Jimmy Carter: Don't Invade Iran

Says It'd Be "Completely Unnecessary And Counterproductive," And No One Would Join Us

(CBS)  Diplomacy, not military action, "definitely" remains the best approach to dealing with Iran, former President Jimmy Carter said in a wide-ranging interview on The Early Show Tuesday.

"Even after the Shah (of Iran) was deposed," Carter told co-anchor Harry Smith, "I quickly restored diplomatic relations with Iran. As a matter of fact, that's been proven by the fact I had about 60 diplomats in Iran, and they had an equal number in Washington, so we were continuing to try to communicate with them and work with them. And I think that, now, with increasing evidence that Iran is a dangerous and unpredictable country, the best thing to do is to have a maximum diplomatic relationship.

"They're potentially dangerous and they're certainly unpredictable. But I think that if we could find some way to communicate directly with them, to reassure their fears that we might attack them, which is constantly a drumbeat out of Washington, maybe deliberately from the administration or inadvertent -- Sy Hirsh has written three or four articles in the New Yorker, though I haven't read the latest one, but he's always maintaining that the United States is preparing to attack Iran. They read those articles and they see all the other news, and if they feel that they're going to be attacked, then I think that's one incentive for them to be more militant. So, I think, to assuage their fears, and to tell them the truth about our intentions, would be more helpful."

Still, Smith noted, "It seems to me we've done a pretty clear job of letting our intentions be known, yet they remain recalcitrant, at best. Is a military strike an option?"

"I don't think so," Carter said. "Not at this early stage, and I don't think that anybody in the administration has maintained openly that that is a present option. Every indication I've heard from Condoleezza Rice or President Bush has been, 'We want to resort to diplomatic means to -- as thoroughly as we possibly can before we would consider a military strike.'

"So, I think a military strike against Iran at this time would be completely unnecessary and counterproductive. Iran is a different proposition from what Iraq was when we attacked Iraq. It wouldn't be an easy thing to invade Iran. And where would we get the troops? We don't even have enough troops for Iraq. Where would we get them from? And I don't think we would have any other nation in the world that would join us in any sort of military adventure against Iran. So, diplomacy is the best approach."

Carter's latest book, "Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope," covers the work he's done around the world since leaving office -- and continues to do.

He discussed it, and much more on The Early Show Tuesday, including his recent criticism of Sudan for the violence and humanitarian crisis in its Darfur region, his thoughts on the Clinton administration's handling of Sudan, and the big apartheid/Israel controversy he sparked.

A previous book of his, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," and subsequent remarks about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, prompted an uproar from Jewish groups and the resignation of 14 people from an advisory board of the Carter Center, the 25-year-old Atlanta-based humanitarian organization.

Asked Tuesday by Smith if he has any regrets over the book or the remarks, Carter replied, "No, not at all. The book is absolutely correct, and I think it was necessary and has played a good role and was overwhelmingly approved, although there were some that objected to it. The book was written about Palestine, not Israel. And the second word in the title, as you just mentioned, was 'peace,' not apartheid. And I think a lot of people adopted the word 'apartheid' as the No. 1 thrust of the book and it's not even mentioned in the book, as a matter of fact.

"But, I think the peace effort that's belatedly gonna be attempted in November is a very good development. As you know, for seven years, since Bill Clinton left office, we've had not a single day of good-faith negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, and it's highly overdue. And my hope is that we'll see some constructive efforts being made on the Palestinian side and the Israeli side when they convene in the United States in November."

To read an excerpt of, "Beyond the White House," click here.

To see the entire interview with Cater, click here and here.

"Beyond the White House" is published by Simon & Schuster, which is part of the CBS Corporation, as is CBSNews.com.

[softspoken99]

I don''t know why the warhawks don''t like this guy. That should be a president''s job. Helping people.

[signof4]

Dear Jimmah, Please hurry up and join you brother and sister in the next life. Your work here was done 30 years ago. We no longer need your help.

[mudrose-2009]

Dear Jimmah, Please hurry up and join you brother and sister in the next life. Your work here was done 30 years ago. We no longer need your help.
Posted by SignOf4

The sooner the better.

[extremophil]

Golly Gee, what a smart, smart man. He should have been President.

[hwy71so]

Yeah, ol'' Jim''s always been afraid of Iran...

