chris" - sheesh.

[@DorianGrayism]

But you are not looking at its historical context. There is no evidence to suggest that Iran would invade. Iran didn't have the ability to invade since their military was crippled. Hussein however had made statements regarding an invasion of Iran up to 6 months prior to the event. He has also made numerous statements regarding creating one Arab State.

[@ixat00]

Wow, now _I_ can have beautiful skin, too!! Uh, wait, what was the video about?

[@pegelatrin]

"Shaping" Means turning the country's policies so that it economically suits America and the American economy.. never mind the consequences of thousands of slaughtered civilians. But of course in the name of democracy. Hitchens supported the Iraq war not for the reasons underlying which was to shape their oil trade so that it would benefit America

[@NoWitnessesNoRegrets]

I dont know if people saw the same ad as me, but in mine it was some dude with cancer getting treatment.

[@URAGR8M8]

Attempted murder? Really? What is that? Do they give a nobel prize for attempted chemistry???

[@themaniusedtob]

@zoobalac sounds like a good pint u made though some actual african that are no longer freezing to death may disagree.. but yeah in general your probably right this country should learn to help itself much more before attempting to do it elsewhere..

[@lilliansmart]

I was thinking that too. Do you think he got botoxed?

[@themaniusedtob]

obama said he doesnt deserve it himself.. like hitchens said he probably had to think on the fly like most presidents have to and thats why obama himself feels now he doesnt deserve it or atleast not yet.... i mean granted he has attempted to help but a nobel prize isnt for some help its when peace has been created hence the noble peace prize

[@niginit]

Hitchens seemed tamed, or quiet on this subject. Too bad.

[@writersblock26]

@ChollieD Well, I agree with the first part of your statement, and as much as I respect Christopher Hitchens, I feel he does not fully appreciate the negative political consequences of turning down such a prestigious prize (and it is a prestigious prize, regardless of whether some feel the award has not merited its reputation).

[@CheddarBob39]

There are three things I really admired about Christopher Hitchens. 1. He was very articulate and had a huge library of words to use inside his brain. 2. He was an alcoholic. 3. He could drink/be drunk and still come across as very intelligent/sharp(which is my favorite thing about him.)

[@michelemustafa7912]

Are you trying to be clever by "concealing" a slur inside a light hearted comment? Failed

[@funus0888]

@zoobalac doesn't matter if your black if your racist!

[@DorianGrayism]

You didn't fund Saddam to overcome anything. Iran didn't invade Iraq and neither did they have an interest in doing so.

[@yamaha893]

hitchens' head is really shiny

[@MOGGS1942]

The three heads on display are shiny. But you single out Christopher Hitchens. Says everything about you. It's what is inside his head that interests me, and many others. We know what's inside yours.

[@seanmcnamara750]

johnny walker red

[@paginipro]

he should look into the definition of logic

[@klausantitheistbolvig8372]

Sorry for Obama . I Think he is a good man, but he did not became the president we were hoping for

[@jimghrist638]

M

[@neuronaut77]

lol you admired that he was an alcoholic?

[@juliusraben3526]

How about Winston Churchill ?

[@Lovinlife1234]

OMG..he was not a perfect man??!!...you must be perfect!!..I wish I was you!.... hypocrite judger!!...he was an intellectual genius...your comment makes obvious you are NOT!!

[@EGarrett01]

I've watched about 4 minutes of this and it's nothing but babbling about the Middle East. The video is mistitled.

[@DorianGrayism]

I am not sure what your point is. I hope your not trying to justify US support for psychopathic murderer.

[@charlesvan13]

So that makes you a pro-Isamic revolution, pro-Bathist, left-wing pacifist.

[@funus0888]

these guys are soooo boring

[@AFMMarcelD]

Giving Barrack the Nobel peace ☮️ prize is like giving Fidel Castro the peace prize for not trying to destroy Cuba…but he did.

[@ticotechhouston4917]

I don't fucking care