-Caveat Lector-
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1026419120071010?
feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Jimmy Carter calls Cheney a "disaster" for U.S
Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:42pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on
Wednesday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a "disaster" for
the country and a "militant" who has had an excessive influence in
setting foreign policy.
Cheney has been on the wrong side of the debate on many issues,
including an internal White House discussion over Syria in which the
vice president is thought to be pushing a tough approach, Carter said.
"He's a militant who avoided any service of his own in the military
and he has been most forceful in the last 10 years or more in
fulfilling some of his more ancient commitments that the United
States has a right to inject its power through military means in
other parts of the world," Carter told the BBC World News America in
an interview to air later on Wednesday.
"You know he's been a disaster for our country," Carter said. "I
think he's been overly persuasive on President George Bush and quite
often he's prevailed."
Asked to comment on Carter's remarks, Megan Mitchell, a spokeswoman
for the Republican vice president, said, "We're not going to engage
in this type of rhetoric."
Carter, a Democrat who was president from 1977 to 1981 and won the
2002 Nobel Peace prize for his charitable work, is a strong critic of
the Iraq war and has often been outspoken in his criticism of
President George W. Bush.
In a newspaper interview in May, Carter called the Bush
administration the "worst in history" in international relations.
Carter did have kind words in the BBC interview for U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice.
"I'm filled with admiration for Condoleezza Rice in standing up to
(Cheney) which she did even when she was in the White House under
President George W. Bush," Carter said, referring to Rice's former
role as White House national security adviser.
"Now secretary of state, her influence is obviously greater than it
was then and I hope she prevails," Carter added.
www.ctrl.org
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/
<A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om