400 and how many days were the hostages held? Yeah, that''s it President Carter got the hostages released expediently....

No, my bad... That''s not it.

Oh wait. It was Beirut that Carter took care of. No, that''s not it either....

Anyway, we''ll be right on it Mr. President.

[draftreid]

More tripe from the gutless coward, bigot and anti-Semite who loves ALL Dictators of a Leftist bent.

If this peanut boy had been a President on November 5, 1979 and not a hand-wringing sanctimonious coward and hypocrite who betrayed the Shah, we might NOT have had to worry about Iran having the bomb, let alone seizing hostages. Just one nuclear demonstration over an Iranian city plus even a comment about bringing back the ailing Shah or his son to power would have made the Ayatollahs think twice - or if they didn''t, turning Tehran into a radioactive paved parking lot would have ended the matter once and for all.

Thanks to wee Jimmmmeeeee we have seen the rise of Islamofascist terror - thanks to his cowardice, Osama was encouraged, and so was Arafat. We have seen Hizbullah act - not only in killing our Marines but holding Lebanon hostage like a Mafia fiefdom.

As for you who defend this bigoted scumbag, you obviously would prefer America to go down - to be allied with those who would slit your throats as quickly as they would mine. That is how Carter would HELP you - just like he helped America in November 1979.

You failed to do what should have been done to Iran back then. Sit down and shut up, peanut boy bigot.

[draftreid]

Yes, peanut boy bigot did restore diplomatic relations with Iran - just to have those 60 diplomats and more seized by his new friends.

This piece of manure had no problems selling the Saudis advanced American fighter jets, but heaven help the Shah? Why...Maybe it is because the Shah was a TRUE American ally and even a covert friend of Israel''s - something that the Tom Watson (NOT the golfer but the Klansman) influenced coward couldn''t tolerate.

So the Shah had to go - and the new populist (just like Watson) Ayatollah could take power - and scroooow the USA while Peanut Boy wrung his hands.

Jimmeee - do America a favor - drop dead. You should have been gone decades ago before your senility and true bigotry kicked in.

[draftreid]

Thank God we had Ronald Reagan present at the right time. God Bless his soul.

Too bad Peanut didn''t kick off beforehand. But when he does I don''t think God will be too pleased with someone who hates his chosen people as much as Peanut Bigot Boy does.

[shingles1]

Whatever your opinion on Iran and the wisdom of bombing it, Jimmy Carter is the last person in the world who should offer advice on Iran. His was the most incompetent Administration in recent years...well, until the Bush Gang that Couldn''t Shoot Straight stumbled into town.

Draftreid and airmanc5, you keep referring to Carter as a bigot and an anti-Semite. Can you explain to me why.

[signof4]

Sit down and shut up, peanut boy bigot.
Posted by Draftreid at 12:17 PM : Oct 09, 2007

That''s Nobel Peace prize peanut boy bigot to you, Mr.! LOL Your points are well stated and 100% accurate. The man was/is a total ZERO!

[realpatriot1]

shingles1,

Carter wrote a book about the middle east conflict in which he argued that Israel must choose between peace and apartheid. The conservative loonies jumped at the title and called Carter a rascist for recognizing that Israel plays a part in the middle east too.

I''ve read the book and there''s nothing racist in it, it''s actually pro-Israel. The majority of Israelis realize that they can''t keep Palestinians as second class citizens within Israeli territory and ever have peace in their lifetime.

The fundamentalist kooks who want to push Palestinians into the sea, like the fundamentalist Muslims who want to push Israel into the sea are the real racists and enemies of peace.

The fact is that Israel does have to make a choice between peace and apartheid and very soon. Given the current demographics and birth rates, within the coming decade the state of Israel will become a majority Arab country(unless further accomodations with Palestine and their Arab neighbors can be reached) and the Jewish population will be in the minority.

Israel must either reach a peaceful accomodation with its Arab population or suspend democracy and maintain a partitioning of society. That''s a fact.

[usawarrior]

Jimmy, there is nothing worser than a Monday morning QB. You could have been The President of The United States Of America, but you squandered the opportunity and decided to be an incompetent wimp! Now you are trying to give advice to The Decider? Go home and stay there until the end of your days. Stay out of sight. You are a disgrace.

