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James (Jimmy) Earl Carter, Jr.
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| 2. | Title: | former President of the United States |
| 3. | U.S./Iraq Position: |
CON to the question Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq? |
| 4. | Reasoning: |
"We cannot ignore the development of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, but a unilateral war with Iraq is not the answer. There is an urgent need for U.N. action to force unrestricted inspection in Iraq. But perhaps deliberately so, this has become less likely as we alienate our necessary allies. We have thrown down counterproductive gauntlets to the rest of the world, disavowing U.S. commitments to laboriously negotiated international accords. Peremptory rejections of nuclear arms agreements, the biological weapons convention, environmental protection, anti-torture proposals, and punishment of war criminals have sometimes been combined with economic threats against those who might disagree with us. These unilateral acts and assertions increasingly isolate the United States from the very nations needed to join in combating terrorism." Jimmy Cater, "The Troubling New Face of America", Washington Post, September 5, 2002 |
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Expert/VIP PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consul Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict. |
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| 9. | Contact Info: |
Phone: not listed Fax: not listed E-Mail: not listed Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html |
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