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| Jimmy sez "Not in my name!" |
| 2003-02-18 |
| FORMER US President Jimmy Carter is backing the Daily Mirror's Not in My Name campaign. Not in my name, he's not... The Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the only US president since 1945 never to order American soldiers into war, endorsed our stance on war with Iraq, saying: "You're doing a good job. I am glad about that. War is evil." "And Sammy's not." Carter, who will be 79 this year, is a pariah among hawkish Republicans and a hero for doveish Democrats, frequently denouncing wars and conflict whenever they flare. He said: "There has been a virtual declaration of war but a case for pre-emptive action against Iraq has not been made. We want Saddam Hussein to disarm but we want to achieve this through peaceful means." "How 'bout if I go talk to him? That always helps." "He obviously has the capability and desire to build prohibited weapons and probably has some hidden in his country. A sustained and enlarged UN inspection team is required." Just think of it as 250,000 armed inpectors, then... Carter said an opinion poll which rated the US as the country posing greatest danger to world peace was a "very embarrassing thing". It was "sobering" to realise the degree of doubt that has been raised about his country's motives for war in the absence of convincing proof of a genuine Iraqi threat. It's "sobering" to me that we had this |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Carter ordered the ill-fated embassy hostage rescue mission in Iran in '82. He ordered them off to war, so the Mirror's statement is not true. He did this after they had been held for over a year. Real decisive leadership. Jeeze his hypocracy pisses me off. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-18 13:55:58 |
| #4 Well, now that "Jimmah" is against it, I can safely say I'm for it. You cant go wrong by doing the opposite of what "Jimmah" thinks is right. If you wanted to get into Mr. Peabody's "way-back" machine and effect history, you couldn't do a better job than you could by going back to 1979 and stopping that man from doing what he did when our Embassy was invaded and our people were taken hostage. Teaching Islamic fundamentalists that there were no consequences for their actions and that attacks on american civilians would go unpunished was the first in a long series of stupid errors that "the man from plains georgia" had a hand in creating. To quote a good country and western song " How can I miss you when you wont go away...." |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-02-18 12:12:30 |
| #3 You want embarassing? Consider that there were enough stupid people in this country to actually elect you as president. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2003-02-18 12:11:31 |
| #2 Carter said an opinion poll which rated the US as the country posing greatest danger to world peace was a "very embarrassing thing". You want embarrassing, Jimmy? Go look in a mirror.And hold up your Nobel Peace Prize while you do. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-02-18 11:52:56 |
| #1 C'mon--give the guy a break! If anyone could peacefully resolve this situation and give the world lasting peace, it's Jimmy! I mean, look at how he negotiated with North Kor-- Um, never mind... |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-02-18 11:50:26 |