[draftreid]

Hi Shingles,

You asked and I shall answer. Carter''s demeanor towards Begin was, if anything cold, formal, and even hostile, the same attitude he had towards the Shah. Towards Sadat he was warm, engaging, kind. Menachem Begin might not have been the nicest man in the world, but he came out of an experience - both the Holocaust and the Soviet Gulags that would harden any soul - and above all, he wanted to make sure he was NOT selling out the security and future of his country. Everytime Begin expressed a concern at Camp David, Peanut Bigot would do the cold stare bit.

Ever since then, Carter, if he wasn''t already an anti-Semite (and I think he was even before...remember his hero was Tom Watson)has proven to be one. Witness his infatution with Arafat, the murderer of Americans, and more recently calling Israel an "Apartheid" state. If anyone would be an Apartheid state, it would be the former Klan acolyte Carter. Carter openly supports Palestinian terrorism, no different than Al Qaeda, over the Democracy of an American Ally, Israel. But then again, what do you expect from a coward and bigot who is also a Democrat?

[draftreid]

Tom Watson, for those not in the know or who think I''m referring to the golfer was a Populist candidate for President of the United States in the 1890s - he was a Georgian politico who appealed to White farmers and workers and poor Blacks - sound familiar???

When he was defeated, and even ignored by the Democrats he turned overnight into a Racist who openly hated Blacks, despised Jews and Catholics. He chortled "Jew Libertines take Notice" when he spearheaded the judicial lynching of Leo Frank in 1912. At the end of his life Watson was a Democratic Senator from Georgia, and if not an open member of the KKK very close to them.

He was also Jimmy Carter''s political idol, if you read "Why Not the Best" - A Coward, A Bigot, A Klan Acolyte and a Jew-hater (despite the nonsense of NOTrealpatriot) - just like Carter.

[colonieny]

Could somebody ask "Jimmy" about the funding for the "Carter Center" ?


I have read that it is all virtualy funded by radical Islamic super rich "royals" .

Hey Jimmy can we trust you ?

Why does CBS and Time MAg now fawn over this SOB ? Is there a PR campaign to refresh his status, like his trip to Sudan last week ? Wow. is this 1984 ?

[draftreid]

Again, Carter gleefully shipped F-15s to Saudi Arabia as part of a package deal in 1978 in which he bluntly told Congress - if you don''t allow the F-15s to the Saudis, then Israel won''t get F-16s.

Compare and contrast this with his stiff, hateful manner towards the Shah, a much more dependable ally -and his eventual abandonment of him in favor of Khomeini. Khomeini seized our people, and wee Jimmmeee Boy the Peanut Bigot wrung his hands...

So my question to the MoveOn.Org types who are always ready to jump on Bush and Cheney for their dealings with the Saudis is this? Why did Mr. Hateful Hypocritical Cowardly Bigoted Carter see fit to ship this House of Saud regime advanced fighter jets, while scroooing our ally the Shah - and why are you so silent on that issue?

As I said before - the best thing this worst President in American History alongside fellow Jimmeee Buchanan could do for America is to drop dead - he''s lived too long and done enough damage.

[bareemperor]

But Jimmie -
We NEED that OIL!

Must invade.
Must kill many brown people.

[xzavierbrown]

I am sure that carter is right..like he was right when he tried to deal with the iranians with diplomacy during his tenure...how much longer do we need to try diplomacy mr carter..another 25 years???

[sgtrds]

The Iranian people are the most West favoring nation in the Middle-East. They are getting closer to throwing off their religious leadership everyday. However if that mongoloid idiot of a chimp in the White House is stupid enough to attack them then they''ll be overcome with nationalistic fever and they pour over the border into Iraq. It''ll be a bloodbath not seen since the worst days of WWII and Cater is right, we''d be facing it on our own as no ally will join us. It''ll also trigger a region wide war that will be beyond our ability to control. Want millions of deaths and $250 a barrel oil? How about massive destruction and $25 a gallon gas? Attacking Iran would be the most incredibly stupid thing in the world to do, which is why that brain-dead idiot in the Oval Office will probably do it. He''s the most ignorant thing to have ever served at any level of government.

[mitywhity]

Jimmy Carter......say that name really slow, can you feel your bowels churning over and over?

[sgtrds]

George W. Bush.....just say that name over and over and you''ll get explosive diarrhea.......

