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Jimmy sez "Not in my name!"
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 2003-02-18 |
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