Posted on 03/09/2006 4:05:20 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the war in Iraq on Wednesday, urging a troop drawdown as the United States enters its fourth year of conflict in Iraq.
"It was a completely unnecessary war. It was an unjust war," said Carter, the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner. "It was initiated on the basis of false pretenses. All of those are true, but we can't just pre-emptively withdraw."
He urged the Bush administration to bring home as many troops as possible within the next 12 months.
"The violence is increasing monthly," Carter said. "My prayer is we'll see some kind of democracy eventually evolve."
His comments came at a news conference before a building dedication at the University of Washington.
Carter was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the university's new Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building in honor of William H. Foege.
Foege directed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during Carter's presidency and later headed The Carter Center, which promotes peace and health programs around the world.
Carter credited Foege with saving the lives of millions of people through his efforts to eradicate smallpox, Guinea worm and river blindness, and by encouraging childhood immunization.
Foege works with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which contributed $50 million for the building.
American people urge President Carter to bring the hostages home!
Thank you, President Reagan.
A President taking foreign policy advice from Carter is like anybody taking swimming lessons from Ted Kennedy.
Jimmy, you are what you farm.
I urge Jimmah Carter to go eat a big ol STFU peanut butter sandwich.
Um Jimmah??? Listen up, NO ONE CARES what you think, got it????
Further aiding and abetting on the part of this peanut farmer.
Hey Jimmuh! Should we send in helicopters and Special Forces and bring them out? You are like the old adage, best to be quiet and thought a fool, rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt. You are such a fool!
There's a whole lotta of "quagmiring" going on here on FR too, I've noticed lately.
awww crap they pulled that other thread :(
Just when you were digging up that quarter...
"My prayer is we'll see some kind of democracy eventually evolve."
Democracy does not "evolve". The institution of Democracy requires blood, sweat, and tears. It will not spring up out of an environment where people are unwilling to step up to the plate.
President Carter, yet again, demonstrates that he doesn't have a firm grasp of reality!
I once knew a woman who actually admitted that she voted for this moron. At first everybody thought she was kidding.
Is Rosalyn still alive? If she is, she should make sure Jimmy is getting his meds. I think he's been missing a few doses.
Actually, it would appear the convention applies only to former REPUBLICAN Presidents -- you know, the ones with actual class, dignity and love for the country.
Old Liberals never die.. and they refuse to just fade away!
To leave now would indeed be "running away". But then again, thats what communists do (i.e. Russians withdrawing from Afghanistan).
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