[v_1618]

DIPLOMACY MY AZZZ.... WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN THAT THE IRAN COUNTRY WILL NEVER GIVE UP HIS PEACEFUL NUCLEAR PROGRAM...SO THERE ARE 2 SOLUTIONS

1-. IS WAR
2-. IS SHUT THE *** UP......

STUPID PEOPLE A LOT OF BLA BLA BLA BLA.. BULLSH!T DON''T YOU THINK...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-fD78zyvI

[bill1fj]

Don''t invade Iran.
Just give them the nuke they want.

If I lived in iran I would make sure I didn''t live anywhere near the nuclear facilities because someday they will be destroyed by someone.

[nandrelli]

Anytime Carter issues a statement about "Iran" or "the Middle East", my brain just shuts down. The man who is without a doubt the most incompetent President of my lifetime (I was born during Truman''s only elected term) did nothing but screw-up our presence in the Middle East, with his pro-Arabic / anti-Israeli attitudes. And any left-lib Democrat suffering from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) just has to look at the facts, from interest rates to employment rates to economic health.

Liberals hate Bush because he went to war, conservatives hate Carter because he DIDN''T go to war, AND because he is so cluless (don''t forget, the Agreed Framework Treaty with North Korea was his idea, too).

Before I sign off, I just want to mention that both the DJIA and the S&P 500 have closed today at new highs. Jimmy Carter''s legacy, no doubt.

[badbrown126]

According to an interview in the Jerusalum post ... the IDF defense minister (his name escapes me) stated that the year 2007 is for talking. 2008 is for action.

If israel goes into Iran we WILL be dragged in. No question. We need a diplomatic solution.

How do we deal with a country... run by a Theocacy that is convinced that the world has to be in turmoil in order for there savior (the 12th Iman) to return to Earth on a winged horse? What is the right word ... phrase .... how do we communicate with the 14th century.

Carter is a smarter man than I am ... but we truly need a miracle?

[speakinup]

Right, Jimmy - lets build them a house.

[draftreid]

Only a non-serving, champipple swigging idiot like RandyBoBS would stick up for a coward, bigot, Klan acolyte and Anti-Semite like Carter.

Yep just repeat George W. Bush and wish ol'' Jimmy was back to scroooo things up, to appease terrorists, to betray allies, and to sit handwringing while Americans are taken hostage or killed.

That''s Salvation Army Sgt. BoBS'' perfect Carterite world.Where Hamas, Hizbullah and Al Qaeda are your dinner guests and weee peanut bigoted boy blames the Jews.

Thanks Randy, for proving once again what a bozo you really are. Go down to Plains and live with your Klan-loving, Islamonazi appeasing buddy. And don''t forget to blame Bush for all of your inadequacies and failures - just like Peanut Boy still blames a REAL President, Reagan for his.

[draftreid]

Still waiting for bozos like Randyboy or anyone else of the MoveOn.Org persuasion to tell me why Carter felt shipping F-15s to the House of Saud was right, at the same time he was betraying the Shah.

Care to answer that one, bozo, or are you too busy with the champipple, sargey? - lol.

[draftreid]

ttinsley,

why don''t you go over and join your ragheaded friends?
Stop blaming Neo-Conservatives for what your boyfriend James Earl Farter failed to do back in 1979. In fact, better yet take Farter, the Klan fan and anti-Semitic coward, RandyBoBS, and the rest of your MoveOn.Org crowd and move to Iran, preferrably by a nuclear site - so that either the USAF or the Israelis -doesn''t matter which, has a nice, Neo-Fat as in Fascist target to hit.

You won''t be missed...except maybe by Nancy Pelosi or Pruneface Coward Reid.

[draftreid]

Bigoted coward Carter has "no regrets" for spewing Anti-Semitic lies that have even been refuted by former members of his staff, and Dennis Ross, himself a Lib Dem and certainly NO Neo-Con acolyte.

But does weeee Jimmeee have "regrets" for NOT dealing forcefully with the Ayatollah or for betraying our friend Reza Pahlevi. Nope, not at all.

If we ever get nuked God Forbid by Iran on a sunny morning just like 9/11, and weee Jimmeee is still alive - I hope that Americans will arrange a nice necktie party or a scimitar-burning for the little bigot and total disgrace.

Might be a good idea to drop dead before your friend Ahmedinejedad goes nuclear, little Peanut boy.

