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A peace award from the father of carpet bombing. That's rich.
To be fair, Nobel peace prizes come from the legacy of the guy who invented military explosives.
Alfred invented dynamite and was horrified at the military applications so he created the Peace Prize.
"Dynamite is meant for peaceful applications, Master Bruce."
he invented explosives primarily used in mining.
Humans began carpet bombing just as soon as we had planes that could carry enough shells. Hell, we were throwing hand grenades out biplanes soon as we got in the air.
Göring would like a word. Closely followed by Arthur Harris, fighting for the title.
Birds of a feather... You can know a man by the company he keeps.