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I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.

Bianca Jagger

George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
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Country Hussein World
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
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Country Viewpoints World
The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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Divorce Parent Years
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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Continue Country Doubt Leave Loss People
Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.
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Effort Hype Media More Nation Point
The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Death Penalty Penalties United States
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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Freeze Leaving Photography Translation Written
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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Appreciate Courage Oppose People Politician
Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.
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Different Leadership Principles Shoulder Turned
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
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Discovered Dream Equality Law
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.
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Ambition Men Powerful Seconds

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