[morris61]

The neocons will bomb America again ( yes again ) Iran gets the blame and to host the next "Wars for Oil"with guest appearances by the US Army and a host of white rich American Corporations,rated G for everyone.Hurry,its almost showtime!!Buy a lot of popcorn,its a very long movie...

[pwrslm]

Posted by Morris61

if your parents and your grandparents knew you posted this kind of trashtalk, they would probably slap you upside the head and disown ya!!

oh, sorry, they must a hit pretty hard, you are serious about those stupid lies, arent ya....

[pwrslm]

The only key word to exchange is Imam for Jesus. Its all the same lie, from the same lying source of the murderous Abraham. No wonder his downline relatives are such war mongers. He was the King of war mongers.

Posted by Spectrum108

you enjoy provin your stupid in front of the world like this?

I think its funny how a liberal is so liberaly stupid, honestly. You are totally ignorant of what you are talking about. Totally.

[realpatriot1]

pwrslm,

Every once in awhile we are in agreement, this is one of those times.

Well said.

[forparity]

Gee, Pres. J Carter lied again. About every day now.

CARTER: "In the case of Sudan, that''s the only complaint I''ve had against the Clinton Admin.

False - You made #%u2019s of complaints against Clinton. Because the media gave him a pass (unlike Bush) doesn%u2019t mean it did not happen. Does CBS not have research and ethics crew?

Did Carter ever have complaint with Clinton for his complacency in Rwandan genocide(800K killed);1998 DR Congo civil war/genocide(4 1/2 mil. dead/killed); the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban(60K killed); Sierra Leone(50K+ dead), etc.
But I''m sure about these two:

1. Carter %u2013 On Kosovo NYT May''99"[Our attack] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal.. The American-led force has expanded targets to inhabited areas and resorted to the use of anti-personnel cluster bombs. The result has been damage to hospitals, offices and residences of a half-dozen ambassadors, and the killing of innocent civilians... [Our] insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit to our nation."

2."I don''t think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts, In my opinion, that [Clinton''s Rich pardon] was disgraceful." Feb2001

There''s 2. There''s more. Can one imagine a former Rep. pres getting away with lying like that. H Smith would have jumped all over it.

[sftodd]

Gee, Pres. J Carter lied again. About every day now.
Posted by forparity at 10:56 PM : Oct 09, 2007

forparity -- You can disagree with Carter about a lot of things (I do), but a liar? You, my friend, are brain-dead.

[sftodd]

pwrslm,
Every once in awhile we are in agreement, this is one of those times.
Well said.
Posted by realpatriot1 at 10:35 PM : Oct 09, 2007

realpatriot1 -- every once in a while, you make a complete arse of yourself -- this is one of those times. You and pwrslm are a couple of pathetic frightened souls, clinging to your totally irrational "fear-based" beliefs.

[sftodd]

Bigoted coward Carter has "no regrets" for spewing Anti-Semitic lies that have even been refuted by former members of his staff, and Dennis Ross, himself a Lib Dem and certainly NO Neo-Con acolyte.
Posted by Draftreid at 08:17 PM : Oct 09, 2007

Wow, the Christian right shore is wrong. Don''t you know the Bible tells you not to hate, Draftreid? Why you dissin'' on Jesus, now? That ain''t nice.

[tbweb]

I am all for Diplomacy with Iran, the problem is Iran can not be trusted and uses Diplomacy as a stalling tactic to continue its nuclear program. As long as one track mind Ahmadinejad is the President of Iran, Diplomacy will always be a cruel joke. Former Pres. Carter while well meaning is wrong about Iran with Ahmadinejad at its helm.

[cfin5]

Carter''s a farmer ain''t he? (Something to do about nuts) So why can''t he see the crop from the seeds that he planted while he was in Office? He is the one who withdrew political support from the Shah and helped install the Ayatollah K. into power. Just as soon as AK consolidated his power, he takes our Embassy patrons hostage for 444 days. Then Carter buys them back just before R. Reagan''s inauguration for 7.9 billion of OUR dollars........Now they''re bold enough to threaten the whole world with nuclear war for some religious belief. That said, I''ve never seen a farmer plant something intentionally and then expect a totally different crop. And to top that off when the seeds that were planted bears its fruit, he writes books explaining the blame onto someone else. They always say it takes ten lies to cover up one lie, then 100 to cover ten and so forth.

