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Iraq invasion subverts fight against terrorism: Carter
Xinhua ^
| 8/30/06
| Xinhua
Posted on 08/30/2006 12:36:52 PM PDT by freedom44
LONDON, Aug 27 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said the Iraq invasion had subverted the fight against terrorism and instead strengthened al-Qaeda and the recruitment of terrorists, according to a British paper report on Sunday.
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Carter said that if he had still been president, he would never have considered invading Iraq in 2003.
"However, I wouldn't have excluded going into Afghanistan, because I think we had to strike at Al-Qaeda and its leadership," he said.
"But then, to a major degree, we abandoned the anti-terrorist effort and went almost unilaterally with the Great Britain into Iraq," he said.
"My own personal opinion is that the Iraqi people are not better off as a result of the invasion and people in America and the Great Britain are not safer," he added.
Carter, 81, was the 39th U.S. president, from 1977 to 1981, and the winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
"We now have a situation where America is so unpopular overseas that even in countries like Egypt and Jordan, our approval ratings are less than five percent," he said, "It is a shameful and pitiful state of affairs."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 444days; bitteroldman; dhimmicarter; doubledigitinflation; iranhostagecrisis; miseryindex; onetermpresident; rabbitbait
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When will Jimmy shutup? Maybe we wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for your 1979 folly there pinhead.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:36:53 PM PDT
by
freedom44
To: freedom44
Carter subverts fight against terrorism.
To: freedom44
To: freedom44
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:39:50 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: freedom44
My kids use to do the same thing when they were little. When caught being naughty, they would try to distract attention from their misdeeds.
Grow up Jimmy, this is the result of your idiocy.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:40:22 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Abathar
I wonder how many people care about what Jimmy thinks..........
To: freedom44
Who would Osama Vote for? Carter or Bush?
To: freedom44
As if he even cares about fighting terrorists...
To: freedom44
Filthy pig.Even Clinton's behaving more responsibly these days than is that worthless piece of excrement.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:41:45 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: freedom44
At least he is consistently wrong. He is still as dumb as he was when he was President!
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:41:47 PM PDT
by
Edgerunner
(The greatest impediment to world peace is the UN and the Peaceniks)
To: freedom44
Billy was the better son of Mrs Lillie
To: freedom44
"However, I wouldn't have excluded going into Afghanistan
How open-minded of him.
To: freedom44
Carter said that if he had still been president, he would never have considered invading Iraq in 2003. In his bed at night, Carter chases rabbits in his sleep, dreaming that he is still President.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:43:19 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: freedom44
If this were the war against swimming bunnies, we might listen to Jimmy.
To: freedom44
Well, suddenly I feel a LOT better about the US going into Iraq. I mean, when has Dhimmi Carter been right about ANYTHING involving the Middle East?
/spit
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:44:16 PM PDT
by
piytar
To: SF Republican
Carter said that if he had still been president, he would never have...
This is what his blabbering amounts to: sour grapes.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:45:50 PM PDT
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: freedom44
I try not to hate people, but make an exception for some, and Jimmy Carter is one of them.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:46:08 PM PDT
by
hershey
To: freedom44
Hey Jimmah! When we all said "Stick that in your pipe and smoke it" we were not speaking literally.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:46:11 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: freedom44
Every time the Rats make such ludicrous statements it's just more evidence that they have no clue what they are talking about. 2 weeks ago buried in an article concerning our marines in a negative light there was mention that our troops had killed over 100 Al-Qaeda in Iraq. This couldn't have been the case if one relies on what the peanut head says.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:47:18 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: Frank_Discussion
Jimmy Carter.
The explanation of a one term presidency is always before us.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:47:24 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(..is an American allright, but is not in Japan, folks. Thanks for letting me keep the moniker.)
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