[brianbwb-2009]

"...the problem is Iran can not be trusted..." Posted by tbweb,

Neither can the US, web, we have broken every treaty we have ever made, including the constitution, whenever it pleased the power to do so. At best, we can have an Al Capone/Lucky Luciano type arrangement between "families", no need to vilify the other for being like us.

[neoconrcrazy]

Even Churchill, who never backed down from a fight when it was imposed upon him said: jaw-jaw is better than war-war. I''ll trust Carter any day before bushit.

bushit and his neocon idiots have driven us down a one-way street of military agression - using fear as their arguement. We have experienced the worst leadership since 1776.

[tbweb]

"...the problem is Iran can not be trusted..." Posted by tbweb,

Neither can the US, web, we have broken every treaty we have ever made, including the constitution, whenever it pleased the power to do so. At best, we can have an Al Capone/Lucky Luciano type arrangement between "families", no need to vilify the other for being like us.

Posted by brianbwb at 03:30 AM : Oct 10, 2007,,,

I don''t agree, the U.S. may back out of or quit a Treaty but I don''t consider that breaking a Treaty. Even after the Soviet Union collapsed the U.S. still honored its agreement not to invade Cuba and technically did not have to since the Soviet Union no longer existed. If the U.S. breaks a Treaty the U.S. must have a good reason to do so, it would not just do it for no reason. The U.S. could break all Treaties with Mexico for example and be justified with the 12 million plus illegal Mexican invasion of the U.S.

[gunnerv1]

Go back to building Portapotties Jimmy, The 3rd 4th and 5th world still needs you, we sure as He*l don''t!

[rushman71]

"Reelect me, and I will build you a brand new house!!!"

[pwrslm]

lying is allowed in islam

they consider themselves to be at war with the USA, we are dar ul''harb to them, in the house of war...every immam in Iran will tell you that...lying to the enemy is of no consequence!! not a new context, shouldnt be an issue, except that they are developing a nuke...




http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RS21592.pdf

A recurring issues has been the detection of highly enriched uranium (HEU) particles
at sites in Iran. Iranian officials asserted that HEU particles found at the Natanz pilot plant
in 2003 were contaminants from foreign centrifuge assemblies, a first clue revealing the
Pakistani A.Q. Khan network. Iran admitted to enriching uranium to just 1.2%, while the
particles sampled ranged from 36% to 70% U-235. In October 2003, Iranian officials
admitted they tested centrifuges at the Kalaye Electric Company using UF6 between 1998
and 2002. IAEA report GOV/2006/15 reveals that components also came from another
country besides Pakistan.

[draftreid]

Isn''t Carter the guy who piously said to all of us that he "would never lie to you"???

Well, folks - and MoveOn.Org brain dead kiddies - he did.

This guy who claimed he was a "Born Again Christian" blatantly lied about that too. He''s "Born Again" all right - a "Born Again" Muslim who supported the Ayatollahs, Arafat, Assad and now supports Hamas, Hizbullah, Ahmedinejedad, and probably has nice words for Osama too.

But what do you expect from a guy who began his career as a shill and acolyte of the Ku Klux Klan and whose hero was none other than Tom "Jew Libertines Take Notice" Watson (see C. Vann Woodward''s "Agarian Rebel" or the first film featuring Lana Turner -"They Won''t Forget" - Claude Rains, a wonderful man, played a fictionized odious scum Watson in the movie).

[terrorislam1]

THEY ARE LOSING

Last letter from doomed Al Qaida chief: "We are so desperate for your help"
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_iraq_09_30.asp

Iraq insurgency: People rise against al-Qa''eda
Damien McElroy spent a week in the heart of the insurgency in Anbar province in Iraq. In the second of seven exclusive reports he describes how peace and prosperity have returned to a town formerly riven by sectarian killings.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/08/wanbar308.xml

[on_alert247]

Why doesn''t Carter ask Sy Hirsh to ****? What bothers me so much about Carter is that he is so naive for a man of his age. What kind of a peace settlement do you think you can get when one or both sides don''t truly want the benefits of peace? Doesn''t 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite half a dozen or so US presidential attempts at peace brokering mean anything? Oh thats right, its the Zionists fault. Give me a break block head.